News Summary 20/05/2024

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POLICE COMMAND OPENS INVESTIGATION AS 6 CONFIRMED DEAD AFTER GHASTLY ROAD ACCIDENT 

At least 6 persons, were confirmed dead after a trailer ran into four mini busses at the junction of Imo State University Owerri, on Saturday evening.

An eyewitness said the trailer which was laden with stones was coming from Orji to Owerri but lost it’s breaks at Ugwu-orji, colliding with several vehicles coming from opposite direction.

According to the man who said he witnessed the incident, the driver was trying to avoid hitting those passengers and mini-buses that usually occupy the junction when it veered off the opposite lane, hitting more than four small buses loaded with passengers.

Some persons at the scene of the accident helped convey some of the victims to the Federal Medical Center, FMC, Owerri.

They however lamented the absence of emergency services in the state as no government agency was on hand or arrived hours after the accident occured.

IMO GOVERNMENT DECRIES PROLIFERATION OF LOCAL NEWSPAPERS

The Imo State Government has expressed concern over what it calls the rapid proliferation of local tabloids in the state.

The Commissioner for Information, Strategy, and Public Enlightenment, Declan  Emelumba, made this known during a courtesy visit by the new executive of the State Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Owerri at the weekend.

While acknowledging that Imo State has the largest number of print and electronic media outlets, providing jobs for youths, Emelumba emphasized the need for measures to checkmate the influx of local tabloids to prevent quackery in the media profession

To this end, the commissioner added that the government has introduced a weekly briefing for practicing journalists to keep the public informed about government activities.

NIGERIA’S LABOUR UNION REJECTS GOVERNMENT’S MINIMUM WAGE OFF OF N46

Organised Labour, comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade-Union Congress, has said it will not accept the N48,000 minimum wage offer proposed by the Federal Government.

The unions had last week stormed out of the minimum wage negotiation meeting after the Federal Government offered to pay N48,000, a figure far below the N615,00 the unions were demanding as the new national minimum wage.

After abandoning the session, the furious labour leaders in an emergency press conference vented their displeasure with the offer, stating that it was “an insult to the sensibilities of Nigerian workers”.

This was the second time in two weeks that the negotiation had run into a stalemate.

The last session, held on April 29, was deadlocked after organised labour insisted on N615,000 minimum wage.

The Federal Government disagreed with labour’s demand, stating that it was unreasonable.

SPORTS

Imo Flamingoos close to securing FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup ticket

Imo Strikers Queens goal poacher, Harmony Chidi bagged a hat-trick as Flamingos marched on to Round Four of the FIFA U17 Women’s World Cup Qualifying series. Recall that the Flamingos were forced to one-on-one draw a week ago in Mali by Burkina Faso

The Flamingos dismantled their opponents 6-0, courtesy of a hat-trick by Harmony Chidi, a brace from Peace Effiong and a Ramota Kareem’s strike in a scintillating encounter.

The Flamingos are through to the fourth and final qualifying round and will face either Senegal or Liberia.

Three teams will represent Africa at this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Dominican Republic. The competition will run from October 16 to November 3, 2024.

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