Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, has assigned the portfolios and ranks of newly appointed Special Advisers. This was unveiled at the State’s Secretariat on Wednesday in Osogbo, where former executive Vice Chairman Orolu local government, Hon. Moshood Yakub Adejare makes a list of 10 Ranks Cabinet members. Speaking during the inauguration of the state…
President Tinubu’s government has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) they cannot embark on any strike as they are barred by court. The federal government was reacting to the seven-day ultimatum issued by the NLC to embark on industrial action over the hike in the price of petrol and the high cost of living in…
The Vice-Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the North-West, Salihu Lukman, has resigned as a member of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC). In a letter dated July 26, 2023 and addressed to the acting APC National Chairman, Abubakar Kyari, Lukman said he chose to resign from the leadership of the party than…
The family of a lady, Miss Chinyere Awuda, who was allegedly beaten to death and her corpse dumped by a swimming pool at the Cosmila Hotel, Awka, Anambra State, on July 16, has cried foul play over an alleged conspiracy by the police and the hotel management to cover up the incident. The deceased was…
The immediate former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, his Rivers State counterpart Nyesom Wike and legal luminary Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) are some of the names on the list of ministerial nominees forwarded to the Senate by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, The Nation reports. Also included are eminent medical scholar, Ali Pate, an economist Olawale…
The federal government appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, yesterday to shelve its planned strike scheduled to start next Wednesday, saying it was doing everything possible to address issues raised by the labour movement, on the removal of fuel subsidy. The appeal came against the backdrop of the Wednesday strike notice served by the…
BY Mallam Olawale Rasheed In Africa, losing elections can cause depression and psychological disorders. Such sense of loss arising from rejection by the people at times transforms otherwise cultured individuals into deranged activists attempting to assess relevance using the same deceitful tactics that initially accounted for their principal being booted out of office. Or how…
The United Nations secretary-general spoke Wednesday with Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum and offered his “full support” to the leader who has apparently been detained in a coup attempt, a UN spokesman said. “This afternoon @antonioguterres spoke to @mohamedbazoum. He expressed his full support and solidarity to the Nigerien President,” the spokesman said in a statement…
The NLC president argues that the imminent industrial action is to reduce the impact the government’s policies have had on the people at large. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Wednesday said its strike scheduled to commence in seven days is aimed at liberating Nigerians from the shackles of government policies which have caused citizens…
Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke was on Tuesday, installed as the Grand Patron of the Osun State Chamber of Commerce of Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OSUCCIMA). This is even as OSSUCCIMA held an investiture for its new Chairman, Dr Olu Olujide at SOB Event Centre, Osogbo, Osun State Capital. Announcing Governor Adeleke as the…
