3,000 armed anti-riot policemen prevented the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)'s proposed protest rally by laying siege to its headquarters it was alleged this week. The Congress president, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, castigated the police for trampling on the people's right to peaceful assembly and vowed that the Congress would not give up engaging the government over the labour reform bill. In a further blow to the opposition, the Abuja High Court also declined an order of injunction sought by the NLC to restrain the National Assembly from further deliberation of the bill.