The Oyo State workers have, on Monday, locked the state secretariat in Ibadan to demand palliatives, upward review of pension allowances and payment of salary deduction. Participating in the protest are workers and pensioners under the banners of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (TUC), Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Nigeria Union of…
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has raised alarm that traffickers are now recruiting and trafficking girls from Mali to Edo State for prostitution and exploitation. The Commander of NAPTIP, Benin Zone, Barr Nduka Nwawenene, who disclosed this during a road walk to mark the 2023 World Day Against Trafficking…
The President, Bola Tinubu, will address Nigerians on Monday (today) at 7 pm. The President’s Special Adviser on Strategy, Communication and Special Duties, Dele Alake, announced this in a statement released on Monday morning. “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will make a broadcast to the nation on Monday, July 31, 2023, at 7 pm. “Television, radio…
Twenty-eight nominees were sent to the red chamber by President Bola Tinubu for confirmation last Thursday. Some of the ministerial nominees of President Bola Tinubu. All is set for the screening of the first batch of ministerial nominees forwarded by President Bola Tinubu to the Senate. Channels Television reliably gathered that 20 of the 28…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has told President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to remember that the North supported him to ameliorate the suffering of Muslims in the South. The group maintained that Tinubu’s ministerial appointments should therefore reflect some improvement in the status of Muslims in Southern Nigeria. This was revealed in a statement issued on…
Kazeem Akinleye, the Osun State Chief of Staff to Governor Ademola Adeleke as far as I am concerned is a political mystery yet a collosus in politics. I have known this Oga since way back. He supported me aggressively to retain my position as the President of All Ede Students in tertiary institutions across the…
The Federal Government will on Monday meet with the representatives of the organised labour in an effort to prevent the nationwide strike called by the Nigeria Labour Congress. However, the NLC has advised citizens to stock their homes with food items, medicines and other essential things ahead of the commencement of its seven-day strike to…
By Sarafa Ibrahim In the beginning, only few could be persuaded that the half-salary debt conundrum that had dogged Osun state for quite some years can be salvaged. Even when Governor Ademola Adeleke expressed sincere commitment to clear the mess, his opponents, particularly Gboyega Oyetola, the immediate past governor, pushed so hard to create a…
Niger Coup: PeacePro call for end to foreign military presence in Africa within 24 months Says legitimate grievance leading to coup should be addressed A peacebuilding think tank, Foundation for Peace Professionals also known as PeacePro has condemned the latest coup in Niger Republic, arguing that coup has never been a solution to insecurity in…
In the bid to tighten all loose ends in the administration and management of the country’s Free Trade Zones, the two regulatory bodies, the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), the Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone Authority (OGFZA), as well as Nigeria Economic Zones Association (NEZA) and the Nigeria Customs Service have agreed to…
