Kano: Labour Threatens Strike Over Salary, Pension Deductions
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Kano: Labour threatens strike over salary, pension deductions
Kano State councils of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC) and Joint Negotiating Council (JNC), on Friday, said should the state government further deduct from the civil servants’ salary and pension, it would take “appropriate legal and/or industrial action to seek for redressâ€.
The warning was issued by the trio through their leaders: Kabiru Ado Minjibir (NLC), Mansur Isah (TUC) and Hashim Saleh (JNC) at a press conference on Friday that also had the leader of the National Union of Pensioners (NUP) in attendance.
Minjibir, who read the position of the labour leaders, said they were concerned by news making rounds in the state that the state government had reversed the minimum wage of N30,600 to N18,000 “and to avoid taking chances, the Congress reached out to the relevant stakeholders in government.â€
Daily Trustreported on Wednesday that civil servants in the state have been left confused and dissatisfied with slashes in their November and December salaries, to which the state government said it was caused by the dwindling economy.
But the organised labour toldDaily Trustin the report that it rejected the government’s reasons for the deduction and would soon communicate its next line of action.
In the press release on Friday, Minjibir noted that the two labour centres (NLC and TUC) as well as the JNC met and resolved that minimum wage “is a product of tripartite negotiation and cannot therefore under whatever circumstances be subjected to unilateral review.â€
Minjibir said the impact of COVID-19 on the economy that was given as the reason by state government was not satisfactory, noting that it is not only Kano that was ravaged by the pandemic but states like Lagos which has been more hit by the pandemic is still paying full salary and pensions.
He added that during previous recession, Kano State government continued paying full salaries by augmenting the income of the state with the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), as such the recession reason also was not satisfactory.
The labour leaders further said the level of maturity they exhibited “arising from the unilateral deduction of salary and pension of workers and pensioners in November and December, 2020 should not be taken for granted by the government.
“The labour centres are not ready to accept any further unilateral deduction of pension and salary or any other legitimate earning of any worker or pensioner in the state and urge government to immediately refund the deducted amounts for both workers and pension in the months of November and December, 2020.â€
They added that “Should there be any further deduction, reversal or any foul play on salary or pension under whatever excuse, the Labour Centres would be left with no any other alternative that to take appropriate legal and/or industrial action to seek for redress.â€
“We, therefore, hereby urge the state government to desist from taking further measure that will damage its established reputation in terms of payment of salary and pension over the years, otherwise, the Labour Centres would not guarantee industrial peace and harmony in the stateâ€, they said.
Similarly, they said they support and may soon join the legal action instituted by the state’s chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) wherein an exparte order has been granted restraining the state government from further deduction from salaries.
Workers and pensioners in state were thereafter urged “to remain on alert and await further directives from the leadership of organised labour in the state and at same time engage in prayers so as to overcome the challenges.â€
62 Feared Dead As Indonesian Plane Crashes After Takeoff
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62 feared dead as Indonesian plane crashes after takeoff
An Indonesian budget airline jet is feared to have crashed into the sea after the Boeing 737 lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday, with flight tracking data showing the plane plunged into a steep dive several minutes after take-off.
It was unclear how many passengers and crew were aboard Sriwijaya Air’s Boeing 737-500, which has a capacity of about 130, when it left Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta international airport.
But 62 passengers and crew were listed on an unconfirmed manifest, including seven children and three infants, local media reported.
The usual flight time is about 90 minutes over the Java Sea between Indonesia’s main Java island and Kalimantan, the country’s section of Borneo island.
Data from FlightRadar24 said the plane reached an altitude of nearly 11,000 feet (3,350 metres) before dropping to 250 feet. It then lost contact with air traffic control.
“Sriwijaya Air flight #SJ182 lost more than 10,000 feet of altitude in less than one minute, about 4 minutes after departure from Jakarta,†the tracking agency said on its official Twitter account.
Broadcaster Kompas TV quoted local fishermen as saying they had found debris near islands just off the coast of the capital Jakarta, but it could not be immediately confirmed as having belonged to the missing jet.
Indonesia’s transport ministry said it was probing the incident.
“A Sriwijaya (Air) plane from Jakarta to Pontianak (on Borneo island) with call sign SJY182 has lost contact,†said ministry spokesman Adita Irawati.
