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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 also among decisions reached by the group during the visit of the National Leader of BNL, Princewill ...

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 hospital nursing the injuries they inflicted on me. ” Since returning to work, Mr Adeniyi said he...

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 general well-being, he said the scheme has become necessary because available statistics point to the f...

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 Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sarita Umar Faruk sa...

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 wage law would be removed from the concurrent list. In his words, “We the lawmakers are with you i...