NLC Strike: Riots in Lagos Over Fuel Price Hike

Riots have broken out in some parts of Nigeria’s commercial capital of Lagos, as a faction of Nigerian Labour Congress have ahead with an indefinite nationwide strike on Wednesday.
The Trade Union Congress announced their decision to pull out of the strike after a National Industrial Court issued a restraining order against the strike on Tuesday. Many uncertain Lagosians shunned the strike action called over the hike in the pump price of fuel.

The government had last week introduced a new price band for gasoline following a partial liberalization of the oil sector.

President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on May 11 increased gasoline prices by 67 percent in order to attract private importers, who will be able to recover their costs and help end fuel shortages that have persisted for months in the country.

A faction of the NLC led by Comrade Ayuba Wabba had announced that an indefinite strike commences today after its meeting with the Federal Government ended in a deadlock. The other faction led by Joe Ajaero had agreed with the Federal Government to set up a joint committee to deliberate on the issue of minimum wage, N500bn social investment and review the N145 new pump price of gasoline. The two factions of the NLC had recently asked for a new minimum wage based on the present economic realities. The committee has two weeks to report back in two weeks.

While some workers aligned with the Wabba-led faction, several others followed the directive by the Ajaero-led NLC that there would be no strike. Hoodlums were believed to have taken advantage of the confusion to create mayhem, smashing windscreens and hurling stones at passing vehicles.

Security agencies had since taken control of areas where violence was reported earlier on Wednesday.

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Nigerian Foods Your Nigerian Party Must Have

When you decide to throw a party in Nigeria, people usually honour the invitation because of two reasons. 1.The love they have for you or 2. The free food you’d be offering. So, if you want to throw a party that will please your guest and earn you the respect of a good host, USANGBASSEY.BLOGSPOT highlights here, 5 types of Nigerian foods you must include in your menu…



Nigerian jollof rice
Even without telling you this is the number one food Nigerians want to see at a party. We have people craving for party jollof rice even when there is no party because the party jollof rice is said to be completely different from the one prepared at home.



There is what oyinbo people (White-men) call appetizer.
So while your guests are engaged with the program of the day, they do not expect the table to empty and dry. Nigerians want to see small chops in small disposable plates served on the table. They do not joke with the puff-puff, samosas, steak meat that would be served there. While they wait for the famous party rice, they want to keep their mouths busy.



Have you heard the saying Butter is not the food for monkeys?
That is how some people regard rice. They would rather go for a heavier meal.
So as different classes of people would be in attendance, you have to put this into consideration when planning the party. The older people in the society prefer to eat pounded yam and expect to find this or any other solid food on the menu because when not found some people get disappointed.



for classy parties, Nigerians expect to see a variety of foods set on the menu. Porridge is one food Nigerians do not joke with at parties as many people would love to go for it. Depending on how well made it is, you will be surprised to see that this does not last till the end of the party.

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Nigerians are known to be a fan of hot amala especially when the soup is gbegiri mixed with ewedu and in order case efo riro.
Hmmm... Hope you are not hungry? If you are, hurry, Go Grab a Plate.

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Akinwunmi Ambode added 50 BRT buses to ease fuel price increase pains

Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday provided 50 new Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses to cushion the fuel price hike effect.

The governor donated the buses to Primero Transport Services Ltd, operators of the new blue BRT service, which runs along the BRT corridor from Ikorodu to Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS).

Primero Managing Director Fola Tinubu told reporters in Ikorodu yesterday that the governor’s gesture was an expression of faith in BRT’s ability to meet the city’s traffic needs.

He said: “This magnanimous act by Governor Ambode has been taken to reduce the effect of the hike in fuel price on Lagosians in the hope that more people will enjoy the BRT service.

“The governor also hopes more people will leave their cars at home and use the BRT, which goes a long in reducing traffic and waiting time at various terminals.”

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UNBELIEVABLE: A man in Suit spotted to be a WindScreen Cleaner in Ogun State.

By Daniel Sync

 A man in Suit spotted to be a WindScreen Cleaner in Ogun State.

Abdulahi Olatoyan is the dapper windscreen cleaner who was spotted putting on suit while doing his job in Abeokuta area of Ogun State. See photos of Olatoyan who claims to be a drop out at the University of Ilorin, said he turned to the street after the demise of his father to make a living and save enough money to start a business and hopes to return to school to complete his studies one day.

See photos of Abdulahi Olatoyan cleaning windscreen:

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Tanzania's President finds 10,000 “ghost workers” on public payroll

10,000 “ghost workers” has been slashed from Tanzania
 public sector payroll, saving government coffers more than 
$2m a month.

The discovery of the non-existent workers followed a nationwide audit ordered by president John Magufuli in March as part of a crackdown on corruption and wasteful public spending.

Officials told Reuters the payroll audit is continuing and more ghost workers are expected to be identified.

At an event at the Tanzanian High Commission in London at the weekend, prime minister Kassim Majaliwa said the authorities will start to “crack the whip” against those receiving the money immediately, AllAfrica reported.

President Magufuli was elected in October. His vows to weed out graft and unnecessary public expenditure were popular with Tanzanians fed up with the endemic corruption that has frustrated the country’s development.

Tanzania President
John Magufuli

Since his election, Magufuli has cancelled elaborate independence day celebrations, cut spending for a dinner celebrating the opening of parliament and banned foreign travel for all government officials apart from the president, vice president and prime minister.

Nicknamed the “bulldozer” following his tenure as public works minister, Magufuli has begun embarking on surprise visits to catch the corrupt or incompetent in the act.

So far this has led to the firing of a hospital chief and dissolution of its governing board and the arrest of the Tanzania Revenue Authority chief and five of his top lieutenants for tax fraud, which cost around $40m in revenue.

He has also dismissed several other senior officials, including the head of the anti-graft body.

The country spends over $260m every month on its wage bill, which the government thinks has been hugely inflated by non-existent workers.

Earlier this year, an audit revealed 24,000 "ghost workers" on the Nigerian government payroll, saying around $11.5m.

Tanzania's President find 10,000 "ghost workers" on public payroll

Our people are being pushed too far by herdsmen Benue state Governor says as he reacts to last fridays attack

Benue state governor, Samuel Ortom says his people are being pushed too far by herdsmen who attacked residents of Agwabi village in Benue Council Ward of Buruku Local Government area of the state last Friday May 13th. In an interview with news men in Markurdi, the state capital today May 16th, 2016 Ortom said:

"I did not become governor to preside over dead bodies. No day passes without the blood of the innocent spilled by rampaging gunmen! Our People are being pushed too far by herdsmen! The old and the young has been slaughtered, children separated from their parents and many people chased form their homes to sleep in the bush without food to eat. This is genocide and I call on All Nigerians to condemn the Invation, Destruction, Killing and Occupation of Benue communities by herdsmen."

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