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HUNDREDS of workers at London’s Heathrow airport will walk out in the run-up to the soccer World Cup this month over demands for better pay, a British union said on Friday. Unite said 700 workers involved in ground-handling, airside transport and cargo, and employed by Emirates Group’s airport services subsidiary dnata and Menzies, will strike for three days starting from Nov. 18. The World Cup in Qatar starts on Nov. 20. “Strike action will inevitably cause disruption, delays and cancellations to flights throughout Heathrow, with travellers to the World Cup particularly affected,” Unite regional officer Kevin Hall said in the…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun Command, Olaleye Faleye, to probe the alleged assault on a woman Police Inspector, Bamidele Olorunsogo, by her DCO, Ajayi Matthew, in Ode-Omu area of the state. Recall that a video showing a dehumanized and battered Bamidele went viral on social media. In the video, Bamidele accused Matthew, a senior colleague of hers at the Ode-Omu Police Divisional Headquarters in Osun State, of assault and blackmail. The policewoman alleged that Matthew had asked her out to be his girlfriend, a request to which she refused on the grounds…
The spokesman of 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Major O. J. Osoba has been promoted to the rank of a Lieutenant-Colonel. Osoba was decorated on Monday by the General Officer Commanding 81 Division, Major General Obinna Ajunwa. Osoba, who is the Acting Deputy Director, 81 Division Army Public Relations has attended several courses, including Young Officers Course Infantry, Advance Public Relations Course, Joint Information Operations Course in United Kingdom, Strategy Development and Critical Thinking Course, Open Source Intelligence Course, Staff Course. The spokesman was Commissioned as a member of Short Service Course, SSC, 34 and posted to the Directorate of Army…
The Directorate of Army Public Relations on Monday organized a Social Media (SM) Awareness Campaign for personnel of 6 Division of the Nigerian Army at the Python Officers’ Mess, Port Harcourt Barracks, Rivers State. The workshop, with the theme “Emergence of Citizen Journalism: Enhancing National Security and Cohesion through Responsible Media Reportage by Nigerian Army Personnel” was the third of its series. Delivering his welcome address, the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu harped on the illegitimate use of social media by personnel of the Nigerian Army (NA) and its implication on national security, operational engagements and the…
Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has lost his only son, Ifeanyi. SPY News gathered that the three-year-old drowned in a private swimming pool at the family’s residence in Lagos. He was rushed to a health facility for medical treatment but unfortunately, he couldn’t make it, according to a family source. “The boy was inside water for too long and they pulled him out and rushed him to the hospital,” the family source said under anonymity to await official statement. “By the time they rushed him to Lagoon Hospital it was already too late.” Davido and Chioma celebrated…
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has distanced himself from the trending manifesto on the cyberspace. He also denied releasing any manifesto ahead of the 2023 presidential election. The former Anambra state governor revealed this on Monday via his verified Twitter handle. He wrote, “We have not formally released our Manifesto. I will do so personally. It seems an earlier draft copy under review has made its way into the public space. Until I release the approved and final draft, please disregard what is being circulated.” https://twitter.com/PeterObi/status/1587009257005875200?t=2lCzwStViQ0NRTcbAWZyPQ&s=19
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), has debunked a report claiming that children in Nigeria were being administered a vaccine that contains 40 per cent mercury which was prescribed by foreign organisation. The director-general, NAFDAC, Prof Mojisola Adeyeye, in a press statement, made available to our journalists, said mercury is a metal and as such cannot be used as an element or as a component of vaccines. The basic components of vaccines are antigens, adjuvants to improve immune response, antibiotics to prevent contamination during manufacturing, preservatives, and stabilizers, Adeyeye revealed, adding that thimerosal a mercuric compound…
Armed men suspected to be herders have attacked Tse Ikyem community in Logo Local Government Area of the State. The unfortunate attack occurred in broad daylight around 4pm Nigerian time on Saturday. The attackers invaded the community and opened fire on residents, killing three persons, leaving several others were seriously injured. A source, who confirmed the development to SPY News said the attack was launched around Anawah settlement where at least two people were murdered on Sunday, October 23, 2022. Victims of the Saturday murderous attack were identified as Solomon Ukoom, Mrs Eunice Torkwase Joe Kpei and Mr Mfeseer Iorbume.…
SPY News reliably gathered that the kidnappers who abducted two female students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, have renegotiated the ransom from 20million naira to 4million naira. The victims were abducted along the popular Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. Shortly after their abduction, the kidnappers, who had killed a policeman, told the parents of the students to pay a ransom of N20million or have their daughters killed. SPY News further gathered that the students, Oluwatobi Orekoya and Olayemi Adejare, had left Abeokuta around 5pm for a birthday party in Ibadan when they were abducted by the kidnappers.…
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested the village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, and 10 other suspects across seven states for drug trafficking. This was disclosed in a statement released on Twitter on Sunday by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. According to the statement, 991,320 pills of pharmaceutical opioids and 1,251 kilograms of cannabis and khat as well as 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin were recovered from the suspects.