December 4, 2020

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has applied to withdraw its lawsuit filed to stop judicial panels probing allegations of brutality by its officials particularly operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.

The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1492/2020 was filed on November 9, 2020, by the NPF, through its lawyer, O. M. Atoyebi (SAN), asking the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop the judicial proceedings.

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However, the NPF filed a notice of discontinuance on Friday by a lawyer to the NPF, Festus Ibude.

The notice read, ‘Take

Arik Air on Friday announced the retrenchment of 300 workers.

The airline said the action was due to the adverse effect of coronavirus.

The statement on the sack was titled, ‘Arik Air management declares 300 staff redundant’.

It assured that a redundancy package would be provided for the affected staff.

Arik Air explained that the pandemic has constrained its ability to complete heavy maintenance activities and return its planes to operations.

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The company also cited stunted revenues amid increasing operational costs.

“The leadership of the impacted unions has been contacted to …