International Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day, is celebrated on May 1 every year to honour the working class across the world. As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate the 2023 International Workers‘ Day, here are seven facts to know about the day set aside to recognise workers’ contributions and sacrifices…
The Osun state governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke has reassured the Osun state workers that his administration is focussing on worker’s welfare because that is the right thing to do. According to the Governor’s address at the state capital on Monday, he described himself as a Comrade Governor, who is committed to workers’ welfare and is…
A gas leak killed 11 people in India on Sunday, an official said, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy of 1.4 billion people. The gas leak happened in Giaspura, an industrial area of Ludhiana in the northern state of Punjab.“Eleven deaths are confirmed,” Mandeep Singh Sidhu, police commissioner of Ludhiana,…
The Osun State Magistrate Court sitting in Iwo has on Wednesday adjourned the hearing of the kidnap case against three suspects Bari Galadima, Muhammed Abdullahi and Sarkin Fulani Hussein recently arrested in the State. The duo are currently standing trial on allegation of conspiracy and kidnapping. The court adjourned the hearing following prayer from the…
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has described the sudden passing of the Chairperson, Maritime Trade Group, Princess (Barrister) Margaret Nkem Onyema-Orakwusi as huge loss to the country’s business community.Onyema-Orakwusi, an entrepreneur and legal practitioner with bias in the maritime sector had passed on Friday 28th April 2023…
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama, has ordered the arrest of a drunk police officer in the command identified as Stephen Yohanna. Yohanna, in a video which was seen by our correspondent, peed and excreted in his uniform while being held by two of his colleagues who were also in their uniforms. The…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied rumours of a plan to withdraw newly redesigned banknotes from circulation. In a statement issued by the Acting Director of Corporate Communications, Dr Isa AbdulMumim, the CBN dismissed the speculations as baseless and aimed at creating unnecessary panic among the public. “We wish to state emphatically that…
Osun West Senator-Elect, Akogun Lere Oyewumi Ph.D. has extended his good wishes to all Nigerian workers especially those in Osun West Senatorial district in this year’s May Day celebration. Akogun in a statement personally signed by him and made available to newsmen on Sunday, described Nigerian workers as critical pilots of development despite the challenges…
US$100 million over four years toward the target of $500 million to train and invest in community-based organizations and small enterprises to restore degraded land across Africa VANCOUVER, CANADA (April 17, 2023) — At TED 2023, the Audacious Project announced that World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Restore Local project will be awarded $100 million over four…
After the explosion of gas cylinder that exploded in a bus at Odeomu, Governor of Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke on Sunday commiserated friends and families of residents of the state who were victims of the incident. Governor Adeleke in a statement by his spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed expressed his shock over the incident, describing…
