At least Three Union Members Were Injured In The Sao Paulo Clash, 

Brazilian police used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse striking workers inside a subway station on Friday, adding to fears that labor unrest could disrupt the World Cup that opens here in six days.

At least three union members were injured in the Sao Paulo clash, said Paulo Iannone, a union spokesman.

Operators of the subway and overland trains were in the second day of a strike for higher wages, with no indication that it would end soon. Late Friday, officials and the union representing workers said they had not reached an agreement to end the strike and it would continue into Saturday.

That's worrying for authorities because most soccer fans heading to Thursday's opening Cup match in Sao Paulo will need to use the subway.

Boko Haram: Soldiers Wage War On Newspapers

The fight against Boko Haram and its insurgency took a bizarre twist in the early hours of yesterday when armed soldiers unleashed their might on newspapers, disrupting their distribution, confiscating the newspapers and consequently stopping their sales in many parts of the country.

They, amazingly, said it was for security reasons.

Vanguard, The Leadership, and The Nation were notably affected across the country.

The distribution vans, conveying newspapers to various parts of the country were so delayed at military check-points that distribution of the papers failed. In some cases, the vehicles were detained till evening time.

As a result of the development, your favourite newspaper, Vanguard did not circulate in most parts of the South West, South East, Edo and Delta States and some parts of the North.

Reacting to ther incident, Vanguard, in a statement signed by its Editor-in-Chief and General Manager, Gbenga Adefaye, deplored “

IGP ‘Sweeps’ Igbo Policemen Into Boko Haram Caves

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubukar has used his very strong broom and swept away all the senior police officers of Igbo extraction serving in Anambra State into the caves of the Boko Haram, this according to concrete police source in Abuja was to pave way for the insurgents to have their way to Igboland.

Competent police sources said that over four hundred senior police officers from the rank of unconfirmed superintendent (one star) to Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP are affected in the said transfer. It was also gathered that the aim of IGP was to have the Igbos risen to the above stated ranks in police force to be killed by Mr. Abubuakr’s brothers who have been terrorizing the nation.