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Aviation unions in Nigeria on Wednesday directed their workers to withdraw services to all public and private Owerri flights (both inwards and outwards) with effect from midnight.

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has begun the distribution of electoral materials in the 27 local government areas of Imo State. This comes two days before the governorship election scheduled to be held on Saturday in the state. There will also be off-season governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states on Saturday, November 11. SaharaReporters learnt that the materials were being distributed at the Central Bank of Nigeria office in Owerri, the state capital.

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Thursday blocked both the entry and exit of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Thursday took over Nnamdi Azikiwe International Abuja to protest against the attack on the President of the former, Joe Ajaero. The protesters also gathered at the airport from around 8:58 a.m. to enforce their directive to members working in the aviation sector to stop all flights to Owerri, the Imo State capital. Following the picketing of the airport, all roads in and out of the facility were completely blocked as vehicle...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Thursday blocked both the entry and exit of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

A pro-Biafra group, Biafra Provisional Government has come hard on the organised labour over the total blackout in Imo State. The Enugu Electricity

Aviation Unions bin don declare joint suspension of flights to Owerri, Imo State Southeast Nigeria, from evri airport inside di kontri from Wednesday.

Member representing Ideato federal constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere Ikeagwuonu, has again endorsed the

President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government on Thursday deployed soldiers, police personnel and operatives of other security agencies to disperse members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. SaharaReporters learnt that the NLC and TUC members had mobilised for a protest at the Abuja airport to enforce their directive to aviation workers to stop all flights to Owerri, Imo.

We are ready for the election. We are distributing sensitive materials to all the LGAs in the state because elections will take place in all the LGAs in the state. We have received assurance from the security agents for the provision of adequate security during and after the election.