“It last made contact at 2:40 pm (0740 GMT).â€
The budget airline, which has about 19 Boeing jets that fly to destinations in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, said only that it was investigating the loss of contact.
Indonesia’s search and rescue agency and the National Transportation Safety Commission were also investigating, Irawati said.
In October 2018, 189 people were killed when a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX jet slammed into the Java Sea about 12 minutes after take-off from Jakarta on a routine one-hour flight.
That crash — and a subsequent fatal flight in Ethiopia — saw Boeing hit with $2.5 billion in fines over claims it defrauded regulators overseeing the 737 MAX model, which was grounded worldwide following the two deadly crashes.
However, Indonesia’s aviation sector has long suffered from a reputation for poor safety, and its airlines were once banned from entering US and European airspace.
In 2014, an AirAsia plane crashed with the loss of 162 lives.
Domestic investigators’ final report showed a chronically faulty component in a rudder control system, poor maintenance and the pilots’ inadequate response were major factors in what was supposed to be a routine flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore
A Baghdad court has issued a warrant for the arrest of the President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, as part of its investigation into the killing of a top Iraqi paramilitary commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Al-Muhandis, who was the Deputy Head of Iraq’s largely pro-Iran Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary network, was killed in the same US drone strike that took out Iranian general Qasem Soleimani at Baghdad airport on January 3 last year.
Trump, who ordered the strike, subsequently boasted that it had taken out “two (men) for the price of one”.
The UN special rapporteur for an extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, has called the twin killings as “arbitrary” and “illegal”.
Iran already issued a warrant for the arrest of Trump in June and asked Interpol to relay it as a so-called red notice to other police forces around the world.
The court for east Baghdad has now issued the warrant for Trump’s arrest under Article 406 of the penal code, which provides for the death penalty in all cases of premeditated murder, the judiciary said.
The court said the preliminary inquiry had been completed but “investigations are continuing to unmask the other culprits in this crime, be they Iraqis or foreigners.”
Meanwhile, some members of President Donald Trump’s cabinet on Wednesday opened discussion on the possibility of removing Trump from office after his supporters stormed the Capitol, according to reports by three US news channels.
The discussions focused on the 25th amendment to the US Constitution, which allows for a president’s removal by the vice president and cabinet if he is judged “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office.”
Invoking it would require Vice President Michael Pence to lead the cabinet in a vote on removing him.
CNN quoted unnamed Republican leaders saying the 25th amendment had been discussed, saying they had described Trump as “out of control.”</div
If You See This In A Hotel Room Or Public Toilet, Flee Immediately
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This is to call our attention to this thing we might come across in a hotel room or public toilet that looks like a hook which it is not. Also, we need to be very observant of our environment because of this, especially in a hotel room for our own good.
Apparently, you might see this innocent-looking hook and you will think it’s meant for hanging clothes not knowing it has another purpose because hidden this wall hook is a tiny camera that watches people in the bathroom, hotel rooms, and change rooms. Women especially were recorded while in the shower or converting without their knowing.
Basically, this has intruded one’s privacy without one knowing someone out there is watching all that you’re doing during your stay in a hotel room or public toilet which is not fair.
This hidden camera also known as a spy camera is a video camera used to record people without their knowledge. The term “hidden camera†is commonly used in TV shows, sometimes when subjects are unaware that they are being recorded, and usually lacking their knowledge and consent.
However, if you found this in a hotel room you’ve been staying for a while, you should flee immediately because you don’t know who has been spying on you all these days and that’s how some usually end up being blackmail.
Although this hidden camera is used by some undercover agent in tv shows to catch suspect in an unusual or absurd situation, either knows they will be filmed, but not always exactly when or where, or do not know they have been filmed until later, at which point they may sign a release or give consent to the footage being produced for a show.
Woman Who Slept With A Dog For N3million, Begs For Help After This Happened
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The deep desire to sleep with dogs has come upon a young woman after she had sex with a dog .
According to the lady in an email sent to popular Instagram relationship coach, Joro Olumofin, she was convinced by her friends at the University to sleep with a dog when she complained of hardship
She revealed her friends offered to help her get 3 million Naira (GH¢46,000 = 460 million old cedis) in just one day. After weeks of impatience, she was invited to Victoria Island of Lagos where she slept with a dog.
