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  Double Standard As FG Is Threatening And Also Pleading With NLC And Its TUC Counterpart Over Indefinite Strike Alert The Nigerian Federal Government has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) to suspend their planned nationwide indefinite strike scheduled to begin on October 3. The government has warned that proceeding with the proposed industrial action would constitute a gross violation of an existing court injunction. Meanwhile, the National Economic Council (NEC) has also called on the labour unions to refrain from embarking on the indefinite strike while advising the Federal Government and Labour to continue negotiations at the state level. Despite these appeals, the NLC has confirmed that the strike will proceed as planned. Additionally, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has directed its members, including the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD), Petrol station workers (PSW), Liquefied Petroleum Gas Ret...

  The Lagos State Police Command's Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development on X platform, formerly Twitter, late Thursday night. The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested Balogun Eletu, a controversial socialite known as Sam Larry in Lagos. The arrest is about an ongoing investigation into the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba, a singer popularly known as Mohbad. The confirmation of the arrest was made by the Lagos State Police Command's Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on the X platform (formerly known as Twitter) late on Thursday night.  Balogun Olamilekan Eletu, aka Sam Larry, is now in our custody. He is currently assisting with the ongoing investigation.

  South Africa's RCL Foods culls 410,000 chickens amid bird flu outbreak Sept 28 according to (Reuters) - South Africa's RCL Foods   (RCLJ.J)   said on Thursday its poultry unit Rainbow has culled 410,000 chickens due to the country's worst outbreak of avian flu, heightening fears of chicken meat and egg shortages. The Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak, a bird flu that spreads rapidly in an infected flock, causing a high death rate, has already impacted table egg supplies in the country. Producers have warned of  chicken meat shortages  in the coming weeks.  Rainbow is one of South Africa's largest chicken producers, supplying retailers and fast food businesses. "The outbreak has rushed, and the situation is constantly evolving. To date, an estimated 410,000 birds have been culled, resulting in an estimated $ the financial impact of 115 million rands ($5.99 million)," RCL Foods said in an update. The company said it took steps to avert suppl...

On Tuesday, Burkina Faso's military government announced that the country's security and intelligence services had thwarted a coup attempt. Planned to destabilise the country and throw it into chaos. It has been almost a year since the interim President, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, seized power. That was the country's second coup of 2022 amid a growing Islamist insurgency. In a statement on television on Wednesday evening, the authorities said some arrests had been made, and they were actively pursuing other suspects without giving specific details. The military prosecutor has since said that four officers have been detained.  It said the alleged perpetrators "had the sinister intention of attacking the republic's institutions and plunging the country into chaos". Hours earlier,  Capt Traoré had issued a statement  saying he was "determined to safely lead the transition [to democracy] despite adversity and the various manoeuvres to stop our inexorable march tow...

 Cardoso Vows To Boost GDP to $1trn in 8 Years' As A CBN Governor. The newly confirmed Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Governor, Dr. Olayemi Cardoso, has disclosed plans to shore up the country's Gross Domestic Product, GDP, to $1 trillion in eight years. Cardoso spoke while answering questions from senators during his screening and confirmation as the apex bank governor.  He assured the ratified board would adopt several strategies to repair the economy, including short-term and medium-term goals. According to him, to achieve stability in Nigeria's exchange rate, measures must be put in place to ensure a healthy balance of payment and diversification of the economy. "When you look at the dimension of inflation, we will be doing evidence-based monetary policy. We shall not be making decisions based on a whim. "We will significantly rebound the infrastructural demand concerning ensuring that our data gathering capacity is enhanced so we can make decisions based on pr...

 ICC President On Russia's Wanted List The Russian Government, on Monday, said it had placed the President of the International Criminal Court, which is seeking the arrest of President Vladimir Putin, on its wanted list. “Hofmanski Piotr Jozef, Polish. Wanted under an article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation," Russian news agencies reported, citing the Interior Ministry. Details Later.....

  Jandor is challenging the return of Babajide SanwoOlu and Obafemi Hamzat in the March 18 governorship election in Lagos State. The Lagos State Governorship Election Tribunal has struck out the Labour Party and its Candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, from the petition of his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Olajide Adediran popularly known as Jandor, against the recent governorship election.  Jandor is challenging the return of Babajide SanwoOlu and Obafemi Hamzat in the March 18 governorship election in Lagos State. Shortly after the announcement of appearances by all lawyers and parties in the case at Monday’s proceeding, the Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Arum Ashom, announced that the court would first deliver judgment in the case of the PDP & its Candidate before giving its decision in the petition of the governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. Justice Ashom also yielded the floor to his brother judge, Justice Mikail Abdullahi, ...

 Coscharis Motors, Among The Revoked 21 Plots Of Land in Abuja’s Central Business District CBD According to Vanguard news  Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Barrister Nyesom Wike, has revoked 21 plots of land in Abuja’s Central Business District CBD. A revocation notice signed by the Permanent Secretary in the FCT Administration, Mr Olusade Adesola said the minister took the decision, “in the exercise of the powers conferred on him under Section 28(5)(a) & (b) of the Land Use Act 1978”. He said the lands were revoked “for continued contravention of the terms of development of the Right of Occupancy to wit non-development”.Some of the allottees affected by the revocation include Lowe Lintas, Tourist Company of Nigeria, Coscharis Motors, CFA Motors, Chidol Properties among others. In another statement, Director of Information and Communication in the FCTA, Muhammad Hazat Sule, said the minister has approved a three-month grace period for 189 titleholders, who ha...

