ValueJet Airlines, on Tuesday, said one of its aircraft, CRJ 900 Bombardier with registration number 5N-BXR, slipped while taxing after landing safely and veered off the runway at Port Harcourt Airport in Rivers State. According to the statement made available to Journalists, no damage was done to the aircraft. The statement said the incident, which…
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has directed its members to commence mobilisation to ensure compliance with the directive of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. This was contained in a notice signed by Dominic Igwebike, acting general secretary of the union on Tuesday. He urged the withdrawal…
A Canadian investigation team is currently in the Federal Capital Territory to probe an explosion that occurred at the Canadian High Commission in Nigeria. The fire incident occurred on November 6, 2023, which claimed the lives of two people and left two others injured. The commission suspended its operations following the fire incident except for…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has again proved his cordial relationship with the judiciary by approving and cash backing arrears of salaries owed retired judges in the state. In a move widely applauded by the legal community, Governor Adeleke posited that judges serving or retired deserve maximum support and partnership of the executive arm of government ,apologizing…
••• Deepens partnership with Judiciary Governor Ademola Adeleke has again proved his cordial relationship with the judiciary by approving and cash backing arrears of salaries owed retired judges in the state. This was contained in a release by the Spokesperson to the Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed on Tuesday in Osogbo. In a move widely applauded…
Nineteen unions have so far directed their workers to comply with the directive of the two labour unions to embark on an indefinite nationwide strike. The National Executive Council meeting of the labour unions, held on November 13, 2023, in Abuja, resolved to embark on the strike. The development was a result of the alleged…
The ruling Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has counselled the opposition APC to stop its Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) which is markedly being demonstrated in its frequent impulsive anger over matters bordering on the PDP administration of Governor Ademola Adeleke, asking the defeated party to continue to nurse its loss in peace. The PDP…
By James Bamgbose The Osun Democrats for Democracy (ODD) has alerted the Osun State Government under the leadership of Senator Ademola Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke about the pseudo-group named the Osun Worker Union (OWU) impersonating the Osun State workers with a move aimed at falsely depicting State workers as opposing Governor Adeleke’s administration. In a statement…
By Lanre Aminu “The care of human life and happiness, not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government”– Thomas Jefferson. To say that the incumbent governor of Osun state, Senator Ademola Adeleke has used sheer brilliant performance to turn our beloved state, Osun to a one party state will merely…
The National Council on Climate Change has selected Osun state as a pilot site for the carbon investment project to be sited on some selected forest reserves and national parks in Nigeria. In a letter sent to the State Ministry of Environment, the NCCC which selected Ago Owu forest in Ayedaade local government said the…
