As Nigerian workers resume from the Christmas holiday this morning, civil servants in Osun have been barred from gaining entry into the Abere secretariat by the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC).

The NLC on Wednesday morning at about 7 am took over the entrance gate of the secretariat to ensure total compliance to its directive of going on an indefinite strike over the modulated workers salary being received for over two years now.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has urged Nigerians to stop panic buying of Petroleum products as it had 21 days sufficiency of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol.

A statement signed by its Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Mr Ndu Ughamadu, on Tuesday in Abuja, it said the 21 day sufficiency of petrol translated into 750million litres of the white product.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has suspended its planned nationwide strike.

The decision to suspend the strike which was planned to commence 11:59 pm Monday followed the intervention of the Director of State Security Service, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige and the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu.

PENGASSAN giving reasons for the strike had earlier alleged anti-labour practices against some of its members by some indigenous oil companies.

The Nigerian Army has reacted to reports that four United Nations staff were killed by Boko Haram insurgents when four trucks conveying food for Internally Displaced Persons in Borno State were attacked.

The World Food Programme (WFP) an agency of the UN had on Sunday confirmed an attack on its food convoy which was taking food to Internally Displaced Persons in Ngala, Borno State on Saturday.

Deputy Director Public Relations of the Operation Lafiya Dole Command, Colonel O. Nwachukwu in a statement on Monday said none of the casualties in the encounter has been identified as a staff of the UN.

No fewer than 20 vehicles and four commercial motorcycles were on Wednesday afternoon burnt when a tanker laden with petrol fell and spilled its content on the Festac Link Bridge in Awuwo Odofin LGA of Lagos State.

The fire started at noon and raged for about an hour.

Fire fighters arrived at the scene about 30 minutes later but did not have enough water to quench the fire.

A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted a former Head of Service of the Federation, Mr Stephen Oronsaye permission to travel to India for medicals and to return for the continuation of his trial in January 2018.

Head, Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement on Tuesday said Oronsaye is standing trial along with Osarenkhoe Afe, the Managing Director, Fredrick Hamilton Global Services Limited, and both are alleged to be complicit in several contract awards of about N2billion during his tenure as HoS.