•Security operatives Governments and security agencies in the South-West states have beefed up security around government structures and institutions, with machinery put in place to forestall the breakdown of law and order by any group forcing an agenda on the states. Also, security agencies have warned that they would curtail any form of inse...
For workers in the South West geopolitical political zone, the Nigeria Labour Congress has called for a new national minimum wage of N794,000. Chairman of the Lagos State Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Mrs. Funmi Sessi made the aforesaid recommendation to the ruling government today. Sessi made the call in the memorandum submitted at the South-...
In a bid to combat the rising cases of insecurity in the South-West states, the six governors in the region have commenced discussions with President Bola Tinubu-led federal government on the need for the Amotekun corps to be allowed to carry sophisticated arms. The Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, who disclosed this yesterday during a [...
•Amotekun A body of Yoruba youth groups, Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association (YYSA), yesterday, decried pervasive and pervading kidnappings in the South-West. This was contained in a statement signed by Olalekan Hammed (National President) and Olawale Ajao (National Secretary) and made available to our correspondent in Ibadan, the Oyo Stat...