Underwater Drone-  BAE Systems is partnering with Canadian company Cellula Robotics to showcase its extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle in the U.K. next year, the British firm announced Tuesday. As the undersea battlespace matures, some companies are looking to speed up the development of uncrewed platforms that can work with crewed vessels to cover larger surface areas or serve as smaller alternatives to submarines to carry out covert operations. Among these is BAE Systems’ maritime services division, which launched its Herne extra-large autonomous underwater vehicle last year after noticing a market availability gap in this platform size. The Herne was designed so users could launch and recover it in several ways, including from harbours, ships or submarines. It can perform anti-submarine warfare, electronic warfare, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, according to BAE Systems’ website. “Today, [about] 40 countries have in their naval forces submarin...

Adewale Adeniyi,  the Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has revealed that Nigerian importers will soon be able to clear their goods from ports in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Adeniyi disclosed this following a two-day meeting between senior customs officials from Nigeria and Benin Republic. At the high-level meeting, agreements were reached to boost trade relations and combat smuggling. Adewale said, "We are building confidence in the system offered by the Republic of Benin; our importers are using their ports, and vice versa. If people in the Benin Republic want to use our ports, we trust trust in our systems. "And by this agreement, it means that Nigerian importers willing to use the ports in Cotonou can have their goods cleared in those ports because there would be an opportunity for them to pay duties on goods that are liable for payment of duties. "We can account for the duties on those goods in the ports of arrival. So they will now be fr...

  Apple's annual fall launch event has just concluded. The company launched new Series 9 Apple Watches and a new lineup of iPhone 15 phones. Most of the news was in line with expectations from analysts, though one detail caught investors by surprise: the pricing. Some analysts had expected price increases across the board for the iPhone 15 Pro lineup. But Apple kept the starting price for its new iPhone Pro phone the same as last year, at $999. The company did raise the starting price for its iPhone 15 Pro Max by $100, though it also included more storage with that phone. CEO Tim Cook kicked off the event, by saying that the company's upcoming Vision Pro headset is "on track to ship early next year."

  Eight players arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Uyo before their 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Sao Tome and Principe. New invitees Gift Orban, Jordan Torunarigha and Victor Boniface are among the early birds in the camp. Others include Tyrone Ebuehi, Frank Onyeka, goalkeepers Adeleye Adebayo and Francis Uzoho, and Bruno Onyemaechi. According to the Super Eagles X account

 Shake-up in Customs as Ag. CG appoints 2 ACGs The Acting Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, appointed Comptrollers Florence Nanu Ogar-Modey and Queen Ogbudu as Acting Assistant Comptroller Generals.  Ag. ACG Ogar-Moday would be in charge of the Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), while Ogbudu would be Zonal Coordinator for Zone B.  The National Public Relations Officer of Customs, Mr Abudullahi Maida, said yesterday that the key appointments and redeployments were to ensure operational efficiency following the recent retirement of some top management officers of NCS. Similarly, several Comptrollers were redeployed to various Customs formations. They included Compt. Jaiyeoba Jide from Oyo/Osun Area Command to Apapa Area Command, Compt. Dera Nnadi from Seme to Tin-Can Island Port, Compt. Timi Bomodi from KLT  to Seme, Compt. Ahmed Abe from PCA Zone ‘C’ to Kaduna Area Command and Compt. Babandede Mohammad from Lilypond Ex...

 Video: People On The Run As Police tear gas protesting UNILAG students On Wednesday, there was chaos at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) when officers of the Nigerian Police Force used tear gas on protesting students. The students had gathered to voice their disagreement with the increase in tuition fees. Initially, The protest seemed peaceful, but it soon turned violent when police officers fired shots to disperse the students. On Tuesday, the National Association of Nigerian Students warned the Department of State Services (DSS) not to hinder the students' right to protest, reminding them that it is a universally recognised human right. Giwa Temitope, the National Public Relations Officer of the union, claimed that DSS's statement on Monday about some politicians mobilising student leaders for violent protests against the Federal Government over socio-economic matters was propaganda. Propaganda. He boasted that the protest would go on as planned.

 Lagos Airport On Fire A fire incident occurred at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Wednesday, causing chaos as passengers and airline operators were seen running out of the airport. At approximately 7:50 a.m., a smoke incident was reported at Terminal 1 of the airport in Ikeja, Lagos. The source of the smoke was traced to the basement of the Terminal building. Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, the FAAN Director of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, stated that the airport's Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services (ARFFS) quickly responded to the situation and brought it under control. As a result of the smoke permeating some areas of the facility, the Terminal building was promptly evacuated to ensure the safety and well-being of all airport users. The situation is under control, and FAAN remains committed to its core values of safety, security, and comfort . " As of the time of this news, the cause of the outbreak is yet to identify

 President Tinubu Win Again As Tribunal Declares APM's Petition Incompetent The Presidential Election Petition Court, PEPC, sitting in Abuja, has dismissed the case the Allied Peoples Movement, APM, filed to nullify President Bola Tinubu's election as incompetent.  The court held that issues the APM raised in its petition contained pre-election matters that could only be determined by the Federal High Court.  Chairman of the panel, Justice Haruna Tsammani, who read the ruling, upheld preliminary objections that all the Respondents raised to challenge the competence of the petition. Justice Haruna noted that since the petition centred on the qualification or otherwise of President Tinubu to contest the presidential election that was held on February 25, the APM ought to have gone to court within 14 days after Tinubu was nominated by the All Progressives Congress, APC. He held that since the cause of action bordered on a pre-election matter, the APM needed more locus standi...