Joe Ajaero: Unscrupulous Harassment – Electricity Workers Blast FG, Demand Immediate Release Of NLC President
10 Sep
Politics

Joe Ajaero: Unscrupulous Harassment – Electricity Workers Blast FG, Demand Immediate Release Of NLC President

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Politics tamfitronics The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has added its voice to the condemnation that has continued to trail the arrest of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President, Comrade Joe Ajaero by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS).POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Comrade Ajaero was earlier on Monday, picked up by men of the DSS at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja while he was on his way to the United Kingdom.Condemning the arrest of the NLC president, NUEE Acting General Secretary of NUEE, Igwebike Dominic, in a strongly-worded statement on Monday evening, expressed concerns over the detention of Ajaero.The statement argued that the labor leader had been detained and treated like a fugitive and is without access to his lawyers, families, and colleagues.It said the action of the secret police violates...
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Macron’s new PM takes French politics from emergency to farce
09 Sep
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Macron’s new PM takes French politics from emergency to farce

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Politics tamfitronics September always lands with a thump in France. It’s back to schoolor the great return: back-to-school on steroids. All that which has been suspended in the languorous days of July and August — when seemingly the whole country turns off the lights, closes the shutters and retreats to the beach or the mountains — is back with a vengeance. Bills are due, the commute is back on, workloads are onerous, bank are accounts empty, social calendars are unmanageably full.But in 2024, back to school hangover is worse than ever. Last night, the Olympics and Paralympics came to a close in a burst of fireworks over the Stade de France. Paris pulled off both games with serious panache, enchanting the world with astonishing venues, superhuman feats and the odd dancing clitoris. The end of...
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Peter Dutton is racist. Here’s the proof
09 Sep
Politics

Peter Dutton is racist. Here’s the proof

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Politics tamfitronics Join us on socialNewslettersScroll to topHere's the proofCrikey’s series explores Dutton’s history of racism as well as the role racism has played on both sides of politics since the 1970s.Race and racism have long played a role in Australian politics. Malcolm Fraser was attacked by Labor for extending humanitarian migration to South Vietnamese refugees. John Howard sought to weaponise Asian migration in the 1980s. In the wake of 9/11 and Tampa, the Howard government made a virtue of its tough line on asylum seekers and Australians of Muslim background, while Howard’s refusal to engage with Indigenous peoples came to characterise his prime ministership. The rise of the Islamic State once again saw Australia’s Muslim community targeted by Coalition politicians. The Gillard government made a virtue of its crackdown on temporary migrants.But Peter Dutton...
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