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NURTW disowns Lagos elders council, threatens legal action over petition

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The national headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has said the Lagos NURTW Elders Council is illegal as the union constitution does not make provision for such.

It said the national body might be forced to take a legal action against members of elders’ council if they failed to desist from character assassination of the union’s President, Tajudeen Baruwa.

It also stated that many of the problems facing the union in the South-West region were created by the immediate past administration.

The national body stated these while reacting to a petition written the Lagos union’s elders council to the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Assistant Inspector General of Police and Commissioner for Police for Lagos State.

The Baruwa-led NURTW has been in a running leadership battle with the Lagos State Chairman of the uinin, Musiliu Adesanya (aka MC Oluomo) leading to the suspension of the latter and takeover of motor park activities in the state by the state government.

The union in the statement titled, ‘Setting the Record Straight’ and signed by Comrade A.C. Asogwa, the Deputy General Secretary (Education), stated that the elders council lacked the locus standi to operate let alone write the petition as the forum is alien to the constitution of the union.

According to him, the union has about 13 different organs as stipulated in its constitution, adding the council of elders “can be described as compromised interlopers playing out a script written by their pay masters.”

On the allegation that the NURTW president was running the union like his private property, the statement said the elders group exposed their lack of knowledge of the workings of the union constitution, as they (elders) failed to pinpoint the particular breach of the constitution by the president.

On the allegation that the national body  constitution of caretaker committee for Lagos was meant to create chaos, the national body in the statement explained “the action of the union was in line with the dictates of the union’s constitution,”, adding, “the duties and functions of the union’s caretaker committee is distinct from the Lagos State park management committee. The Lagos state park management committee cannot run the affairs of union.”

The union also said some states in the South-West such as Oyo, Ondo and Ogun were plunged into crisis by immediate past administration and that the present administration had been doing everything possible to manage and correct some of the problems.

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Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others

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Defamation: Court orders arrest of prophet, two others

Justice Olaolu Olanipekun of Oyo State Magistrates’ Court 7 sitting in Iyaganku, Ibadan, has issued a warrant for the arrest of a prophet of a Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S) church, Ojo Amos (aka Elewuogbo).

Justice Olanipekun ordered that Elewuogbo and his two sureties be arrested and detained for jumping bail.

Elewuogbo is on trial for alleged defamation of character of the Founder of One Love Family, Sat Guru Maharaj Ji.

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Elewuogbo and a Lagos-based blogger, Gbenga Asabe, had, through publications, accused Maharaj Ji of selling human body parts for money rituals.

The court also granted request for consolidation of the cases against Elewuogbo and Asabe brought by Maharaj Ji’s counsel, Dapo Akinosi.

Akinosi prayed the court that since the facts were related, they should be merged. The court granted the application and adjourned the case till April 30.

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Students drag university to court over payment of registration fees

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Students drag university to court over payment of registration fees

Three students of one of the universities in northern part of the country, Al-qalam University, Katsina, have dragged the institution to a High Court in Katsina over payment of registration fees.

The applicants, Hauwa’u Sani-Barda, Rabi’atu Sani-Barda and Hafsat Sani-Barda, all students of the respondent, got admission in 2018 and 2019, and graduated in 2022 and 2023.

They, however, claimed that the respondents had refused to mobilise them for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), because they had not settled all fees due to the institution.

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During the proceedings on Thursday, the applicants’ counsel, Muhammad Mukhtar-Lawal, told the court that his clients had filed an exparte motion in pursuance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

Mukhtar-Lawal said that the application sought the leave of the court to apply for judicial review.

After the counsel’s submission, the judge, Justice Abbas Bawale, said that the applicants should have filed a motion on notice.

Bawale, however, granted a leave order to the applicants to apply for judicial review by way of mandamus.
He said after that, processes would be served on the university and enable the court to hear the case.

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NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect

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NAFDAC busts fake Eva water factory, arrests suspect

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has exposed a counterfeit bottled water operation in Port Harcourt, specifically targeting the renowned brand Eva water.

Following a tipoff, NAFDAC officials conducted a raid on a derelict shop situated on Pipeline Road, Eneka.

The establishment disguised as a pool house and served as the hub for producing the fraudulent water.

During the operation, authorities discovered that used Eva plastic bottles were being refilled with contaminated water sourced from a paint bucket.

The water was then filtered through unhygienic rubber funnels covered with cloth.

Counterfeit Eva labels were affixed to the bottles, which were subsequently sealed with fake Eva corks.

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One suspect, identified as Chibunna James, was apprehended while in the process of loading the adulterated water for distribution. However, the mastermind behind the operation remains at large.

The confiscated products were promptly evacuated to the NAFDAC office for further investigation and analysis.

Cyril Monye, NAFDAC’s Public Relations Officer for Rivers State, disclosed that the scheme of the perpetrators involved repackaging contaminated water in used Eva bottles, employing makeshift filters made from unsanitary materials, and applying fake labels and corks to deceive consumers.

While efforts are underway to locate and apprehend the ringleader of the syndicate, NAFDAC urges the public to provide any relevant information that could aid in their apprehension.

Furthermore, Monye revealed that thirty packs of the counterfeit products were confiscated and transported to the NAFDAC office in Port Harcourt for thorough investigation. To prevent the circulation of the counterfeit water, the uncorked bottles were emptied and disposed of.

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