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The President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Justice Babatunde Adeniran Ademjumo today granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labor Congress from embarking on indefinite strike slated for tomorrow to protest a hike in the price of petrol.   Abubakar Malami Presiding over lawsuit No.NICN/ABJ/179/2016 between Federal Government of Nigeria and the Nigeria Labor Congress and Trade Union Congress the judge granted an interim order of injunction restraining the Defendants/Respondents, their agents, privies, employees, workmen, or servants from embarking on industrial action, demonstrating or engaging in any action that may disrupt the economic activities of Nigeria pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. The Federal Government was represented by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN; Okoi Obono Obla, Special Assistant to the President on Prose...

A 24-year old nursing mother, Yewande Busari, was on  May 6  electrocuted in Lagos with her one-year-old son strapped to her back. The child, named Pamilerin, however, survived. The tragedy was caused by electrical wires sticking out of a streetlight pole where she was trying to cross the highway at Oshodi.  Yetunde, sources said, had not used the pedestrian bridge on the motorway. Pamilerin, who has since being discharged from a hospital, is currently with his paternal grandparents.  “Since the accident, he has not stopped crying. Pamilerin was very fond of his mother and has refused to breastfeed from other mums who had offered to help,”  his father, Mr. Lekan Akorede, told SaharaReporters.    The streetlight pole that caused the tragedy was said to have carried the menace of live wires sticking for a while but was left unattended by the government and the...

Friends of Dr Ivy Umunah wrote to LIB to share the unfortunate way she died. The 44 year old h eaded the Histopathology Department of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Akwa, Ibom, until she was found dead in her home almost 48hours after she was last seen on April 21st 2016. She is believed to have been murdered. See graphic photos of her body after she was killed and read the full story from her friends sent exclusively to LIB..*warning - viewer discretion is advised*   The story below... Friends of late Dr Ivy Umanah of NdonEyo in Onna Local Government Area of AkwaIbom Statewish to bring the above heinous crime to your attention for speedy redress. Who killed Dr Ivy Umanah? Why was Dr Ivy Umanah Killed and the corpse locked up in her residence for almost 48 hours? What would have warranted the brutal murder of this 44 years old woman who has been in medical practice for over 20 years? The perpetrators of this heinous cr...

According to the victim, Elomachukwu Agbara, her father, Ifeanyi Agbara, poured kerosene on her and lit her up for not coming home on time from her tailor's place.  Asked why he set her on fire, Ifeanyi said "She had been out of the house and we asked her to come inside the house, she refused. So we poured Kerosene on her and that was it. It was when she wanted to run away. Nobody used matches on her, it was a lighter" - he said  Credit: InFocus

Former Kaduna state governor, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations that he collected N700million from a slush fund former Nigeria'soil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke deposited at Fidelity Bank. EFCC sources said Yero was implicated when two suspects earlier arrested by the anti-corruption agency revealed that he collected N700million from the loot. The former governor spent the night at the zonal offices of the EFCC where he allegedly confessed to receiving the money. However, he claimed the money had already been shared with members of the People’s Democratic Party in 23 local government areas of the for “election logistics”.   Mr. Yero remains in EFCC custody in Kano.   Ramalan Yero