NLC rejects new petrol pump price

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected the new pump price of petrol fixed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL).

Daily Trust reports that the oil firm has directed its outlets nationwide to sell fuel between N480 and N570 per litre.

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Garba Deen Muhammad, Chief Corporate Communications Officer, NNPC Ltd, had said the price adjustment was made in line with “market realities”.

But NLC President, Comrade Joe Ajaero, who briefed journalists at Labour House, Abuja, on Wednesday, said the congress would not accept that.

He added that the fixing of price is not what government could do unilaterally.

Portable turns G-Wagon to ‘distribution van’, shares food to people

Controversial hip pop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has given back to the street.

The singer demonstrated largesse by using a G-Wagon to distribute food items to less privileged kids.

He shared the footage in a post via his Instagram account on Wednesday.

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In the video, Portable was seen driving through communities and giving out packs of noodles, spaghetti, packaged oil, garri, rice, and other food items to people who trooped out to benefit from his generosity.

According to him, he was sent by God to help the people.

Sharing the clip, he captioned; “ZAzuu God Sent IKA OF AFRICA 🌎 Dr ZEHNATION Many many inspiration.”

The Afro-street musician gained popularity in December 2021 when he featured Olamide and Poco Lee in ‘Zazoo Zeh’.

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Lagos police dismiss Sergeant over N98,000 extortion

The Police Command in Lagos State has announced the dismissal of Sgt. Ekpo Shimuyere attached to Sogunle Division for extorting a young man of N98,000.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin told newsmen on Wednesday that the Provost Department of the command had already disrobed the dismissed sergeant.

According to him, the dismissed sergeant collected the phone of his victim and used a POS operator to transfer N98,000 out of the N100,000 in the young man’s bank account.

Mr Hundeyin said that the action of the policeman was contrary to the ethics of the profession.

“Police got the complaint from the victim and the officer denied the crime when he was contacted. The command placed him under detention so that he will not tamper with the evidence.

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“We wrote to his bank and obtained his statement of account. We were able to trace the money to where the POS operator transferred it to before transferring the money to the officer’s account.

“We followed due process to get his account. The victim was invited in the course of investigation, and he testified.

“The POS operator was also invited, and he said the officer requested him to transfer the money from the victim’s account to another one,” Mr Hudenyi added.

He said that the Sergeant was consequently subjected to Orderly Room trial in line with extant laws.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos Command, Idowu Owohunwa, have reviewed the orderly room procedure of the officer with Force No. 461654, attached to Sogunle Police Division and have approved the punishment of dismissal from the Force,” he said.

Mr Hundeyin said that the commissioner warned officers and men against any form of corruption, stressing that the dismissal was to serve as a deterrent to others.

He further warned that the command would continue to punish any police officer found to have engaged in unprofessional conduct.

Lagos police dismiss Sergeant over N98,000 extortion

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