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  • 3 killed in Israeli strike on outskirts of Damascus

    3 killed in Israeli strike on outskirts of Damascus

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    Beirut, June 27, 2024 (dpa/NAN) At least three people were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, a war monitor reported on Thursday.

    It added that 11 others were wounded as a result of shrapnel that fell on houses from a Syrian air defence missile that was launched to confront the Wednesday night attack.

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which has a network of sources across the country, said the strike targeted the Jihad al-Bina Foundation, which is affiliated with the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah and Iranian groups.

    The target was about 700 meters from the Sayyida shrine, an important Shiite religious site frequently visited by Iranian and Lebanese loyal to Hezbollah.

    It also said explosions were heard at the Tal Sahn radar site, east of the town of Malah in the eastern countryside of Suwayda.

    It is not known whether it was the result of Israeli targeting or from Syrian rockets which were launched from the site to confront Israeli missiles.

    There was no comment by the Israeli army.

    Israel’s air force repeatedly bombs targets in neighbouring Syria in an attempt to prevent Iran and its allied militias from expanding their military influence in the country.

    There have been more attacks since the Gaza war began on Oct. 7. (dpa/NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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    Edited by Cecilia Odey/Buhari Bolaji

  • IPMAN strike in Adamawa: petrol price hit N2,000 per litre

    IPMAN vow to continue strike as petrol hit N2,000 per liter in Adamawa

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    By Ibrahim Kado

    Yola, June 25, 2024 (NAN) The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Adamawa/Taraba chapter, has expressed resolve to continue its ongoing strike even as petrol sells N2,000 per liter.

    The IPMAN Chairman, Alhaji Dahiru Buba, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Yola on Tuesday.

    He said that the strike was occasioned by incessant harassment of its members and illegal seizures of their tankers carrying petrol by officers of the Nigeria Custom Service (NCS).

    He said, customs officers had abandoned their designated areas of operation at the borders and were now targeting legitimate businesses in metropolitan and local government areas.

    According to him, these have lead to financial losses, artificial scarcity and hike in products’ prices and the strike is continue until NCS stop their activities.

    NAN reports that the strike and attendant high cost of petrol  has resulted in low vehicular movements on the roads.

    Abubakar Muhammed, a resident, told NAN that workers and other commuters now find it difficult to get transport to their offices and destinations.

    Muhammad explained that this was due to the sharp rise in transport fares as commuters now pay N700 instead of N300 for a drop.

    NAN reports that most fuel stations in Yola are  closed and motorists can only source petrol from black markets in some parts of the metropolis and state.

    NAN recalls that on June 10, the Comptroller-General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi, during a news briefing in Yola, solicited support and cooperation of all stakeholders in the fight against smuggling, especially of petrol.

    He said that smuggling of petroleum products across the country’s borders was a sabotage of the Nigeria’s economy.

    Adeniyi therefore solicited the cooperation and support of all Nigerians with security agencies to curb the menace. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

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  • Minimum wage: Strike paralyses activities in Bauchi, Borno, Yobe

    Strike

    By Reporters

    Bauchi, May 3, 2024 (NAN) Workers in Bauchi, Borno and Yobe on Monday joined the nationwide strike embarked by the Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress (TUC).

    The Correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the strike in Bauchi, Damaturu and Maiduguri report that government offices, schools and banks were closed in compliance with the industrial action.

    The unions directed their members to embarked on an indefinite strike following disagreement with the Federal Government over the implementation of the new minimum and down ward review of the electricity tariff.

    In Bauchi, workers had stayed from their offices at the Federal and State Government Secretariats, banks, schools and other public offices while the NLC officials were going round to enforce compliance with the strike.

    Mr Maikudi Ibrahim, Acting Chairman of the Congress, said the state chapter had fully complied with the strike.

    “We are monitoring departments and agencies to ensure total compliance with the strike. No going back, we are on it,” he said 

    Corroborating Ibrahim, Mr Ibrahim Tafida, the Vice Chairman of the TUC, described workers’ compliance to the strike as encouraging.

    “It is a success; all offices, organisations and agencies remained closed in compliance to the directives from the national secretariat”.

    However, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Yobe Stare Chapter, has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike by the labour unions.

    The Chairman of the association, Dr Abubakar Mala, said that they directed their members to continue providing medical services to the patients.

    “We are not joining the NLC strike. We are not part of their affiliate, and we are not joining the strike.

    “We are fully attending to patients as usual. All our clinics are open, and we have been in the theater and everywhere,” he said.

    The measure, he said, would facilitate uninterrupted medical and healthcare services to the people.

    Similarly, some residents of Maiduguri in Borno have urged the organised labour to show human face while enforcing the strike.

    Mr Ibrahim Musa, a resident, said that it was imperative for the unions not to disrupt provision of essential services to the people.

    He said that, “there should be power supply to hospitals and water plants to service the poor.

    “People on Band C who are placed on only four hours of power supply daily should also be allowed to enjoy it”.

    Commenting, Bulama Mustapha and Hadiza Ali called for government and the unions to resume negotiation to facilitate speedy resolution of the impasse.

    “There should be skeletal services in some areas. For instance, students of the University of Maiduguri are writing their examinations, and some candidates are writing WAEC. They should be allowed to continue.

    “The strike should bear a human face so that innocent Nigerians will not suffer,” Ali said.

    Also, an Islamic cleric, Usman Sadisu, expressed concern over the strike which might disrupt the transportation of pilgrims for Hajj exercise.

    “We hope the closure of the airports due to the strike will not affect the transportation of pilgrims in areas where the exercise has not been concluded.

    “The labour unions should be considerate to easy movement of intending pilgrims in any airport to be concluded”. (NAN) (www.nannews.ng)

    Reporters/RSA

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    Edited by Rabiu Sani-Ali