Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, on Friday declared an indefinite strike effective Monday, June 3 after the latest negotiation with the federal government on the new minimum wage and the recent hike of electricity tariff ended in a deadlock.
2. The Defence Headquarters yesterday vowed a fierce and overwhelming response to the killing of five soldiers in Abia State during the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB–sponsored Biafra Day on Thursday. The military blamed IPOB for the attack on Obikabia Junction checkpoint in Obingwa Local Government Area, which resulted in the death of the soldiers. 3.
This was contained in a press statement its Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications, Adefisayo Akinsanya, issued on Friday. 7. The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Friday said no one can ask God for explanation on any issue, saying his reinstatement was a perfect will of God. The monarch said this in his sermon at the Kofar Kudu Central Mosque in Kano, where he led the Juma’at prayer. 8.
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