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Nationwide strike: Civil servants, schools, others comply with labour directive in Osun
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The organized labour congress in Osun State joined the nationwide industrial action as Government Secretariat, power stations, public schools, and commercial banks were all shut, in the State. There was heavy presence of security operatives at the Government secretariat and the Osogbo Regional Transmission Company. Speaking, Chairman of the Lagos Generation and Transmission Council, Musibau Okunloye…
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VIDEO: Lagos workers stranded at Secretariat entrance
By Adeola Ogunrinde https://www.westernpost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/VID-20240603-WA0127-4.mp4
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Ojokoro residents raise alarm over Ikeja Electric inefficiency, alleged exploitation
Some residents of Ojokoro under Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, have raised alarm over alleged exploitation and inefficiency of the Ikeja Electric. The residents claimed to have been exposed to further social and economic hardship due to a challenging power supply, a horrible experience blamed on the neglect, inefficiency, incompetence and frustration on the parts of Ikeja Electric…
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Strike Action: Labour closes Lagos secretariat gate, directs workers to go back home
By Adeola Ogunrinde As the nationwide strike begin on Monday as directed by the Labour Union, the Lagos State Secretariat have been shut and Labour Union have barricaded the road. Our Correspondent gathered that all staff buses have been directed to take staff back home while staff who were already inside the Secretariat are being told to leave the premises.…
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Gov. Aiyedatiwa tackles BEDC, others over estimated billing
Ondo state governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has ordered all Distributing Companies (DisCos) in the state, including the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) to stop giving estimated billing to electricity consumers in the state. He asked BEDC to immediately provide their customers with meters. Aiyedatiwa spoke when he rolled out low cost electricity meters for residents in the state tagged O’datiwa…
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BREAKING: Sanwo-Olu halts 25% discount on BRT services
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has stopped the 25 percent discount on state-owned transport services. The discount was implemented for 10 months to mitigate impact of the fuel subsidy removal by President Bola Tinubu. Lagos State Government said that fares on the state-owned public transport buses, ferries, and train will return to 100 percent fares on Monday, 3rd June…
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Harry’s Visit: Meghan writes Oluwo, appreciates hospitality, royal reception
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The wife of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle has written the Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, for his hospitality and warm reception during their 3-day working visit to Nigeria last month. The correspondence, according to a statement by the Press Secretary to the monarch, Alli Ibraheem further acknowledged the Yoruba name “Adetokunbo” given to…
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Ogun to join oil producing states, as exploration commences
The quest of Ogun State to be an oil producing State would soon materialize as the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), sets to begin oil and gas exploration in the Gateway State. Stakeholders in the oil industry, including the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, Managing Director, SHELL Petroleum Development Company Ltd, Mr. Osagie Okubor; Chief…
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Why I picked Egube Deputy Chief of Staff- Sanwo-Olu
By Adeola Ogunrinde Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has explained why he chose the immediate past Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr. Sam Egube, as Deputy Chief of Staff. WESTERN POST had reported on Wednesday that Sanwo-Olu chose Egube as his new Deputy Chief of Staff to replace the former occupant, Mr. Gboyega Soyannwo, who passed on earlier in…
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Lagos High Court gets 13 new judges
By Adeola Ogunrinde Thirteen new High Court judges have been sworn-in on Thursday by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu. The judges were made up of seven males and six females. Speaking during the swearing-in at the Lagos House, Ikeja, Sanwo-Olu urged the new judges to reflect the highest standard of impartiality, compassion, ethical standards, and excellence that the…
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