Beyond the Headlines
The embattled national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, has claimed that Aisha Yesufu and Pastor Itua Ighodalo, staunch supporters of the Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi, were responsible for managing the candidate’s campaign funds in the 2023 general election. Abure made this known during a press briefing after the party’s National Executive […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the arrest and detention of its President, Joe Ajaero, by the Nigerian government, demanding his immediate and unconditional release. Ajaero was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while on his way to the United Kingdom to attend a Trade Union Congress meeting. The NLC’s National Administrative […]
WEEKS after arresting Okuama community leaders, armed men in military fatigue on Monday morning stormed the community in four Gunboats, 11 speedboats, shooting indiscriminately in their numbers, killing three youths and looted provision stores. The invaders also towed away a large granite canoe, a sand dredger and generating sets used by the returning villagers. A […]
The Executive Director of the Rule of Law Advocacy and Accountability Centre, Okechukwu Nwaguma, has expressed concern over the arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, by the Department of State Services, and the takeover of the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project. He views these actions as […]
A middle-aged man, simply identified as Alfa Ahmed, has reportedly slaughtered his grandfather and uncle in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, for an alleged money ritual. Investigations by The PUNCH revealed that the incident happened at the back of a popular market in Apete, in the Ido Local Government Area of the state, on Sunday […]
At least two nurses and an unspecified number of patients have been reportedly abducted by gunmen from a primary healthcare centre in Kaduna state. The abductors were said to have invaded the health centre in Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari LGA of the state on Monday morning. Musa Alhassan, a leader of the vigilante group in the area, […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) says officers from the Department of State Services (DSS) have taken control of its Abuja office. SERAP made this known in a statement on it X handle on Monday, describing the action as an ‘unlawful occupation’. SERAP said the officers are demanding to meet with the organisation’s directors. […]
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has described the arrest of Joe Ajaero, its president, as a “brazen act of lawlessness and intimidation”. The labour union added that it has alerted all its affiliates, state councils, and Nigerian workers to remain vigilant and on high alert. Ajaero was arrested on Monday morning at the Nnamdi Azikiwe […]
Joe Ajaero, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), was arrested on Monday following his failure to honour police invitation over a petition by Air Peace airlines, security sources have told TheCable. Ajaero also failed to honour an invitation by the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged case of extortion, according to the […]
The Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arraigned one Ibrahim Shuaibu before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna State for fraud. Shuaibu is being prosecuted on a seven-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust, impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the […]
