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  Seven Feared Dead As Soldiers Open Fire On Protesting Staff Of Dangote Sugar Company In Adamawa Walcomms   -   0 Seven persons have sustained fatal injuries and are feared dead at Dangote Sugar Company, in Gyawana, Adamawa State owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Reports from the area, which is about 70 kilometers from Yola, the capital of Adamawa State, indicate that the soldiers opened fire on the protesters around 5pm today. A resident of Gyawana told SaharaReporters that soldiers, despatched for the illegal operation, were hired by the management of the sugar company to chase the protesters away. The soldiers, who reportedly came to the sugar company in four Toyota Hilux vans, allegedly left their duty post at Numan bridge.

Following the launch of the Adire Osun Project and the declaration of Thursdays as Adire Osun Day for workers in the State of Osun, the Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe,  has commended Governor Adeboyega Oyetola for what he described as the reawakening of cultural fashion, saying the efforts deserve national accolade. Runsewe lauded Oyetola fot his effort at reviving the dying cultural fashion of the people who were noted for their artistic and cultural tourism endowments. Runsewe, who is also the President, African Region of the World Craft Council (WCC), stated that the declaration of August 27 as Adire Osun Day by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, resonates with the vision and aspirations of the Federal Government to grow and focus on indigenous cultural tourism engagements, adding that time has come for Nigerians to embrace our indigenous and traditional ways of life.  This, he added, entails wearing, eating and speaking Nigeri...

The Governor of the State of Osun, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, as part of his commitment to improve the welfare of retired civil servants and workers of the State, has released the sum of Nine Hundred and Nine Million Naira (N 909,000,000) to further offset pension arrears of retired officers of the State civil service. In a press release signed by the Head of Service, Dr Festus Olowogboyega Oyebade, the sum of Five Hundred and Eight Million Naira (N 508,000,000) of the released sum was approved for the payment of retired civil servants, while an additional sum of One Hundred and Fifty Million Naira (N 150,000,000) was approved for the payment of retirees under the contributory pensions scheme. He added that an additional Fifty Million Naira (N 50,000,000) was approved for the payment of gratuities of retired officers under the old pension scheme. "The Governor has equally approved the immediate payment of Contributory Pensions to all retired officers in the State, whose accrued pensio...

The Government of the State of Osun wishes to announce its decision to reopen the Inisha Town Central Mosque, following the ongoing peaceful resolution of the crisis that plagued the community. The government had ordered an indefinite closure of the Mosque to prevent the possibilities of an intra-religious or communal crisis trailing the Town's inability to choose its substantive Imam. But with this new directive, worshippers can now congregate at the Mosque for their Juma'at and Eid prayers. The government hopes that the community will justify the confidence reposed in it, to allow peace to continue to reign.

I was surfing the internet on Thursday night after a stressful day at work and because the federal government has banned twitter, I had to enjoy my facebook app which I have made an alternative whenever I want to read or watch funny and educative posts. I follow several pages on facebook, most especially those ones operated by political leaders and appointees, this is due to my love for politics and my never quenched thirst for information that comes from the seat of power. One of the pages I have followed consistently over the years is that of Femi Adesina, the President’s special adviser on media and publicity. This is because I see him as an intelligent, factual, and interesting person who serves as a leader to every journalists in Nigeria, I mean, He has reached the peak of his career and people really look up to him. Although in recent times, some have called him names for his view on some issues but I have never for once joined bandwagon because I feel they are not being sincere ...

The House of Representatives, during a sitting on Tuesday, has urged the Nigerian Police to stop the ongoing media trial of Ms. Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga.  This was a motion of urgent public importance moved by Oluyole Federal Constituency Representative, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe at plenary.  The lawmaker who also Chairs the House Committee on Diaspora Affairs, raised concerns over the unending parade and media trial of the suspect by the Nigerian Police, she said "This motion is not about Chidinma, her ethnicity, gender or her background, it's is about doing things right and following due process of the law, it is about the broader issues of police violation of Human rights." She opined that if Ms. Ojukwu continues to be paraded about for a social media trial, it could affect the determination and outcome of the case, as well as amount to a breach of her fundamental right to a fair hearing,...

The Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, the Commissioner of Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tunji Bello, represented by Dr. Joe Igbokwe, the MD/CEO of LAWMA, Mr. Ibrahim Odumboni, and other environmental partners, featured in this year’s tree planting campaign with the theme: ‘Restore and Recover’, which took place today, at the Muri-Okunola Park, Victoria Island. #LAWMA #TreePlanting #ForAGreaterLagos