Below are scenes captured by the camera during the finale of the pro-University Unions National protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) held in Abuja on Wednesday. There were nationwide protests held across the 36 states’ capitals yesterday, Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
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The Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) has advocated the creation of special desks in media organisations and other offices to handle cases of Sexual Gender Based Violence (SGBV). The Chairman of the NUJ FCT Council, Mr Emmanuel Ogbeche, made the call on Tuesday at an event organised by Supporting Hands Initiative, ComfortStream Aid Foundation, NUJ and NAWOJ in Abuja. Ogbeche, while making a presentation on “Gender Based Violence Reporting,” described it as a pandemic, stressed the need for more advocacies and awareness to curtail the menace. According to him, the need to encourage people to speak out when abused would…
The Technical Officer on Health Financing at the World Health Organisation (WHO), Nigeria, Dr Francis Ukwuije, says the global body mission in Nigeria will boost the health coverage in the country. Ukwuije said this at a meeting between the Health Financing Mission of WHO in Nigeria and Prof. Mohammed Sambo, Director-General, National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Tuesday in Abuja. He noted that Nigeria had very high out of pocket expenditure of more 70 per cent on health. Ukwuije said that the country had more than 50 per cent of the population and in some states up to 80 per…
RUSSIA delivered less gas to Europe on Wednesday in a further escalation of an energy stand-off between Moscow and the European Union that will make it harder, and costlier, for the bloc to fill up storage ahead of the winter heating season. The cut in supplies, flagged by Gazprom (GAZP.MM) earlier this week, has reduced the capacity of Nord Stream 1 pipeline – the major delivery route to Europe for Russian gas – to a mere fifth of its total capacity. A day earlier, EU countries approved a weakened emergency plan to curb gas demand after striking compromise deals to…
THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says fresh registration in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration hit 10.4 million at 7a.m., on Monday, July 25, 2022. INEC in its weekly update on Tuesday also said that 11million registrants have completed their registration. According to the update, 3.3 million of the registrants did online registration, while 7.6 million registrants did physical registration. The commission also gave the gender breakdown of those who completed their registrations to include 5,453,071 male and 5,558,048 female, out which 80,101 were People Living with Disabilities. The age distribution also revealed that 7,828,570 were youth; 2,192,897-middle age,…
A Kano Shari’a Court on Wednesday ordered that a 52-year-old civil servant, Bashir Saleh, who allegedly beat up his wife be remanded in a correctional centre. The police charged Saleh, who lives in Kabuga Quarters, Kano with assaults’ and causing grievous hurt. The Judge, Malam Ismai’l Muhammad-Ahmed, who gave the order, adjourned the matter until August 22, 2022 for hearing. Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Inspector Abdul Wada, told the court that Fatima Muhammed of Hotoro Mahuatta Quarters reported the matter at the Hotoro Police Station on July 20, 2022. The prosecutor said that the complainant alleged that at about 9pm,…
A CIVIL society organisation, Citizens’ Solution Network, has called for the immediate release of human rights, Inibehe Effiong, who was on Wednesday morning sent to prison by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaette Obot. Richard F. Inoyo, Country Director, of Citizens’ Solution Network, made the call in a press release calling the action of the judge as “despicable and shameless.” Mr Inoyo said the action of Justice Obot is both a travesty of the rule of law and a fragrant abuse of her privilege. The release, entitled: “A Call For The Immediate Release Of Inibehe Effiong Esq.”…
KOGI State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has confirmed the ambush on troops of the 7 Guards Battalion of the Nigerian Army Presidential Guards Brigade, reports PREMIUM TIMES, quoting a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mohammed Onogwu. The incident, the online medium reports, took place late Friday night around the Bwari Area Council of Abuja, leaving three soldiers wounded and eight personnel killed. Two of the slain personnel were said to be officers, including a captain and lieutenant, while the remaining were soldiers. The paper quoting an unnamed source within the army, said the main aim of the…
ORGANISED labour in Osun, led by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), on Tuesday joined the nationwide protest called by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba. The labour union embarked on the protest in solidarity with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to demand that the Federal Government came to an agreement with ASUU to put an end to the six months’ industrial action. They were, however, given protection by the Police, and other security agencies as they matched through the Gbongan-Osogbo expressway, starting from Ogo-Oluwa Area of the road to the state Assembly and later to the Government Secretariat in Abere,…
THE Lagos State Government has urged motorists to remain calm despite the protest rally of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in Ikeja and its environs. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde made this known in a statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday. The NLC and its affiliates, early on Tuesday, began a two-day nationwide protest in solidarity with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other unions in the public universities. The protesting unionists converged on Ikeja roundabout and marched down to the state secretariat in Alausa, carrying placards and chanting songs. Policemen were on…