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President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Joe Ajaero, has declared that arrests, intimidation and harassment would not deter the labour movement from its struggle for workers’ rights and economic justice in Nigeria. Ajaero  accused the Nigerian government of deploying fear, arrests, surveillance and other forms of intimidation to suppress organised labour and silence workers demanding better living conditions. Ajaero also recounted what he described as years of persecution, including detention, repeated interrogations, surveillance, allegations of cybercrime and treason, as well as attacks on labour activities, insisting that the labour movement would continue its struggle until Nigerian workers were free from oppression and poverty. He said: “I stand before you today not as a man, but as a symbol, a true symbol of millions of Nigerian workers who wake up every morning not just to the smell of tear gas, the sound of sirens, and the cold silence of a state that preys on its own...

A coalition of civil society organisations, trade unions, youth groups, community associations, social movements, faith-based organisations and concerned Nigerians have declared June 12, 2026, as a day of nationwide protest and mass action against worsening insecurity, economic hardship and deteriorating living conditions across the country. The coalition said the planned protest, which coincides with Nigeria’s Democracy Day celebration, was aimed at drawing attention to the growing challenges confronting citizens, including insecurity, inflation, poverty and the rising cost of living. In a statement jointly signed by prominent activists and leaders of various organisations, the coalition lamented that millions of Nigerians had little reason to celebrate Democracy Day as communities across the country continued to grapple with terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminality. The statement was signed by National Chairman of the Alliance on Surviving COVID-19 and Beyond, A...

A 23-year-old female Libya returnee, Endurance Daniel, yesterday recounted how she and other migrants drank their urine to survive due to lack of water in the desert. Daniel, in an interview with NAN upon return to Nigeria, said she travelled with 52 other migrants in a single vehicle, out of whom she said seven people died under harsh conditions during the journey. She recounted how she was deceived into travelling to Libya at age 17, after promises of employment and opportunities in the North African country. She said: “We spent more than a month in the desert. There was no water; so we were drinking our urine to survive. At a time, urine was no longer coming out. Some of us had blood coming out instead of urine. “Those who died were left where we stayed in the desert. We watched their bodies decay for days because we had nowhere else to go and there was nothing we could do.” Daniel, one of the 182 migrants recently assisted to return to Nigeria by International Organisation for Migr...

 *Adeleke, APC trade blames *Police suspend rallies in Oriade  AHEAD of the August 20 governorship election in Osun State, three persons were reportedly injured following political violence that erupted in parts of the state. It was gathered that the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ife Federal Constituency held a rally early in the morning across the town, during which some suspected thugs attacked the team around the Sabo area. It was gathered that the attackers were repelled and their motorcycle was allegedly set on fire, a move which set the atmosphere for other incidents as the report of the incident spread across the towns. Sources in Akoda and Owode-Ede in Ede-North local government area told Vanguard that the APC campaign convoy, while returning from Ede, was engaged in a shootout with Accord party supporters. Some thugs were later sighted in Osogbo around Aregbesola Bus stop, Olaiya and Oke-fia, shooting sporadically into the air. Adeleke calls for Tinubu’s interve...

*Asks monarchs to activate traditional defence against terrorists, others THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, urged residents in the Southwest to stay alert and mobilise proactively in self-defence. It also tasked traditional rulers in the zone to activate traditional defence mechanisms to protect their territories from invaders. The Yoruba body, in a statement by its Chairman and Secretary in Ondo State, Messrs Korede Duyile and Bakkita Bello, advised monarchs to immediately set up systems to check the influx of bandits. “We advise our traditional heads in all our communities to activate defence mechanisms designed not only to checkmate, but effectively destroy the orchestrated hegemonic territorial armed onslaughts of the marauders, codenamed bandits with their local facilitators,” the group said. The group condemned the May 15, 2026, abduction of 42 schoolchildren and seven teachers from Ahoro-Esinele and Yawota in Oriire LGA, Oyo State. It described t...

*Military confirms attack *Neutralises 24 terrorists, rescues 194 kidnap victims A Nigerian Army officer and  six soldiers were killed Monday evening after troops came under a deadly ambush by suspected terrorists during a patrol operation in the Rigachikun area of Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack occurred amid intensified military operations that have, in recent weeks, significantly degraded the operational capabilities of armed groups operating within the Kaduna-Zaria corridor and surrounding communities. Senior military sources, yesterday confirmed the attack, noting that follow up deployment to the axis to track and clear the perpetrators is ongoing This is just as authorities of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna have disclosed that troops neutralised 24 bandits/terrorists and rescued 194 kidnap victims in Kaduna and adjourning areas in the first quarter of this year.  Sources said the attack and killing of the soldiers occured in a forest location in...