The young lady claims she enjoyed the dog s3x very much. She claims she ejaculated 3 times nonstop. After the unnatural carnal knowledge, she was paid 3 million Naira.
Now the lady claims she has slept with 4 men after the incident but she is not enjoying the s3x. She now has an uncontrolled desire to sleep with dogs.
However, she has vowed never to sleep with a dog again since she had achieved her goal of becoming rich. It has gotten to the extent that she wets her pants when she sees a make dog.
She is begging the relationship coach and other social media users to help her curb her desires towards dogs.
My Husband Travelled, And Sent A Handsome Man To Work In Our Home To Test My Faithfulness
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My Husband Travelled, and Sent a Handsome Man To Work In Our Home to Test my Faithfulness
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I got married to my loving husband after we met each other at the university. We got married while I was 24 and he was 26, and we lived happily together in Lagos. However, three years after our marriage we have not been able to have a child. We always went over to the hospital to run a check on what the problem was, the doctor concluded that there was no problem with me or my husband but we just had to keep on trying so we put everything into the hands of the lord and continued our lives.
A day came when my husband told me he would be traveling for a meeting at Abuja, and I told him he should go and work, and be safe. He then told me that he feels bad leaving me alone, but he would make it up to me when he returns, and I said okay. I prepared him for his journey, prayed for him, then he left. While at Abuja, he kept on calling me to check up on me and I was happy to always hear from him. Then suddenly he told me after calling me one night that a man will be coming over to our house to fix a new decoder and dish at our home.
The next day the man came, and what I saw really surprised me, the man was a very good-looking, and tall man with pink lips, and white teeth. The man came in and explained all he was to do, and I had to stay around while he worked. He came in and started working, but something surprising happened while he was working. We got into a discussion and the man started asking me some personal questions. I didn’t know if he used a spell on me, but I found myself answering every question he asked, and I was enjoying our discussion. He then asked why I was alone, and I told him that my husband had traveled, he told me that if my husband really loved me he should have taken me along with him.
I started to feel uncomfortable, and told him that I trust my husband. He went on to say that he is sure that my husband is actually with other women. I was confused, he said he was speaking from experience as a man, that no man can stay two weeks away from his wife without going out with other women. I then told him to change the topic. So he kept on talking and this man started cracking some jokes that made me laugh. He told me I was very beautiful and attractive. Honestly i was flattered by his statement. He told me he needed water, and I went in to get the water for him.
On my way back I didn’t find him where he was working, he came from behind and wrapped his arms around me. He told me that I deserved someone caring like him and not my husband. I almost fell for this temptation because of how good-looking and interesting he was, but my mind quickly snapped, and I pushed him off and ran out of the house.
I immediately called my husband and complained to my him about the man and my husband just laughed and told me was actually using the man to test how faithful I would be to him while he was away. I started crying on phone, because I was so dissapointed at my husband for doing this. I couldn’t believe he actually tested my faithfulness to him after 3 years of marriage.
When he returned he apologized for his actions and said he was moved to do it by some of his friends who claimed that women cheat. I forgave him, and he promised never to try such with me again.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Again Urges Farmers To Protest Against New Laws
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi again urges farmers to protest against new laws
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday offered to hold further talks to end a deadlock on new agricultural reforms. This was his latest attempt to attract farmers who have been protesting the move for almost a month. Tens of thousands of farmers have camped near several entry points in New Delhi since Nov. 26 against three new laws they say will lead to the dismantling of regulated markets. They also fear that the government will stop buying wheat and rice at guaranteed prices and hand them over to big business.
Controversial Lagos socialite and club owner, Pretty Mike
was at his friend Williams Uchemba’s wedding yesterday, but he did so in some style that left everyone stunned with a thing or two say. Pretty Mike made history as he attended the wedding in the company of an entourage of 6-heavily pregnant women.
The social life trendiest, referred to the women as his “6 baby mothers to beâ€. He even had to clear the air saying this is no film trick rather he is just living his best life.
This is Pretty’s first time of creating a major scene while attending an event. He was once called in for questioning after he attended an event accompanied by a number of women on dog leashes. Earlier this year he attended the AMVCA’s with 6 women dresses as his evil demons with him dressed as the chief demon in white.
Also, in 2020, he attended an event with four dwarfs carrying a calabash.
Watch a video of him and his entourage of pregnant women below.
