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…
Justice Abiola Sholadoye of the Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Vilence Court on Monday arraigned and sentenced a 32-year-old street sweeper, Damilola Omojolowo, to life imprisonment for defiling a 14-year-old girl. Omojolowo was convicted on one count of defilement of the girl, whom he claimed was his girlfriend. The offence committed contravened Section 137 of…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has written to all zonal coordinators and chairpersons of the union and demand that members be mobilised for the nationwide strike in line with the directive from the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress. The letter which was signed by ASUU’s National Pesident, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, was…
The Minister of Labour, Employment and Productivity, Simon Lalong, has convened a meeting with labour leaders as the nationwide strike commenced. Our correspondent learnt that leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union Congress are expected at the meeting holding on Tuesday (today). A source familiar with the matter disclosed this to our correspondent…
The Governor of Bayelsa State and winner of the state governorship election, Douye Diri, has attributed his victory to the collective will of the people united towards progress and a better future. He added he would continue to be governor for all residents of the state regardless of the political party. He made the declaration…
The incumbent Governor of Bayelsa State and governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Douye Diri, has been declared the winner of the State governorship election held last Saturday. The Returning Officer, Prof Faruq Kuta, who is also the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University Of Technology, Minna, announced Diri winner of the poll at…
