Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, urges Nigeria Labour Congress to cancel planned protest. Lagos State Police Command arrests eight wanted armed robbers. President-General of Umuoji Community in Anambra State, Silas Onyima, killed by unidentified hoodlums.
1. Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress , NLC, to shelve their proposed nationwide protest. In a letter addressed to the counsel for the NLC, Femi Falana, SAN, dated February 23, 2024, Fagbemi reminded the NLC of a subsisting order restraining the union from embarking on any industrial action. 2. Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested eight suspected armed robbers on its wanted list.
The spokesperson for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Hundeyin stated that the suspects, who belonged to two syndicates, were arrested after weeks of discreet and intense investigation. 3. Some yet-to-be-identified hoodlums have killed the President-General of Umuoji Community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Silas Onyim
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