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Thursday, 27 September 2018

LABOUR STRIKE: President Buhari’s CoS Meets Labour Leaders as unions pause govt & business activities

The Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, on Thursday met some labour leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to resolve the issues that led to the ongoing warning strike by workers.

Labour Strike : Courts,Government Offices, Schools shut down in Abia

The indefinite warning strike action declared by the Nigeria Labour congress recorded total compliance in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State, on Thursday.

Electoral Violence Predicted in Lagos, Rivers, Kano, others by US Government

The United States Institute for Peace and the International Republican Institute have said Lagos, Rivers, Anambra, Adamawa, Ekiti, Plateau, Kano and Kaduna, may erupt in electoral violence during the 2019 elections.

OSUN ELECTIONS : Oyetola (APC) Declared Winner •PDP rejects results, says it’s black day for Nigeria • I’ll retrieve my stolen mandate at tribunal —Adeleke

The Independent National Electoral Commission declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Gboyega Oyetola, as the Governor-elect of Osun State.

Wednesday, 12 September 2018

Gas tanker explosion kills at least 35 in Nasarawa.

At least 35 people were killed on Monday and hundreds injured when a gas tanker exploded in northern Nigerian state of Nasarawa and started a blaze, the state emergency agency said.

Police free to impose instant fines in Kenya

Anti-riot police patrols seat in a truck in Nairobi May 23, 2016 during during a demonstration of opposition supporters protesting for a change of leadership ahead of a vote due next years.
Local media reported at least one killed in Kisumu in the west of the country, while police in Nairobi and the second city of Mombasa fought running battles with small groups of protesters.There was no immediate police confirmation of the reported death. Police had banned the planned demonstrations and scores of officers in riot gear guarded the building that houses the election commission headquarters in the centre of the capital.
/ AFP / TONY KARUMBA (Photo credit should read TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

The High Court has allowed police officers to impose instant fines on motorists for minor offences.

Justice John Mativo yesterday said the Traffic (Minor Offences) rules were necessitated by the need to curb corruption in the traffic department of the

Apple shows off three new iPhones and smartwatch to detect heart problems

Apple has launched a trio of iPhones and upgraded smartwatches that can detect heart problems at its annual product launch event in Cupertino on Wednesday.