Amid the lingering fuel scarcity in the country, the NNPCL increased the pump price of petrol from ₦568 to ₦855, ₦897 – depending on the location per litre.

Condemning the move in a statement, NLC President, Joe Ajaero, accused the Federal Government of betraying labour movement.

According to the NLC President, the current administration is yet to implement the new national minimum wage of N70,000.

While accusing the government of insincerity, Ajaero described the policies of the current administration as traumatic.

He recalled how President Bola Tinubu gave labour leaders the option of choosing from N250,000 as the new minimum wage in exchange of petrol price at N1,500, and said they rejected the offer due to the impact it would have on Nigerians.

Ajaero regretted that instead of the promised reversal, the rate has since been jerked up further putting more Nigerians and businesses in jeopardy.

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The reason for Soyinka’s arrest early Sunday was unknown, as DSS spokesman Peter Afunanya had not responded to inquiries by one of our correspondents.

However, a source close to the former BBC Pidgin Editor who confirmed his release to reporters, however, said the secret police seized Soyinka’s travel passport.

Soyinka, the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa, was arrested around 5 am upon arrival at the Lagos airport from the United Kingdom.

Soyinka’s ordeal followed those of other journalists like Daniel Ojukwu and Segun Olatunji, who spent weeks in the custody of state-sponsored security agents, a development that professional bodies Nigeria Union of Journalists ,NUJ, and the International Press Institute  have described as an ugly trend.

The arbitrary arrest of journalists by the President Bola Tinubu administration has been criticised by many civil society organisations and pro-democracy activists who expressed strong resentment over the unsavoury development.

They described the Gestapo-styled arrest of journalists by state security agents as an echo from the past, and a prominent feature of the dark years of military rule. They said the ugly development impugned press freedom 25 years after Nigeria transitioned from dictatorial rule to democratic governance.

Earlier, before Soyinka’s release, global rights group Amnesty International demanded the immediate release of the journalist.

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