Nigeria has recorded its lowest daily coronavirus infections in almost seven months with 58 new cases reported on Sunday. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) disclosed this on Sunday, adding that there was no casualty within the past 24 hours. The new cases were reported from eight states, including Plateau (18), Lagos (15), Katsina (10), Ogun (5), Kaduna (4), Edo (3), Ekiti (1), FCT (1) and Ondo (1). The country has not reported a daily figure above 300 for nearly two months. According to the health authorities, the active cases across the nation stands at 7,464. Till date,…
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Olusegun Bamgbose, National Coordinator Concerned Advocates for Good, CAGG, has declared that he will emerge the next President of Nigeria. He boasted that no mortal can stop him. Bamgbose spoke on the backdrop presidential posters of Osinbajo /Zulum, Obi/Kwankwaso, Atiku Abubakar and others flooding the streets of Nigeria in recent weeks. The New Nigerian Peoples Party, NNPP, chieftain noted that the battle for the presidency is certainly going to be very hot and interesting but expressed optimism that he is the next President of Nigeria. “I’m the man to watch out for, because I have concrete plans and strategies to…
Governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) Mr. Agboola Ajayi was absent at the Ondo State governorship debate held on Sunday in Akure. The debate, titled “2020 Ondo Governorship Election: Face the Voters”, was organised by media organisations, labour unions, civil societies, religious bodies and other stakeholders. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ajayi, the deputy governor, defected to ZLP from All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the governorship election. The moderator, Mr. Akinwumi Abodunde, said four parties were invited for the debate, explaining that only two parties were present at the programme. “We invited candidates of APC,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari not to interfere in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State. In a statement by its national publicity secretary, Kola Ologbodiyan, on Sunday, the party said its candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, enjoys the support of the majority of Ondo people and could only be defeated through federal power. “Our campaign had earlier alerted of desperate moves by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to drag in certain officials of the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency as earlier boasted by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu self-confessed thug, Isaac Kekemeke, who exposed plots to use violence and ‘federal might’…
The Presidency on Sunday night reacted to recent calls by individuals and groups for the restructuring of the country, describing such calls as unwarranted and unpatriotic. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in a statement made available to journalists. The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, had on Saturday joined other prominent Nigerians to call on the Federal Government, led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to urgently restructure the country to save it from breakup. The cleric, who spoke at a symposium…
The Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday shed light on the roles his wife and son, Betty and Babajide, play in his government. He said none of them are employees of the state government and so do not draw remunerations from the government. Mr Akeredolu was responding to a question during the Ondo Election Debate held at the International Event Centre in Akure on Sunday. He had been accused of running a government of father, son and wife, with the implication of paying huge sums to his son as consultancy fees. Mrs Akeredolu has constantly been accused of cornering…
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has expressed its support for the party’s candidate in the Saturday Ondo State governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede. The Forum Chairman and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal made the declaration in a statement issued by the Director-General of the forum, C.I.D. Maduabum in Abuja on Sunday. According to the governors, the “time” of Jegede, who lost to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress in 2016, “has come”. Tambuwal, while refuting reports that there was division in the party, stressed that the PDP governors were united to ensure the election of Jegede. He said,…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to renege on his resolve not to interfere in elections, especially the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State. The PDP National spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, made the call at a press conference on Sunday in Abuja. Ologbondiyan called on Buhari not to succumb to the pressure of those plotting to use violence and ‘federal might’ to muscle the Ondo governorship election against the wishes and aspirations of the people of the state. He said: “Our campaign, therefore, calls on Buhari not to succumb to pressure by…
The Executive Director of Yiaga Africa, Mr. Samson Itodo, said in a statement in Abuja that the group would also deploy 646 observers under its “Watching The Vote (WTV) ” project to monitor the election. According to Itodo, PVT is an election day observation methodology that leverages on statistics and technology to observe the processes of voting, counting, and tallying of results. “Citizen observers are deployed to randomly sample polling units to collect data on the conduct of elections and official polling unit level results. “With the results assembled from the sampled polling units, a citizen observer group can release…
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) ( right) during a campaign at Ore, Odigbo Local Council… yesterday The Chairman of Media and Publicity Committee of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Campaign Organisation, Mr. Donald Ojogo, has declared that there was no way Governor Rotimi Akeredolu could lose next Saturday’s governorship election. He said factors in his favour and those against his opponents were many and strong enough to see him through, even with a very wide margin. Ojogo, who is also Commissioner for Information and Orientation, said this at the weekend, during a chat with newsmen in Akure. He said: “The governor’s support…