As a peaceful group set out to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, to demonstrate for redress of grievance
against the state government for denying them the right to register to vote, they were brutally set upon and beaten by Alabama state troopers and local possemen.
A N50billion bond suit filled by the Action Congress of Nigeria [ACN], Ondo State Chapter
against the state government at the Federal High Court Six sitting in Abuja was yesterday adjourned to February 22 of this year.
Legally, both JCOPE and the Legislative Ethics Commission are the entities with the legal jurisdiction to investigate sexual misconduct
complaints against state government officials, including State Senators.»
Oba Ogunwusi who reiterated his support for programmes and policies of the state government aimed at bringing development to Osun, said «we are
not against the state government for this necessary step».
He said: «There is just one economy in this country and so we need to first of all accept the fact that there is nothing like private sector as against public sector; there is nothing like Federal Government
as against State Government.
The High Chiefs who were members of the Olubadan - In - Council led by the Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, High Chief Lekan Balogun accused the Olubadan of taking decisions on behalf of the Council, inciting the
people against the state government.
Petrol Dealers Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas workers in Ekiti State on Monday declared an indefinite strike to
protest against the state government's revocation of Certificates of Occupancy granted to their members.
Mr. Cuomo is
running against the state government, though it is controlled by his fellow Democrats, and he has laid out policies that put him on a collision course with some labor unions that have been reliable Democratic allies.
Social Action stated that the campaign would start from
Monday against the state government, explaining that it was wrong for the governor to rule a state with a hidden budget.