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Nov

03

2023

Man drowns at a church beach hangout in Lagos.

Lifestyle, MetroLagos, Lifestyle, Metro, RIP, Security

On Saturday, a 34-year-old man named John drowned at Elegushi Beach in Lagos State while attending a church gathering. According to OHAFIATV News, the anonymous Ikorodu-based church organized a picnic for its youths, which the late John attended. Concerns were raised when the members were going to depart the beach on Saturday afternoon but couldn't find him. As the church members began looking for him, someone informed them that they had seen him fall into the lake. Lifeguards and divers were notified, but efforts to locate him in the sea on Saturday were futile. Lifeguards discovered his body on the…

Nov

03

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Workers declare strike on Wednesday in protest to Ajaero’s attack

Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsHope Uzodinma, Imo State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Opinion, Police, Politics

In response to their President Joe Ajaero's beating and kidnapping, organized labor, which is made up of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, has announced plans for a statewide strike. At a press conference on Friday, the strike that is set for Wednesday, November 8, 2023, was announced. The joint union leaders have presented a six-point demand to the Federal Government, which includes the immediate removal of the Imo State Commissioner of Police, the Area Commander, and other officials for their alleged involvement in the brutalization and humiliation of Ajaero and other workers. Tommy Okon, the…

Nov

03

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Conflict amongst palm oil unions in Umuahia leaves two injured

Abia State, Business, MetroAbia State, Business, Economy, Metro

After a fight between two rival market unions at Umuopara Palm Oil Beach Market in Umuahia South Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia State, two people were badly hurt and sent to the Federal Medical Center, FMC Umuahia. Since August 2023, the two competing organizations, the United Palm Oil Dealers Association and the Palm Oil Association of Nigeria, have been engaged in a power struggle about who should be in charge of collecting market revenues and who should be the market's leader. However, on Thursday, a violent altercation between the two competing associations sent three members of the United Palm…

Nov

02

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Yobe Assembly approves committee’s report on the creation of Shari’a police.

MetroBoko Haram, Islam, Religion

The Yobe State House of Assembly has approved the report of its Justice, Judiciary, and Religious Affairs standing committee regarding a bill that aims to create the State's Hisba Commission. After much discussion among the members on the committee's 41 recommendations, the House finally adopted the report. The chairman of the House committee on justice, judiciary, and religious affairs, Hon. Yakubu Suleiman, provided additional context for the report's adoption. He stated that the Commission, if it were to be constituted, would work with security services to guarantee that Shari'a laws are fully applied throughout the State. The congressman went on…

Nov

01

2023

By Amos Oge Kalu

Why Imo Police detained the President of the NLC

Metro, Opinion, PoliticsImo State, Metro, Next Level, Nigeria, NLC, Police, Politics, Security

Reports that Imo State Police Command agents detained Joe Ajaero, the president of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), have been refuted. The NLC President was taken away by command officers on Wednesday morning during a protest in the state capital of Owerri, according to OHAFIATV News. The NLC President was in Owerri to organize Imo workers for a massive protest rally in the state over claims that the state government was violating and abusing workers' rights and privileges. In response to the news of Ajaero's detention, ASP Okoye, the state police public relations officer, stated that the NLC President had…