By: SUNSHINETRUTH The negotiations on the new minimum wage of #30,000 in Ondo state are now in advance stage, as the committee on it is now concluding stage. At the last meeting of the committee held at the stance of the state Head of Service, Dare Aragbaiye on Monday, this week, both labour side led by the JNC, NLC and TUC chairmen as well as government’s team agreed to meet again Thursday December 12, 2019…
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PRESS STATEMENT 07/12/2019 YORUBA AFENIFERE YOUTH ORGANISATION OF NIGERIA (YAYON). YAYON CONDEMNS IN TOTALITY THE RULE OF RASCALITY IN NIGERIA; ENOUGH OF THE FG/SSS LAWLESSNESS. The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny – Wole Soyinka Just like Soyinka’s prison memoir The Man Died is both a testament of endurance under duress and a powerful piece of literature in its own merit. In 1967, Soyinka was arrested for a period…
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The founder and general overseer of an Akure based popular Miracle Centre, Sotitobire Church, Prophet Babatunde Alfa was this afternoon apprehended by men of the Department of State Services (DSS) over the missing of a child in his church. Although details of his arrest was still sketchy as at the time of this report, the popular pastor was picked by detectives from Abuja over his alleged roles in the missing of one year-old boy, Gold…
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By: Ade Adeleke The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has described as absurd the ongoing drama by Agents of the Department of Security Service (DSS) with dissatisfaction and disenchantment, especially the unnecessary violation of the sanctity of the court and rearrest of the SAHARAREPORTERS Publisher, Omoleye Sowore. In a Statement signed by its National Secretary, Shuaibu Usman Leman, the Union condemned in its totality the conduct of the DSS and called for disciplinary measures against…
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By: SUNSHINETRUTH There was uproar in the premises of the Federal High Court Abuja on Friday as the Department of State Services (DSS) rearrested Revolution Now Convener, Omoyele Sowore, and Olawale Bakare, barely 24 hours after they were released from custody. They were rearrested on the grounds of fresh charges being filed against them, it was gathered. Sowore alleged that an attempt was made on his life as men of the DSS put him in…
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By: SUNSHINETRUTH The Ondo state Caucus at the House of representatives has kicked against the marginalisation of qualified officers of Ondo extraction in the promotion to Major General and equivalent by the Nigerian Armed forces. The Army, Navy and Airforce had recently elevated officers to the rank of Major General and equivalent by the three arms of the military. In a statement issued by the Caucus’s Spokesman, Israel Fagbemigun, members expressed shock that across the…
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By: SUNSHINETRUTH The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the southwest region has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari for destroying the legacy of conducting free, fair and credible elections in the country bequeathed to his administration by the PDP government. In a Communiqué after its meeting in Abeokuta, the opposition party also condemned the decision of the Appeal Court on the election case of the 2019 Governorship poll. Below is the full text of the Communiqué: COMMUNIQUE…
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By: Ade Adeleke The Pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, on Tuesday came up with facts on how President Muhammadu Buhari is allegedly plotting his third term agenda. The group charged Nigerians to be vigilant and ready to scuttle any attempt by Buhari to take the country for a ride on the alleged third term agenda. Rising from its monthly General Meeting held in Akure, the country home of its national leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, the…
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By: SUNSHINETRUTH Different reactions have been trailing the conduct of governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states that have been won by the ruling APC with the PDP shockingly lost out in Bayelsa. The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr David Lyon, has won the November 16 governorship election in Bayelsa State. The Returning Officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin, Professor Faraday Orunmuwese, announced…
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By: SUNSHINETRUTH The Nigerian Army on Saturday provided free medical services to people of Ugbo community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. Brig. Gen. Zakari Abubakar, Commander of 32 Artillery Brigade, who said that the gesture was part of on-going exercise of crocodile smile lV in the area said it was to enhance the life of the people in the area. According to Abubakar, it will also to cement the relationship between the…
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By: Oluwatosin Adesola ......Committee to reconvene
