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The spokesman for Labour Party, Obiora Ifoh, on Wednesday, disclosed that the party's National Chairman, Julius Abure, was arrested following a petition written against him by a faction of the party.

He urged all sectors, including political parties, opposition groups, religious and traditional institutions, civil society and non-governmental bodies to eschew violence and demonstrate leadership and statesmanship in the current challenging times.

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) - The Department of State Services (DSS) has issued a statement concerning the planned protests by sections

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has said that the Abuja liaison offices of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State, Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State and 14 other state governors across the country are owing the sum of N5,214,240,490 outstanding electricity charges debt. The electricity distribution company which made this known in a disconnection notice released on Monday issued a 10-day deadline to the governors to clear their debt...

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Organised labour has insisted on embarking on its two-day national protest despite warning by the DSS. The union president, Joe Ajaero, said the protest will hold.

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has discharged and acquitted Fubara Ohaka, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers

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Bioptic telescopic glasses are restoring vision to people where glasses fail, but no one has heard of the devices, and few doctors are referring patients for them, says optometrist Chris Palmer.

The Nigeria Labour Congress has insisted that the planned protests against the prevailing economic situation in the country will hold contrary to the warning issued by the Department of State Services to shelve its protests.