. In a statement made available to Yemiefash Media, the Governor’s Special Adviser (Security Matters) and Corps Commander (Amotekun), Mr. Akogun Adetunji Stated that the Ondo State Government has ordered resume social control of the Ban on motorbike Operations outside 6am-6pm, Night Club activities beyond 12am midnight and the use of vehicles having tinted glasses without permit from the necessary operations. Public Service Announcement In furtherance of the current Administration’s efforts to rid the State of criminally-minded persons or groups, Law Enforcement Agencies are to resume enforcement on the Ban on Motorcycle Operations outside 6am-6pm, Night Club activities beyond 12 midnight,…
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The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi says next year’s election is not about anybody’s turn. He said this at a retreat organised by the party in Abuja, adding that the exercise should be based on “competence”. “We will do this retreat now; after the election, we will do another one. Next year’s elections will not be based on ethnicity,” the former Anambra State governor said on Monday. “We have had it before; it would not be on religion. There is no place that Christians buy things cheaper; there is no place that Muslims…
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Farouk Yahaya, on Tuesday, commended Nigerian Army field commanders and troops for their operational successes in various theatres of operation across the country. Gen. Yahaya gave the commendation at the opening of the Third Quarter COAS Conference 2022 held in Abuja. He noted that kinetic actions in the Northeast theatre of operations had continued to dismantle the cohesion of insurgents resulting in their massive surrenders. The surrenders, he also noted, had impacted positively on the morale of troops and greatly bolstered the confidence of citizens. Yahaya stressed that efforts must be…
Ondo State Government has issued a White Paper whittling down the power and areas of influence of some traditional rulers. Many of the newly recognised Obas are in Akure North and Akure South local governments. The Akure monarch used to claim he could appoint Olus and Baales. Before the issuance of the White Paper, the Deji of Akure stool was primed as the paramount ruler of Akure and the consenting authority over minor chiefs, Olus as well as baales in Akure North and Akure South local governments. In the White Paper, the government declared that no…
President Muhammadu Buhari has today, 13th September, 2022 inaugurated for use, the 37km Owerri to Orlu dual carriage way in Imo State amidst tight security. The Owerri-Orlu road was in terrible shape before Hope Uzodinma was sworn in as Governor of Imo State on January 14, 2020. He awarded the contract for the reconstruction and dualization of the road to Craneburg – a world class construction company that has today, delivered a solid road project and the first of its kind in Imo since 1999. Owerri-Orlu road is a very important economic road that cuts…
Everything looks ready for the WBC title fight between heavyweight champion Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua to take centre stage after an announcement by AJ’s camp that all terms for the fight to take place have been accepted. It was reported days ago how Fury, who considered retiring multiple times, called out the British-Nigerian boxer days after his second defeat to Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and gave him a shot at the WBC title. In response, AJ directed Fury to contact his management if he is serious about fighting him. It has now been confirmed by multiple sources on…
Detained former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss the suit by the alleged organ harvesting victim, David Ukpo, seeking to stop the release of his bio-data to a London court. Ekweremadu said, in a counter affidavit against the suit, that Ukpo has no basis to entertain any fear in releasing his visa application information and his bank account opening package except if he had lied about his real age. In the counter affidavit deposed to by Bright Ekweremadu, immediate younger brother of the detained senator in London, Ekweremadu denied…
Ever since Lionel Messi left Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain in 2021, the global superstar has been linked with a return to Spotify Camp Nou. The speculations have continued to gather pace in recent months as the 35-year-old has entered the final year of his contract in France. Indeed, Messi had signed a two-year contract with PSG when he joined them on a free transfer. There is an option for a twelve-month extension if the Argentine icon agrees to it. But, over the past few months, a return to Barcelona has been touted heavily. President Joan Laporta has himself…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) yesterday said it has delisted 1,126,359 out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between June 28, 2021, and January 14, 2022. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, said this on Monday night in Abuja. According to him, the cleaning up of the register of voters using the Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS) is ongoing since the suspension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) on 31st July 2022. “Earlier, the commission informed Nigerians that out of the 2,523,458 fresh registrants that registered between 28th…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued six kidnapped victims during clearance patrols conducted around the Kangon Kadi general area in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “According to operational feedback, the troops, under the Operation Forest Sanity, embarked on a clearance operation from Damba to Kangon Kadi, and fired on identified bandit locations around the Kangon Kadi forest, Labi and the Udawa river. “Bandits fled from the Kangon Kadi area…