Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero has explained why he turned down the invitation from the Nigeria Police Force. Ajaero said he had some other engagements. The NLC president disclosed this through a letter from his lawyers, Falana and Falana Chambers. Recall that police have summoned Ajaero over alleged criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cybercrime. But a letter addressed to the Inspector General of Police by Ajaero’s lawyers claimed that the invitation came late. The letter partly read, “We are solicitors to the Nigeria Labour Congress and its President, Joe Ajaero, on whose behalf we write this…
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The Nigeria Police Force has exonerated Tingo Foods, Tingo Mobile Plc and its founder, Mr Dozy Mmobuosi of any involvement in alleged fraudulent diversion and misrepresentation of financial reports of the firms with forged documents. The police added that there is no evidence to support the case against Tingo and Mmobuosi, saying that there is the need to exonerate them on the grounds of no link to the alleged wrongdoings. The police stated this in a Legal Advice addressed to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun by the Commissioner of Police, Legal/Prosecution, Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Force…
The Chief Executive Officer of Cowry Assets Management Ltd, Jonhson Chukwu has said that the dividend and taxes paid by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd will reduce the financial burden of the federal government. Chukwu said this in response to the record performance of the state-owned company after it released its financial accounts for 2023. It has been reported that the company made N3.297tn net profit for 2023 which surged significantly by 28 per cent compared to the N2.54tn recorded in the previous year. The books showed that the company recorded a historic profit before tax of N5.98tn while…
Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday, threatened to shut down the nation if the police detain or arrest its national President, Joe Ajaero. NLC made this resolution at the end of its emergency National Executive Council meeting in Abuja. Some other executives joined the meeting virtually. When the meeting commenced at about 8:30 a.m., it was resolved that Ajaero should honour the invitation by the police. Recall that on Monday that Ajaero was invited by the police for an “interview” on charges connected to “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, reasonable felony, subversion, and cybercrime”. The letter of invitation, dated August 19, 2024,…
Nigeria Labour Congress, on Tuesday, accused the police of victimising Labour over the just-concluded 10-day nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests. NLC made this allegation in its reaction to the invitation of its president, Joe Ajaero, by the Nigeria Police Force. On Monday, police summoned Ajaero for questioning over an alleged link to terrorism financing, cybercrime and other allegations. Office of the Deputy Commissioner of Police Intelligence Response Team, Department of Force Intelligence, issued the invitation letter to Ajaero. The letter signed by ACP Adamu S. Muazu, threatened that Ajaero’s failure to honour the invitation would lead to his arrest. The letter read,…
After weeks of silence, the Presidency unveiled the newly purchased Airbus A330, on Monday. Discussion about a new Presidential jet began after the problems encountered by the Boeing Business Jet (BBJ) acquired under former President Olusegun Obasanjo 19 years ago developed fault on separate trips to Saudi Arabia, The Netherlands and South Africa. President Bola Tinubu had to make use of chartered jet, a development the presidency described as embarrassing. As government officials argued for a new aircraft, the masses pushed back, saying that was not the priority given the widespread economic hardship and other problems confronting Nigeria. All attempts…
A female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Mojisola Awesu, has been found dead at a refuse dump in the Aleniboro area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital. Twenty one-year-old Awesu was allegedly contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for another private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000. Kwara Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, made this known in a statement on Tuesday. The police spokesperson said a resident of the community had on August 12, 2024, reported that a dead body was found by some labourers at a refuse…
Amnesty International Nigeria, on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of making plans to undermine and intimidate the Nigeria Labour Congress and its leadership. Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, In a statement, condemned the fresh allegations of terrorism levelled against the NLC and its leaders. AI described the allegations as a blatant attempt to cripple the union. “Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the Nigerian authorities’ fresh attempts to further intimidate and harass the Nigerian Labour Congress through threats of arrest of its President Joe Ajaero,” it said. AI stressed that the government’s actions are a clear violation…
… says incident shocking Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, on Tuesday, confirmed the sudden death of the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, Olaniyi Ijalaye. Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening in Abuja, shortly after attending a meeting at INEC’s headquarters. The REC reportedly died after collapsing shortly after attending the meeting. Ijalaye was said to have been in good spirits throughout the meeting before returning to his hotel room at the Bon Octagon Hotel in the Federal Capital Territory, where he suddenly collapsed and died. Governor in his reaction to Ijalaye’s death, said the…
…say ‘they labelled our land ‘den of kidnappers, terrorists’ just to steal it from us’, Umuatugbu Oma community claims The people of Umuatugbu Oma, a community in Nkanu West Local Government Area, Enugu State, have decried the forceful take over of their land located at Onu Nyama by the Enugu State Government through its agency, the Enugu State Housing Development Corporation (ESHDC). The community is highly miffed by what it described as “malicious comments” by some individuals allegedly working in cahoots with the Enugu State Government in the said Onu Nyama land grabbing scandal by describing the land as “a…