The Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria on Monday ordered their affiliates to withdraw their services nationwide from midnight on November 14, 2023. TUC President Festus Osifo disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Monday. Osifo said the strike would remain until “governmentContinue Reading
For every beginning, there must be an end. It may come when anticipated or prior to the expected time. The sure thing is that the end will definitely come. This truism applies to life generally, what more of a tenured appointment into a public office. It was, therefore, notContinue Reading
The Deputy Governor of Osun State, Prince Kola Adewusi, has sworn in new members of state statutory commissions including those of the State Judicial Service Commission to office. The swearing in was followed by the confirmation of the nominees forwarded to the State Assembly by Governor Ademola Adeleke. TheContinue Reading
An accident involving a commercial bus with number plate MUS 753 YD claimed three lives on Sunday after the vehicle caught fire along the Lekki expressway of Lagos State. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed this in a statement made available on its Facebook page on Sunday. Continue Reading
THE Lagos State Government has shut five markets in the Mushin and Odi-Olowo areas of the state over environmental pollution and other offences. The Commissioner for The Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab and Special Adviser, SA, Environment, Olakunle Rotimi-Akodu, have convened a meeting with Private Sector Participants, PSP, wasteContinue Reading
GOVERNOR Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, yesterday, insisted that his elder sister, Dupe Adeleke-Sanni, is not involved in the purchase of vehicles for local government council chairmen in the state. Recently, the state government, through the Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON, in the state purchased Toyota Camry vehiclesContinue Reading
The Independent National Electoral Commission has adjourned the collation of election results in the Bayelsa State Governorship Elections conducted on November 11, 2023. The adjournment was after the collation of results from three of the eight local government areas in the state namely Kolokuma/Opokuma, Ogbia, and Yenegoa. The remainingContinue Reading
The Social Democratic Party, (SDP) in Kogi State has called for the cancellation of results of the November 11th governorship election in the state. SDP made this call at the gubernatorial election collation centre where the party’s collation agent, David Edibu submitted a petition to the Independent National Electoral Commission,Continue Reading
Four NSCDC personnel on pipeline surveillance patrol were a week ago attacked and killed by suspected sea pirates on the Bakana River in the Degema Local Government Area of the oil-rich state. The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has issued a marching order for the arrest of sea pirates whoContinue Reading
