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Aviation Unions Shut Down Murtala Muhammed International Airport2 Lagos, Passengers Stranded Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos According to NAN reports ,Hundreds of passengers were on Wednesday stranded as protesting aviation unions shut down operations at the Murtala Muhammed Airport 2 operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited. The  News Agency of Nigeria  reports that the unions embarked on the protest alleging that BASL’s sacked 20 employees who indicated their interests to join trade unions. The protesting unions are the National Union of Air Transport Employees, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria and the National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers.As early as 6am, the union members, who defied the rain, barricaded the entrance to the MMA2. Their action came in spite of a court order restraining them from embarking on the protest. The unionists, who chanted various solidarity songs, accused...

Police Uncovered 419 Shrine As the  Suspect Makes Shocking Confessions   Oyegbile Durojaye (Photo: DailyTrust) A Shrine believe to be a 419 Shrine has been discovered in Oke-Woru, Gbaemu area in Osogbo capital of Osun  State  and was on Tuesday dismantled by the state's Commissioner of police, Fimihan Adeoye, who led police detectives to the shrine    According to DailyTrust, one of the fraudsters arrested at the shrine, Oyegbile Durojaye confessed that the shrine was set up to dupe people on the pretext of helping them to overcome their problems.   The 419 shrine   Durojaye said further that the shrine was set up by a gang of nine fraudsters who met inside a police cell in Lagos and resolved to venture into the con business as a way of making money as soon as they get out from the cell.   While speaking to a correspondent, the suspect said  “We are nine in this business. We met inside a police cell in L...

BREAKING: Agbi dies at 73, Former Nigerian Ambassador to Greece,                                                                                Prof. Oludare Agbi According punch metro reports, A professor of history and former Nigerian Ambassador to Greece and Australia, Prof. Oludare Agbi, died this morning after a brief illness. Agbi, who was the chairman of the Elders Forum of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, died at the age of 73. Family sources said the late PDP chieftain slumped in his house in Akure, the state capital, and was rushed to an undisclosed hospital where he later died. Prof. Agbi was said to have died of an undisclosed health problem. He was one of the delegates at the just concluded national convention of the PDP held in Port Harcourt, ...

18 Years Old Girl in Delta Community Swept Away by Flood  The community A ccording Daily Sun reports, Igbide Community in Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State has thrown into mourning following the discovery of the lifeless body of an 18-year girl identified as Oghenekioja Okporie in flood water. The deceased SSS Two student of Igbide Community Crammer School was said to have boarded a boat on her way from the farm but boat capsized and she could not swim her way to safety. She accompanied her mother to the family cassava farm which had been overran by surging flood water on the fateful day. Distraught father of the deceased, Saviour Okporie who fought back tears to speak, said “after the day’s work, they were on their way back in the evening when the boat they boarded capsized. “She could not swim due to high current of the flood and it was after three days her corpse was discovered by search party and she has since been buried.” On his part, Se...

Unbelievable : Man Found Electrocuted On Top of Concrete Elec tricity Pole This Morning  In Karu Site, Abuja   Photo of  the Electrocuted Man An Unknown Man was found this morning Electrocuted in a electricity pole in Karu Site close to Total academy . it  has not been ascertain if the case was a suicide or as a result of Electricity Theft. This happened in Karu Site close to Total Academy in Abuja, as the residences of the area woke up this morning in shock seeing the Hilarious Scene. Karu Site is a Satellite Town in Abuja, close to Nasarrawa State , But under the Abuja Municipal Area Council FCT.

Dura -Du District Killing Religious Groups Protest                                                            Maj. Gen. Mohammed Idris Alkali According reports from punch Metro, A coalition of religious organisations under the aegis of The Faithful on Tuesday took to the streets of Jos to protest against serial killings and recent discoveries from the mining pond in Dura-Du District in the Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The groups were also protesting against the disappearance of a former Chief of Administration in Nigerian Army Headquarters, Maj. Gen. Mohammed Alkali (retd), in questionable circumstances. About eleven cars and two corpses had been recovered from the pond. Alkali was said to have retired a few weeks before he was declared missing on Monday, September 3, 2018, a day after gunmen swo...

Med-view Airline Sacks Most of their Staff    According to Thisday reports, Nigeria’s major carrier, Medview Airline may have sacked about 100 members of its staff after many months of lack of scheduled flight operations. The sack, THISDAY gathered, was due to financial constraints, which the company has faced lately. A source close to the airline told THISDAY that those affected include engineers, pilots and crew which constitute almost 40 percent of its work force.  Reports also indicted that the airline served the dismissed staff their letter of disengagement last week Friday October 5, 2018. The source also disclosed that disengaged staff were said to be owed six months salaries asides allowances before they were disengaged last week Friday.  A part of the latter of disengagement reads “You would be reconsidered for employment when the situation improves’’  The airline also requested that the disengaged staff to return all the com...

President  Buhari Campaign Team Replies Atiku You Made Money Illegally                                                                                                  Festus Keyamo According to Punch Metro Reports, The Director of Media for the Buhari Campaign Organisation, Mr Festus Keyamo (SAN), said Atiku made money through illegal means and cheating the system. Keyamo said this during an interview with one of our correspondents on Tuesday. He said Atiku was running private businesses as a customs officer in contravention of public service rules. The senior advocate said Atiku’s only successful business was Integrated Logistics Services Nigeria Limited, popularly known as INTEL. Keyamo said, “Firstly, the myth ab...

Governor Fayose: EFCC Sets Up Special Team over Corruption Charges                                                                                                       Ayodele Fayose • Governor slams N20bn suit on anti-graft agency According to reports from Punch Metro, The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has set up a special team to interrogate Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State next week, The PUNCH can confirm. Fayose, who has been governor since October 16, 2014, will lose his immunity at exactly 11.59pm on October 15, 2018, thereby giving the EFCC the constitutional right to arrest, detain and prosecute him. The governor is expected to report at the EFCC head office in Abuja to meet with the comm...