Despite rumors to the contrary, Adeyeri Stephen, a prominent leader within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, has confirmed that he remains a member of the party. Stephen made this clarification in a statement released to the press on Saturday. The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to viral speculation that I have left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State for the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). “The peddlers of this falsehood claim that I have aligned myself with the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP. To set the record straight, I have never…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities in the Niger Delta University, Amassoma in Bayelsa State, has urged Nigerians to resist plans of the Federal Government to use pension funds for developmental programmes. Addressing a press conference on Friday, ASUU chairperson, Lucky Bebeteidoh, said, “Of recent, we have watched the Minister of Finance say they want to dip their hands into the Pension Fund, that is the life-saving of a lot of Nigerians.” He said the FG is allowed by law to access only five per cent of the funds, “but they want to have it all” and urged Nigerians to…
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Health, Dr Kemi Ogunyemi, has disclosed that unregistered tigernut drinks have been traced to be a major cause of the Cholera outbreak in the state. In a chat with Punch, Ogunyemi said most of the patients who came for treatment said they took a particular tigernut drink in Eti-Osa local government area. In her words; When there’s an outbreak like this, we have Environmental Health Services officials from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Environment who go around ensuring that the environment is kept clean. So…
The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. (Chief) Olamide Oladiji has felicitated the Special Adviser to the Governor of Ondo State on Transportation, Hon. Olugbenga Omole on his conferment of honourary doctorate degree award and fellow by the prowess University, Delware,USA and Chartered Institute of Information and Strategy Management today at the University of Abuja, Federal Capital Territory. This was contained in a congratulatory message made available to journalists by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon. Olatunji Oshati. Congratulating him on behalf of other lawmakers, Oladiji attributed the new feathers to his cap as a result of…
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun has issued three executive orders, an official said on Saturday in Abeokuta. Two of the three orders are establishing two new agencies, while the third restrains traditional rulers from signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on land in the state. Mr Abiodun’s media aide Kayode Akinmade, in a statement, listed the agencies as the Ogun State Mineral Resources Development Agency and Ogun State Landscaping and Recreation Agency. “In addition to the establishment of these two agencies, the third executive order restrains traditional rulers from entering into any form of agreement or MoU concerning mining activities…
Lagos, the bustling epicentre of commerce in Nigeria, faced a significant disruption on June 9, 2024, when the state government declared a cholera outbreak. As noted by the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) on June 12, 324 suspected cholera cases had been reported in the state, including 15 people who died and 40 who were discharged. Within the last 24 hours, the number of deaths doubled from 15 to over 30, while infections jumped to 401. This sudden spike has induced widespread concern and highlighted the urgent need for effective measures to control the spread of this deadly disease. The outbreak…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested 300 suspects and seized 190.419 kg of hard drugs between July 2023 and May 2024 in Akwa Ibom. Obot Bassey, NDLEA commander in Akwa Ibom, disclosed this at a news conference to mark the 2024 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Uyo on Friday. Ms Bassey said that out of the 300 suspects arrested, 249 were male and 51 female and that 61 drug offenders were convicted within the period. She said the command had treated and rehabilitated 24 male drug-dependent persons and carried out anti-drug abuse…
A magistrates’ court in Isabo, Abeokuta, on Friday, sentenced one Kazeem Salami, 25, to one year imprisonment for stealing food items worth N1,000. Magistrate V.B. Williams said the prosecution had proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt, adding that the convict was guilty as charged. The convict had, at his arraignment, pleaded not guilty. Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Lawrence Olu-Balogun told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 5. He said the offence was committed at 3:00 a.m. at Duroja Street in Ake village via Laderin in Abeokuta. The prosecutor explained that the convict was noticed loitering…
Troops of Operation Whirl Punch have successfully neutralized bandits, including some of their leaders who were holding a meeting at an identified spot near Bula community within Yadi Forest in Giwa LGA of Kaduna state. Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State Samuel Aruwan said the strike was based on credible intelligence which followed the recent elimination of some bandit kingpins along the Kaduna-Katsina border areas. Intelligence report had earlier revealed that bandits were to converge on the area for a meeting on a deadly mission within the Yadi Forest genera area. The…
The Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on June 11, 2024, arraigned one Usman Mallam for allegedly tearing EFCC’s official Investigation Activities’ letters and obstructing the Commission’s investigation before Justice TG Ringim of the Federal High Court sitting in Gombe, Gombe State. Mallam, a desk officer in charge of responding to official correspondences in the office of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Gombe State, was arraigned on a one-count charge of willful obstruction of investigation activities and tearing official documents of the EFCC. The lone charge against Mallam reads “that you,…