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HOW DSS RAIDED OUR HEADQUARTERS – NLC The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has provided a detailed account of the armed invasion of its headquarters, the Labour House in Abuja, by security operatives on Wednesday night. In a statement, the NLC has demanded an international inquiry into the traumatic incident. According to Benson Upah, head of Media and Public Relations for …

FORMER CCT CHAIRMAN, DANLADI UMAR, UNCEREMONIOUSLY REMOVED FROM OFFICE Karma visits CCT Chair, Danladi UmarFour years after the Code of Conduct Tribunal convicted the former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter S. N. Onnoghen for breach of Code of Conduct for Public Officers and had him removed as CJN in flagrant disregard to constitutional provisions, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu …

SENATE PROBES $1.5B SPENT ON PORT HARCOURT REFINERY REHABILITATION The Senate has raised concerns over 1.5 billion dollars approved in 2021 for the turn-around maintenance of the Port Harcourt Refinery with little or no result. Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, Chairman of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee to Investigate the Alleged Economic Sabotage in the Nigerian Petroleum Industry, raised the concern during …

BRIBERY SCANDAL ROCKS HOUSE OF REPS OVER PETROLEUM DOWNSTREAM PROBE An alleged bribery scandal rocking the ad hoc committee set up by the leadership of the House of Representatives to investigate Nigeria’s petroleum downstream sector allegedly forced House Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas to disband the committee, The Authority can report. However, loyalists of the very influential Deputy Speaker, Hon. Benjamin Kalu, …

TINUBU SQUANDERED GOODWILL WITH SHAMBOLIC PERFORMANCE – AL MUSTAPHA A former Chief Security Officer to the late military head of state, Sani Abacha, and ex-presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA), Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, has said President Bola Tinubu squandered his goodwill with his shambolic performance since assuming office. The retired military officer-turned-politician said he would have done things differently had …

DSS RAIDS NLC HEADQUARTERS OVER #ENDBADGOVERNANCE PROTEST Security operatives suspected to be from the Department of State Services (DSS) have raided headquarters of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) over allegations that members of the organised labour sponsored the #EndBadGovernance protest. Some labour leaders who spoke to Daily Trust on Wednesday night, said everyone in the building had left for their various …

ARMY COMPENSATES FAMILY OF 16-YEAR-OLD BOY KILLED IN ZARIA BY SOLDIERS WITH N300M The Nigerian Army has compensated the family of the 16-year-old Ismail Mohammed who was shot dead by soldiers in Samaru, Zaria, Kaduna State. The teenager was killed after being hit by a stray bullet from the military personnels who were reportedly chasing hoodlums causing mayhem during the …

INTELLIGENCE FAILURE LED TO ATTACKS IN KANO – EMIR SANISI The 16th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said intelligence failure led to the attacks on public and private properties during the #EndBadGovernance protest in the state. The Emir, who spoke when he paid an inspection visit to Kano Printing Press, The NCC Digital Industrial Park and Barakat …

SOLDIERS ENFORCING CURFEW IN BAUCHI OPEN FIRE ON RESIDENTS, KILL 5, INJURE 8 Tension has risen in Lere District, Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, following a deadly clash between soldiers and residents. According to eyewitnesses, soldiers from Operation Haven of the Nigerian Army, who were enforcing a curfew imposed by the local Emir, Alhaji Aliyu Abubakar Bawa, …

SOUTH EAST LAWMAKERS PETITION IG, DEMAND ‘IGBO MUST Go’ SPONSORS ARRESTED The joint caucus of the South East members of the National Assembly has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, calling on him to arrest and prosecute those instigating anti-Igbo action in the South West. The lawmakers made this known in a petition signed by the leader of …