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Daily Post Nigeria Published The Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola has revealed that the state will implement the rule of law concerning the implementation of Executive Order 10 on financial autonomy for both the judiciary and legislature in the state. The Governor who was represented by his Deputy, Benedict Alabi stated this in Osogbo when protesting members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) arrived at the state secreta...

Judicial autonomy: protesters chase Osun dep gov convoy The protesters refused to give way, forcing the convoy to move with the protesters. Photo by Hameed Oyegbade By Thu Apr 22 2021 The Deputy Governor of Osun State, Benedict Alabi, was held down in Osogbo by members of the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) and lawyers from Nigeria Bar Association(NBA) on Thursday in a protest to demand financial autonomy of the judiciary.   The protesters started at the High Court, Oke-Fia and marche...

Daily Post Nigeria Published As members of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Osun State, on Thursday embarked on peaceful protest, in compliance with the directive of the National body of the union to press for financial autonomy, the State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi, has assured them of the implementation of the policy to strengthen democracy. Recall that JUSUN and the NBA, have been protesting in different parts of the country against the alleged unwillingness of the governmen...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The National Economic Council (NEC) has affirmed that there was no printing of N60 billion or any other amount whatsoever to shore up allocation for March as wrongly insinuated recently in the press. Laolu Akande, the Spokesman to Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, said the NEC reached this conclusion having received presentations from the Minister of Finance, the Central Bank Governor, and the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF). Akande, in a statement detailing the...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Human rights and National Security and Intelligence to investigate reports of organ trafficking in Nigeria. The committee was mandated to investigate the entire value chain of the trade in a bid to end it. This decision was sequel to a motion moved by Rimamnde Shawulu and Olajide Olatubosun on Thursday during plenary. Moving the motion on behalf of the duo, Shawulu made reference to the report of seized carg...

Biafra Nations League, BNL, has revealed its plans to completely shut down the Gulf of Guinea on May 30, threatening to hoist the Biafran flag. The group pleaded with travellers to exercise patience and not to travel to the area from 7am to the 12am on the said date. The group said it would carry out its threat of hoisting the Biafran flags in Bakassi Peninsula to mark the Biafra Day memorial. Chief Head of Operations of BNL, Henry Edet, in a statement to DAILY POST on Thursday, said this was a...

5 min read For several days between last December and January, Dare Adeniyi was in hospital after ‘Omo Oniles’ attacked him in Osogbo, Osun State. Mr Adeniyi, a bricklayer, and his colleagues were constructing of a three-bedroom apartment on December 23 when the thugs arrived. “They asked for money but we replied that another set had come earlier and that the owner of the house was not around. They got angry and started attacking us with cutlass. I spent three weeks in the...

COVID-19: Oyetola flags off Osun food support scheme On Governor Adegboyega Oyetola By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo As part of his administration’s effort to cushion the impact of coronavirus pandemic on vulnerable residents of Osun State, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, on Thursday flagged off Osun Food Support Scheme aimed at feeding 30,000 citizens. The governor, while disclosing that the initiative is another way of keeping faith with the government’s promise to prioritise their welfare and gen...

Vanguard News Translate Home » News » FG distributes N20,000 conditional cash transfer to 3,270 rural women in Osun FG distributes N20,000 conditional cash transfer to 3,270 rural women in Osun On Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The Federal Government on Tuesday distributed the sum of N20,000 to 3270 vulnerable rural women across Osun state under its conditional cash transfer programme. Speaking at the event held at Staff Development Centre, Abere in Osogbo, Osun State, the Minist...

The Osun State House of Assembly has expressed its readiness to ensure that the minimum wage remains on the exclusive list. The Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye made this known today while addressing the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) during their peaceful protect to the House of Assembly Complex, Abere. Owoeye who acknowledged the symbiotic relationship between all the labour unions and the state government assured them that the minimum ...