Fagbemi Asks NLC to Shelve Proposed Nationwide Protests, Says Planned Action will Be Contempt of Court Wale Igbintade The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress
(NLC) to shelve its proposed nationwide protests. Fagbemi said embarking on any planned protests would amount to contempt of court. On February 16, the NLC
announced a nationwide protest scheduled for February 27 and 28, in response to the economic challenges facing the country. This decision followed the expiration of a 14-day ultimatum
issued to the federal government regarding the widespread hardship. However, in a letter addressed to a human rights lawyer and counsel for the NLC, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), dated February 23,
2024, Fagbemi reminded the NLC of a subsisting order restraining the union from embarking on any industrial action. The AGF, who noted that the federal government has
substantially met the demands of the union as contained in the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered with the NLC, Continued on page 5
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Wigwe: NTSB Issues Preliminary Report, Attributes Chopper Crash to Adverse Weather Exacerbated By Rain, Snow Chinedu Eze The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released a preliminary report on the crash of Airbus
Helicopter, EC130B4, which killed the Chief Executive Officer of Access Bank Holdings, Mr. Herbert Wigwe, and five others. The helicopter, which crashed on February 9, 2024, was operated
by Orbic Air and chartered by the late Nigerian businessman Wigwe, who died along with his wife, Chizoba; son Chizi, and a former Chairman of the Nigerian Exchange Group, Mr.
Abimbola Ogunbanjo. The report released on Friday, outlined crucial details surrounding the tragic incident and noted that adverse weather exacerbated by rain and snow
led to the crash of the chopper. components. The initial findings of NTSB But its investigators in suggested that the helicopter collaboration with other relevant suffered catastrophic damage authorities and stakeholders upon impact, resulting in Continued on page 5 the fragmentation of major
In the Spirit of Lent, Ramadan, ECOWAS Lifts Economic Sanctions on Niger, Mali, Guinea
See story on page 5 Says political and targeted sanctions remain in force Tinubu urges Burkina Faso, Niger, Mali to rejoin sub-regional body ECOWAS insists on release of ex-President Bazoum of Niger from detention Canvasses transition programme for restoration of constitutional order in Niger Republic
IN BROTHERHOOD WE STAND… L -R: President Macky Sall of Senegal; President Alassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire; President of ECOWAS Commission, Omar Touray; Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State/President Bola Tinubu; President Faure Gnassingbé of Togo: President Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana; Second Row from left, Vice President of the Gambia, Muhammad Jallow; President Joseph Boakai of Liberia; President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic and President Umaro Embalo Siseco of Guinea Bissau during an Extraordinary Session of the Authorities of Heads of State and Government on the political, peace and security situation in the ECOWAS sub-region at the Presidential Villa in Abuja…yesterday