The death of High Chief Moses Ade Akinmade, the Obamoluwa of Idanre Kingdom, has been announced. The late Obamoluwa is the father of the Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the Ogun State governor, Hon. Kayode Akinmade. Announcing the passing of the nonagenarian in a statement issued on behalf of the Akinmade family of Idanre, Ondo State, on Tuesday, Hon. Akinmade, who served as Special Adviser on Media to the then Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Dimeji Bankole, stated that the sad event took place on Monday evening. The statement said that even though the family…
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Kaduna was calm on Tuesday as the residents complied with the 24-hour curfew imposed on the city and Zaria on Monday. The government had declared the curfew in response to the breakdown of law and order when hoodlums hijacked the #EndBadGovernance protests. In the ensuing melee, the hoodlums vandalised and looted various public and private property, including one of the commercial banks in the city. The compliance level of the curfew showed that the residents had stayed indoors, except for some individuals seen within their residences. A mobile team of military men on dozens of motorcycles and patrol vans were…
DR. JEMILA BIO IBRAHIM SHOULD BE INFORMED THAT TOWN HALL MEETING IS A WEIRD APPROACH IN A PERIOD OF YOUTH RESTIVENESS Being text of press statement by the Concerned Youth Alliance for Tinubu (COYAT) dated this 5th August, 2024 The attention of our noble group has just been drawn to a planned town hall meeting being proposed by the Hon. Minister of Youth Development, Dr. Jemila Bio-Ibrahim. As a youth group passionate about the success and legacy of our President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, it gives us great joy that the current issue of protest in some parts of the…
The police command in Plateau says it has arrested 14 suspected violators of the 24-hour curfew earlier imposed in Jos and environs. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Emmanuel Adesina, disclosed this shortly after the state security council meeting on Monday in Jos. Plateau government, on Sunday, imposed a 24-hour curfew in Jos-Bukuru metropolis, following outbreak of violence and looting by some protesters in Jos North Local Government Area of the state. Mr Adesina said that activities of miscreants, who hijacked the peaceful protest in the state, forced the state government to impose the 24-hour curfew. ”As you all…
The Federal Government has concluded plans to sell a 50kg bag of rice at N40,000 to public servants with a view to alleviating the food crisis in the nation and its effects on Nigerians. This was disclosed in a letter from the Federal Ministry of Special Duties and Inter-governmental Affairs, which was signed by the Director of Human Resources of the Ministry, Jaiyesimi Abimbola. The letter said all interested staff members were to complete a Google form on the OHCSF website and submit it to the director of human resources for endorsement. It noted that payment for and the distribution…
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday granted N50m bail each to two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho, who allegedly hacked MTN Nigeria Communication computers and stole airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Justice Akintayo Aluko granted them bail after hearing two separate bail applications filed by the defendants. In addition to the bail sum, Aluko ordered the defendants to provide two sureties each, one of whom must be a civil servant in the federal or Lagos State employment, who must be grade level 14 and above. He said that…
The Naira on Monday appreciated at the official market, trading at N1,607.15 to the dollar. Data from the official trading platform of the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, showed that the Naira gained N9.93. This represents a 0.61 per cent gain when compared to the previous trading date on August 2 when it exchanged at N1,617.08 to a dollar. However, the total daily turnover reduced to 77.09 million dollars on Monday, down from 131.55 million dollars recorded on August 2. Meanwhile, at the Investor’s and Exporter’s window, the Naira traded between N1,620.50 and…
The forthcoming local government elections in Ogun State have been fixed for Saturday, November 16 2024. The Chairman of Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, Mr Babatunde Osibodu, disclosed this in a statement signed by him and made available to journalists in Abeokuta on Tuesday. Osibodu, according to the statement, said, “Thursday, August 8, 2024, is scheduled for the release of guidelines for the conduct of the elections and stakeholders meeting while campaigns by the political parties begin on Friday, August 9. The political parties are also scheduled to hold their party primaries between Monday, August 26 to Monday, September 9,…
Members of the Ondo State APC Caucus in the House of Representatives on Monday pledged their total support for Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa ahead of the November 16 gubernatorial election in the State. The eight members of the caucus said they have resolved to put the issues of the last primary election behind in order to unite behind the Governor to ensure victory in the governorship election. The caucus, represented by six of the eight members, announced their support during a courtesy visit to the Governor at the Presidential Lodge of the Government House in Akure, the state capital. They…
Ahead of the forth coming gubernatorial election coming up in Ondo State in November 16, 2024, the All Progressives Congress on Monday received new members from the People’s Democratic Party in old Okitipupa division in the Southern Senatorial District of the State. Leading the team of decampees, Mrs Esther Ebiwonjumi noted that they were fully determined to support Governor Aiyedatiwa, noting that he has been doing wel and are ready to work with him and be a part of his success. She added that they are not being forced or coerced to join APC or support Aiyedatiwa but they all…