23 Jan ALL THE RELEVANT NEWS: MONDAY
🌎International flights at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport on Monday morning were grounded as workers of the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company Plc embarked on strike over demand for salary increment.
🌎Ahead of the commissioning of the $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport by President Buhari, today, the first commercial consignment, described as the largest container vessel has berthed at the port.
🌎Oil prices fell in early trade on Monday, thinned by the Lunar New Year holiday in east Asia, but held on to most of last week’s gains on the prospect of an economic recovery in top oil importer China this year. Brent crude was down 11 cents, or 0.1%, to $87.52 at 0731 GMT.
🌎President Buhari has approved the renewal of the tenures of Aliyu Bagudu Abubakar and John Ohireime Asein as Directors General of the Legal Aid Council of Nigeria (LACON) and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) respectively. The President also approved the appointment of Abiodun Ayodeji Aikomo, as Secretary of the Administration of Criminal Justice Monitoring Committee (ACJMC) for an initial period of four years.
🌎Electricity distribution companies (DisCos) in the country say customers will experience a reduction in power supply for an indefinite period due to “insufficient load allocation received.”
🌎The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended its Warri-Itakpe rail service after a train derailed at kilometre 30 Ajaokuta-Itakpe section of the track.
🌎Security Story: At least four persons were killed by gunmen during an attack on the Gambar Sabon-Layi community in Tafawa Balewa LGA of Bauchi state.
* Gunmen yesterday kidnapped at least six persons including a corps member at Ikem community in the Isi-Uzo local government area of Enugu State.
* A police officer was killed on Saturday when gunmen attacked Oguta Divisional Police Headquarters in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.
* The abducted Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, has been beheaded after his abductors allegedly received N6 million as ransom.
🌎Russia-Ukraine War: Ukraine says Russian troops are attempting an offensive in the key southern region of Zaporizhzhia, while fighting also persists in eastern territories.
* Former British PM Boris Johnson returned to Kyiv as Ukraine marks National Unity Day. It coincided with a trip by an unofficial US delegation to the eastern city of Izium.
* Germany says Poland is free to supply its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.
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