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NLC Asks Tinubu To Invite Leaders Of Planned Protest, Address Grievances.

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to invite the leaders of a planned nationwide protest over hardship in the country, asking him to also address the challenges facing the citizens.

“As the date for the widely reported national protest looms, the Nigeria Labour Congress urges President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to invite the leadership of the protest movement for discussions on their grievances,” the NLC said in a Monday statement by its president Joe Ajaero.

The NLC chief said with inflation hitting 34.19 per cent coupled with the hike in food and electricity tariffs among others, there is a need for President Tinubu to address these challenges.

“It is, therefore, condescending and dismissive to describe the daily brutish ordeal that Nigerians are going through as a sponsored political dissent. Even if it is so, it is still within the confines of citizens’ rights to protest on political grounds. Just that the current unease in the country does not need political motivation to spark and splurge,” [/b]Ajaero said.

[b]“All that the hurting citizens demand from their government is a listening ear and an empathetic heart. Maybe, that is what the organisers of the protest are looking for given their continued notices on different social media platforms.”

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It faulted what it described as the “hostility” of the Nigerian government toward the planned protest, saying it does not “offer any tangible remedy either to the pain endured by the populace or the frustrations of having so little in a country where a few privileged persons are living in obscene luxury, especially at the expense of the majority. These are dire times. Nigerians are angry”.

“The times require the government to ‘jaw-jaw’ and not ‘war war’ with Nigerians. The truth is that you cannot smack a child and at the same time ask the child not to cry,” he said.

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“The EFCC and other security agencies in Nigeria are violators of human rights” Bobrisky says as he shares court filing praying the court to restrain security agencies from violating his rights.

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“The EFCC and other security agencies in Nigeria are violators of human rights” Bobrisky says as he shares court filing praying the court to restrain security agencies from violating his rights.

Bobrisky, through his lawyer, had filed a petition in the Federal High Court of Nigeria to restrain the EFCC and other security agencies from harassing, arresting, detaining, or declaring the crossdresser wanted.

Bobrisky said that despite the court filing, the EFCC violently assaulted him and pulled him out of a plane that was about to tale off, which is a violation of his fundamental human right.

He said he now wants the world to see the security agencies in Nigeria for what they are.

 

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has deployed several battalions of soldiers to the eastern tip of Europe in anticipation of a possible Russian attack on alliance territory.

For over three months, the Spanish army has been leading this contingent of more than 2,800 soldiers from six different countries.

Of these NATO soldiers, 1,100 are stationed on the Slovakian maneuver site as part of the “task force”, the permanent corps ready to go into combat if necessary.

In the event of war, the Riecky military base in Slovakia has the capacity to mobilize up to 60,000 soldiers in less than 10 days.

On a daily basis, the battle group prepares itself to be ready in the event of war. Soldiers from one of NATO’s eight battle groups prepare for a possible real-life confrontation, in this case with Russia, on one of Europe’s largest maneuver areas, covering more than 145 square kilometers.

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Protests erupt in Abkhazia over pro-Moscow property measure

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Thousands of protesters opposing a proposal that would allow Russians to buy property in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed separatist region of Georgia, stormed the parliament and presidential offices on Friday.

Opponents of the property agreement argue that it would inflate apartment prices and increase Moscow’s influence in the region.

At least eight people were injured in the clashes in the regional capital of Sukhumi on the Black Sea, according to news reports.

The protests forced parliament to postpone the session as the demonstrators gathered outside the gates of the government compound.

Local media reports say MPs had earlier planned to discuss and ratify the controversial investment measure.

Instead, demonstrators rammed the parliament gate with a truck and streamed inside the grounds, throwing rocks at police, who responded with tear gas.

According to local reports, police left the parliament building, but demonstrators remained, demanding the resignation of Abkhazia’s president, Aslan Bzhania.

Demonstrators also stormed into the presidential administration building and vowed to remain there until Bzhania resigned and snap elections were called.

The president’s office later announced he was preparing an order to remove the measure from consideration.

The unrest had been building up since Monday following the arrest of five opposition figures at a similar demonstration. The arrests set off wider protests the next day, in which bridges leading to Sukhumi were blocked.

Abkhazia’s scenic mountains and Black Sea beaches attract many Russian tourists, creating strong demand for holiday homes.

Most of the region broke away from Georgia following a conflict that ended in 1993, and Georgia lost control of the remaining territory after a brief war with Russia in 2008.

While Russia recognises Abkhazia as an independent state, many Abkhazians fear that their region, with a population of around 245,000, is effectively becoming a client state of Moscow.

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