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The President of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba, has said the organisation will, by the middle of next week, review the indefinite nationwide strike action it declared on Tuesday night if the government is willing to open more windows of dialogue. He made this known on Thursday morning while speaking on Political Platform, a Ray Power FM programme, which was monitored in Abuja. Wabba explained that the NLC leadership will convene another meeting to review and assess the impact of the industrial action and see if the government will change its decision to raise the pump price of petrol to N145.00 per litre. The NLC President described as untrue the speculation that the organisation has been invited to another round of talks with the Federal Government, saying the NLC and the government maintain the positions they held before the strike. Wabba, however, said he could not give an exact date for the review of the strike, but assured Nigerians that it will take place nex...

The Federal Government has released about N13bn to the National Youth Service Corps to assist the agency to pay the outstanding allowances of corps members. With this development, the NYSC can now proceed with the mobilisation of prospective corps members in the country. Our correspondent learnt that corps members and the NYSC workers had been jubilating since the news got to them. The spokesperson for the NYSC, Mrs. Abosede Aderibigbe, confirmed the release of the N13bn in an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday in Abuja. She was reacting to enquiries about the amount following an earlier statement in which the NYSC was commending the Federal Government for “its prompt intervention, approval and release of funds to accommodate the 2016 Batch ‘A’(Stream II) Orientation course.” She said, “The management of the NYSC also wishes to use this medium to inform and assure prospective corps members, parents, guardians and the general public that the 2016 Batch ‘A’ stream II orientatio...

A human trafficking victim, Love John, says she slept with more than 400 men in less than five months in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. Love, 22, and her 23-year-old sister, Happiness, were lured into prostitution sometime in January by their eldest sister, Mary. Mary also tricked a cousin, Joy Lawrence, 25, promising the three ladies that she could give them jobs that would help them make a decent living. However, by the time they discovered that they had been trafficked, the victims said they had become trapped. PUNCH Metro learnt that Lawrence and another victim fled the hotel on Monday when they could no longer bear the pain they were subjected to. Lawrence was reported to have been brought to the Lagos zonal headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service, which then stormed the hotel and rescued other victims. The agency also arrested Mary and the owner of the hotel, one Mrs. Akpojaro Rose, an indigene of Warri, Delta State. It was learnt that the ladies collected...

SaharaReporters has obtained a photograph of 19-year old Amina Ali Mkeki, one of the Chibok girls infamously kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 when she was 17 years old. Amina was rescued near the Sambisa Forest, government sources and activists told SaharaReporters earlier today. Amina was found in the Kulakeita area in the company of her Boko Haram husband, now identified as Mohammed Hayatu, and was immediately rescued by members of the local vigilante task force then handed her over to Nigerian troops in Damboa. She reportedly told the soldiers that six of the girls have died while the others have been married off to Boko Haram commanders, and that they were all still in Sambisa Forest as of the time of her rescue. Confirming the development, the Nigerian military said in a text message by Colonel SK Usman to SaharaReporters that she was rescued by Nigerian troops. A later statement by Mr. Usman revealed that Amina and Mr. Hayatu were brought to the military headquarters of ...

No fewer than  40 vehicles have been burnt in the clash between Yorubas and Igbos in Mushin area of Lagos as the army and police moved in the quell the violence. LEADERSHIP learnt that there was blood bath as over 15 people were injured in the fracas that left  Odushina, by Oloje; Dramola Street, Olapeju, Oshoro, Akinwunmi and Ladipo Market deserted. It was gathered that residents in the affected areas have fled to avoid being caught in the mayhem. To this end, the streets have been deserted as police and men of the OP-MESSA took over. As of the time of filing this report  an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, was cited in one of the streets. A police source said he counted 40 vehicles burnt and several others with broken screens. People have taken refuge in their houses as shops were hurriedly shut by their owners who fled to safety. Witnesses said the trouble started when one Agunleri, who is the Secretary of one of the market unions allegedly stormed an ...

SaharaReporters on Friday published the phone numbers of 15 of Nigeria’s Federal Ministers on Facebook and Twitter as part of its efforts to enhance governmental transparency and accountability in the country. By arming Nigerians with those contact numbers, SaharaReporters hopes to foster greater interaction and communication between voters and their government. In April, SaharaReporters published the direct lines of members of Nigeria's National Assembly and of all the State governors. SaharaReporters promise to release the second batch of Minister's phone numbers in the coming days. Below are the members of the first batch of Federal Ministers: This post is credited to Saharareporters.com not by any means my own original publication

Nigerians from diverse groups on Thursday, rejected the call by the country's organized labour to mobilize against the new pump price. Rather, the labour is urged to focus on its agitation for minimum wage increase, instead of a new pump price, which Nigerians according to them have been indirectly contending with since the fuel scarcity began four months ago. In a current affairs radio programme, "Day Break show on Rocky City FM" monitored in Abeokuta, on Thursday, about 80% of the callers rejected the agitation by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to protest against removal of the subsidy, while 20 % said they were ready to join the protest. Callers in support of the NLC's stand faulted government stand, as one remarked that, "Nigerians were not adequately carried along before  taking the decision." Few others claimed that since the immediate past government attempted it and was rejected, the present administration should also not continue wit...