The Rector of Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo, Dr. Momodu Sanusi Jimah is dead. He passed on Friday night at exactly 7.00pm. Public Relations Officer of Auchi Polytechnic, Mr. Mustapha Oshiobugie, in a telephone interview confirmed the sad incident on Saturday, to NAN. “The institution is mourning following the demise of her rector who passed away on Friday at 7.00pm after a brief illness”. “I can confirm that he is no more and his remains will be committed to mother earth today Saturday at 10 am according to Muslim rites,” Oshiobugie said.
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Evicted Big Brother Naija housemate, Ozo has revealed why he ignored his love interest, Nengi during the last Saturday night party in the house. Ozo during his media rounds said all housemates were instructed not to go close or gesticulate to the finalist. This, he said, was to avoid hinting who would emerge winner of the grand prize to the five finalists. Recall that having a boyfriend outside the house had stopped Nengi from dating Ozo. Recall that Nengi had on Saturday said her friendship with Ozo was over because he ignored her at the night party. Reacting, Ozo…
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has blamed former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, for being partly responsible for the weak infrastructural base in Nigeria. Fashola, speaking on Channels Television, claimed Obasanjo should have invested in capital projects across the country, instead of paying off external debts. According to the Minister, if he had the $12 billion like the Olusegun Obasanjo government in 2005, he would have built rails and more roads. In 2005/2006, the Paris Club wrote off $18 billion of the $30 billion Nigeria owed the cartel after months of negotiations. Fashola said that rather than deploy the funds…
Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, former Military Head of State has said the military provided Nigeria with the democracy and development being enjoyed across the country now. IBB made the remark while dismissing the notion that the military was responsible for some of the problems being witnessed in the country today. The former leader stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s NewsNight, on Friday. “We didn’t provide problems. We tried to provide the framework upon which subsequent governments who are going to come after us could build upon. “Most of the infrastructural developments, even the democracy, we midwifed it.…
THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) appear to be facing an uphill task in forging an alliance ahead of next weekend’s governorship election in Ondo State. The All Progressives Congress (APC), which is the target of the uneasy pact, declared yesterday that it was unruffled by the talks between the two opposition parties. The APC dismissed it as a reactionary contraption that will not work. Some PDP governors, including Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, are said to be piling pressure on former Ondo State governor Segun Mimiko to make…
US President Trump on Friday was being taken to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, after contracting COVID-19. Trump is expected to remain at the hospital “for the next few days,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement. McEnany said Trump, 74, “remains in good spirits, has mild symptoms, and has been working throughout the day.” Dr Sean Conley, the physician to the president, released Trump’s initial course of treatment Friday afternoon in a public memo following Trump’s early-morning disclosure on Twitter that he contracted the virus. Trump was administered “polyclonal antibodies” to…
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of Research and Planning, Adeleye Oyabade, to oversee the general security arrangement for the governorship election in Ondo State holding on October 10.
The Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy have expressed readiness for next Saturday governorship election in Ondo State, noting that they would carry out their duties professionally in ensuring a peaceful poll. The officers of the two security agencies on Thursday evening carried out an exercise tagged ‘Show of Force’ in the Ilaje and Ese Odo Local Government Areas of the state. The exercise which started in Igbokoda in the morning and ended in the evening spanned through Atijere, Abereke, Agadagba, Obolowo, Asere, Arogbo, Dioba among other areas of the state. Speaking after the exercise, the Commander of 32 Artillery…
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu is trending on Twitter after a special interview programme on the state Radio, Sunshine 96.5fm, Alalaye on Thursday. Akeredolu made some claims on the state of governance, his relationship with estranged deputy, Agboola Ajayi, and his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko. Trending with the hashtag #AketiLied Twitter users accused the governor of being ‘economical’ with the truth on recruitment of workers by Mimiko, tuition fees payable in the state-owned tertiary institutions, state of the newly constructed roads, mother and child hospitals among others. @heisizumichaels Aketi said, ‘There’s 24/7 light in omotosho” Sir we have record of…
Candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the Ondo governorship election, governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his estranged deputy governor Hon Agboola Ajayi have disagreed on running grants and security votes they collect on a monthly basis. Ajayi through his Media Adviser, Allen Sowore, had alleged that governor Akeredolu collects N750m monthly as security votes. He also alleged that the wife of the governor and son also collect millions of naira as imprests on monthly basis without occupying any constitutionally recognised positions. “The governor gets a security vote of 750million naira every month. He, Akeredolu, also gets an imprest of about…