Nigerian Police Threaten Strike

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Some police inspectors and rank and file from the Imo State Police Command have threatened to take strike over their redeployment for some violence-prone states in the North. The aggrieved policemen who met in Benin, the Edo State capital, said they would start the strike in November.

However the Force headquarters has said that the   redeployment won't be revisited or changed and warned the affected officers against blackmailing law enforcement authorities.

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National Union of Electricity Employees Threaten Nationwide Blackout If FG Doesn't End ASUU Strike In 7 Days

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Labour activist and General Secretary, National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, Joe Ajaero has given the Federal Government 1 week to solve its differences with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or cripple the Nation with the mother-of-all-strikes.
Ajaero who was speaking throughout the opening of an exercise workshop organized for labour leaders in Enugu, threatened to ally with other unions in the united states to participate ASUU on a solidarity stike if the impasse persists.

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Elrufai Facebook Friends Threaten Igbo, Say 'Leave North or We Kill You'

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Facebook friends of controversial former FCT minister, Malam Nasir Elrufai, have descended heavily on the Igbo nation after a post by Elrufai which alleged that the proposed National Conference called for by President Jonathan in response to Nigerians call was a ploy to reach a "pre-determined agenda".

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600 ex-militants threaten to Storm National Assembly

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No fewer than 600 ex-militants in the Niger Delta yesterday threatened to invade the National Assembly over the summon of the Chairman of the Amnesty Implementation Committee, Kingsley Kuku and the former militant leader, Mujaheed Asari- Dokubo, over their remarks on the 2015 presidential election.

The ex-militant leaders described the House of Representatives summon on the duo as divisive and attempt to foment trouble in the country. This was contained in separate statements issued yesterday in Yenagoa by the President, Leadership, Peace and Cultural Development Initiative LPCDI, Reuben Wilson and a former member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, Eris Paul alias Gen. Ogunboss.

N’Assembly’s report on Dana crash may threaten US-Nigeria link

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Implementation of the National Assembly’s recommendations on the Dana Air crash by the Federal Government may adversely affect Nigeria’s direct flight link with the United States of America, TUNJI ABIOYE writes

The United States of America may take a second look at its direct flight link with Nigeria if the Federal Government goes ahead to implement the Senate and House of Representatives Joint Aviation Committee’s report on the June 3, 2012 Dana Air crash, investigations by our correspondent have revealed.

The US Federal Aviation Administration’s Category One status, an approval for Nigerian-registered airplanes to operate commercial flights to America, was awarded the country in 2008 after a rigorous audit that lasted for many years.

Prior to the award, Nigeria had lost the coveted status for about 15 years, thereby making direct flights between it and US impossible.

Azazi’s Kinsmen Threaten To boycott Burial

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Some members of the Peretorugbene community in Bayelsa State, the hometown of the late former National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi, have warned against burying him in Yenagoa, capital of the state. Azazi died in a helicopter crash on Dec. 15 alongside Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State and four others, on his way from the funeral of the father of an aide to President Goodluck Jonathan, Oronto Douglas.