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Kaduna electricity workers declare indefinite strike over ‘planned’ mass sacking
Staff members of the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KADECO) have embarked on an indefinite strike over an alleged plan by the management to dismiss over 900 workers.
The staff are also protesting over non-payment of about five years’ outstanding pension to retirees, inadequate provision of necessary work tools, lack of promotions for deserving employees and non-implementation of the 2024 National Minimum Wage.
Other issues, according to the workers, are failure to provide death benefits to the families of deceased staff members, non-implementation of the national minimum wage, improper placement of deserving employees, non-payment of electricity rebates and lack of recognition for long-serving employees.
Daily Trust reports that the management of Kaduna Electric in a letter dated January 31, 2025 to the affected workers, directed them to hand over the company’s property in their possession to the human resources department immediately, while plans to pay them their severance packages were underway.
The letter signed by the Deputy Managing Director of the KADECO, Abubakar Mohammed, told the affected workers that their services were no longer needed by the company effective from January 31, 2025.
However, the aggrieved workers, who carried placards with various inscriptions on Monday, blocked the entrance of the corporate headquarters of Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company and prevented workers and even customers from going into the premises.
The aggrieved workers under the umbrella of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) accused the management of high-handedness and fragrant disregard for all industrial agreements.
The Chairman, NUEE, Kaduna State Council, Comrade Sheyin Nuhu Wakili, while speaking to journalists, listed some of their grievances “including the failure of the management to provide exit benefits to employees that resigned or retired five years ago, and the plan to sack 900 staff,” which he said must be resisted by the union.
The Kano State Hisbah board on Tuesday renewed its crackdown on the movement and consumption of alcohol in Kano state.
The Hisbah, a Sharia police that enforces Islamic laws in the state, intercepted a vehicle conveying alcoholic drinks from Lagos to Kano.
The operation was carried out following credible intelligence reports, according to the Deputy Commander-General of the corps, Mujahideen Aminuddeen, said.
Aminuddeen told the press that operatives of the Fagge patrol command acted swiftly on the information, successfully stopping the vehicle and seizing the alcoholic beverages.
He revealed that investigations showed the consignment was sent by a woman from Lagos to Kano, with about 13 packs of alcoholic drinks recovered during the operation.
He added that the driver of the vehicle has been arrested to assist ongoing investigations, while efforts are underway to apprehend the woman who allegedly sent the alcohol.
He urged members of the public to continue reporting activities that violate accepted social norms or the provisions of Islamic law, stressing that public cooperation remains critical to the effective operations of the Hisbah Corps.
Suspected Fulani terrorists have attacked the First ECWA Church in Ayetoro Kiri, Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, early on Sunday, December 14, 2025, leaving one person dead and several worshippers reportedly abducted.
According to a report by SaharaReporters, the deceased, identified only as Jayjay, was killed during the assault.
The exact number of kidnapped worshippers remains unconfirmed, as local authorities and security operatives continue to assess the situation.
This marks the second attack on a church in Okun land within weeks, heightening fears among residents and worshippers across the area.
A recent incident occurred on November 30, 2025, when armed men stormed a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ejiba, Yagba West Local Government Area, abducting the cleric, identified as Orlando, and other worshippers.
The attackers initially demanded ₦500 million in ransom, later reducing it to ₦200 million, giving the victims’ families a two-day ultimatum and warning of unspecified “consequences” if the demand was not met.
Residents also recalled that the Ayetoro Kiri community came under attack about three weeks ago, when armed assailants targeted a local school.
On that occasion, the community vigilante group reportedly repelled the attackers, preventing casualties and abductions.
The latest attack has reignited concerns over the deteriorating security situation in Okun land, with locals urging urgent intervention from security agencies and the Kogi State Government to protect lives and prevent further incidents.
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 49-year-old man, Christian Iboi, over the alleged murder of his 15-year-old son in Edo State.
The suspect is alleged to have struck the teenager with a stick after taking hard drugs, an assault that reportedly led to the boy’s death.
He was also accused of secretly burying the corpse within his family compound to conceal the crime.
The incident occurred at Uhe Community in Igueben Local Government Area of the state.
Confirming the development in a statement, the command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect assaulted his son at about 7:00 p.m. on December 5, leading to the boy’s death.
She said that after the incident, the suspect dug a grave within the compound and buried the body.
According to Ikoedem, the deceased’s grandmother, who is also the suspect’s 82-year-old mother and resides in the same house, provided useful information that helped the police unravel the crime.
“The corpse has since been exhumed, while the suspect has been arrested. Investigation is ongoing,” she said.
She added that the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Monday Agbonika, fdc, has ordered the transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for thorough investigation and prosecution.
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