Thursday, December 22, 2016
The labour union leaders in Ondo State
The labour union leaders in Ondo State on Thursday stormed the office of the Accountant-General of the state to protest against the alleged non-released of their salaries by the Accountant-General, Mr. Fredrick Ajibokun. The union leaders, led by the Chairmen of the Joint Negotiating Council and the Trade Union Congress in the state, Mr. Sunday Adeleye and Mr. Soladoye Ekundayo , converged at the entrance of the AG’s office, chanting various solidarity songs. They insisted that the AG would not go out of the office until he gave approval for the payment of their money. They also alleged that the state governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko and the state Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Yele Ogundipe, have ordered the AG to pay the workers before Christmas but Ajibokun allegedly refused. Speaking on the protest, Adeleye explained that the union leaders recently met the governor who assured them that workers would be paid a month salary to have money for the Christmas celebration. He also alleged the AG deliberately wanted to delay the payment for no reason as he (AG) would be retiring on Friday, saying if he left the office on Thursday, the workers might not get their salaries until January. He explained “About four days ago, we met with the governor and the commissioner for finance who directed the AG to pay the workers salaries so that everybody can go home with something for the Christmas.
Unpaid salaries: Ondo workers protest, picket AG’s office
The labour union leaders in Ondo State on Thursday stormed the office of the Accountant-General of the state to protest against the alleged non-released of their salaries by the Accountant-General, Mr. Fredrick Ajibokun.
The union leaders, led by the Chairmen of the Joint Negotiating Council and the Trade Union Congress in the state, Mr. Sunday Adeleye and Mr. Soladoye Ekundayo , converged at the entrance of the AG’s office, chanting various solidarity songs.
A different kind of Christmas
Bright lights! Gift boxes! Hampers filled with plenty of goodies! New clothes and shoes! The well-decorated Christmas trees, and not forgetting the parties! The paraphernalia and pomp and pageantry that were unmissable indicators of the Christmas season once upon a time. Christmas is here once again, and I don’t know if I’m the only one who has observed it, but it really doesn’t feel like it. In the last couple of years, the usual celebrations that accompanied the Yuletide season have seemed forced; a trite attempt at making things happen instead of the fluidity and ease of merrymaking which naturally come with festive periods.
NSCDC arrests 2000 oil vandals in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Rivers Command, said it had arrested more than 2000 persons for alleged oil pipeline vandalism and other crimes between January and December.
The command’s spokesman, Oguntuase Michael, a Chief Superintendent of Corps, said on Thursday that out of the figure, 44 had been convicted.
He said others were being tried in court.
Rivers rerun: IG inaugurates team to probe Wike’s alleged phone calls
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police, Damien Okoro to head a 15-man panel, tasked with the responsibility of investigating the alleged phone recordings of Governor Nyesome Wike and the violence recorded during the December 10, 2016 election in Rivers State.
FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays
The Federal Government has declared
Monday, December 26 and Tuesday, December 27, 2016 as well as Monday,
January 2, 2017, as public holidays to mark the Christmas, Boxing Day
and 2017 New Year celebrations respectively.
The Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen.
Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.), made the declaration on behalf of the
Federal Government on Wednesday in Abuja.
Foreign experts to analyse alleged Wike’s leaked calls — Police
The police have invited some foreign
specialists to assist with the forensic analysis of the leaked audio of
Governor Nyesom Wike’s alleged phone calls during the legislative rerun
election in Rivers State.
The experts were invited by the police
as part of investigation into the alleged rigging of the election and
the alleged threat to the lives of some electoral officers during the
poll.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim
Idris, explained on Wednesday that the foreign analysts would soon be
in the country to assist with the ongoing investigation into the
violence that rocked the poll during which two police officers, DSP
Mohammed Alkali and his driver, Sgt. Peter Uchi, were beheaded and their
heads thrown into a river.
My wife used new car to sow seed for her pastor – Husband
In spite of a passionate plea by a
housewife to the court to save her 18-year-old marriage, an Agege
Customary Court in Lagos granted the prayers of her 50-year-old husband
and businessman, Kingsley Onyenobi, and severed the relationship.
The estranged husband said he bought a
brand new car for her only for her to give out the car to her church
pastor on the pretext of “sowing seed”.
The court ruled that allegations of
infidelity and threat to life brought against the woman by the husband
were weighty enough to warrant the dissolution of the marriage.
$30bn loan rejection won’t affect 2017 budget – Presidency
The Presidency on Wednesday said the
rejection of the proposed $29.96bn external borrowing plan of President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration by the Senate would not affect the
implementation of the 2017 budget.
The Special Assistant to the President
on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang, said this
while addressing journalists in Abuja.
Buhari’s request for legislative
approval for the Federal Government’s external borrowing plan for the
execution of projects from 2016 to 2018 had suffered outright rejection
at the Senate on November 1, 2016.
Arik passengers in chaotic scene at Lagos airport
Passengers, who were scheduled to travel
out of the country with Arik Air on Tuesday but could not do so due to
the strike action by aviation unions in solidarity with workers of the
carrier, on Wednesday morning created an ugly scene at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport in Lagos following the resumption of
flight operations.
Many of the passengers billed to travel
on Wednesday joined those of the previous day, creating chaotic
situations at the check-in counters of the airline at both the General
Aviation Terminal of the local airport and at the international
terminal.
The situation persisted until noon when the airline was able to clear the backlog of passengers.
External reserves hit $25.2bn as dollar shortage bites
The nation’s foreign exchange reserves
have risen to over three-month high of $25bn, according to data on the
website of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Specifically, the statistics showed that the external reserves rose to $25.2bn on December 19.
The last time the reserves recorded this figure was on September 8 when it had the balance of $25.16bn.
The country’s fast-depleting reserves had recorded $23.89bn low on October 19.
BREAKING: Police rescue kidnapped Delta monarch, blame herdsmen
The Ovie of Agbarha-Warri Kingdom in the Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State, Orhifi Orovwagbarha Agbarha-Ide Ememoh II, who was abducted on Wednesday, has been rescued by operatives of state’s police command less than 24-hour after he was kidnapped.
A palace chief confirmed the released of the Urhobo monarch to our correspondent on Thursday morning when contacted.
My New Year resolution – World’s fattest man
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| Mexican 32-year-old Juan Pedro Franco, who weighs almost 500 kilograms (1100 pounds) answers questions during a press conference at the hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico on December 21, 2016. Franco, who suffers from extreme obesity and has remained six years confined to bed, unable to walk, is being assessed by doctors and will begin a special diet and exercise routine with the aim to lose 59 kilograms before undergoing a by-pass biliopancreatic diversion in two times in June 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Héctor Guerrero |
A Mexican man believed to be the world’s most obese
plans to undergo gastric bypass in the new year and reduce his 590 kilos
(1,300 pounds) by half, his doctor said Wednesday.
He said the man, who does not give his family names to media, would actually undergo a couple procedures along the way.
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