Aiyedatiwa Assures of Presence at Interactive Session_ On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, a delegation from Yemie Fash Online News platform paid a courtesy visit to the Governor of Ondo State, His Excellency Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, at the Governor’s office in Akure, Ondo State. Led by the convener, Oluyemi Fasipe, the team was received by the Governor in his office, where they extended an invitation to him to participate in the upcoming second edition of their interactive session. The session, themed “Charting the Course for a Better Ondo State: A Comprehensive Strategy for Inclusive Governance,” is scheduled to take place…
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Leveraging on the recent charge on succinct intelligence gathering and sharing for effective operational deployments by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, Ph.D., NPM, the Force Intelligence Department Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) has made significant strides in the ongoing efforts to combat crime and restore security in Delta State and beyond. Following the recent tragic events in Ohoro Forest, Ughelli Delta State, where some police operatives were ambushed and gruesomely murdered leading to the loss of thirteen (13) police rifles to the criminal suspects, the FID-IRT have successfully recovered ten (10) of these arms. During a coordinated…
Justice Jude Onwueguzie of the Federal Capital Territory High, FCT, Court, sitting in Apo, Abuja on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 dismissed a preliminary objection brought by ex-minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye challenging the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to prosecute him. Agunloye is facing prosecution by the EFCC on seven-count charges bordering on suspected fraudulent Mambilla Power Project contract award to the tune of $6billion (Six Billion US Dollars). On February 8, 2024, Agunloye had through his counsel, Adeola Adedipe (SAN) filed a motion challenging the powers of the EFCC to investigate and prosecute…
The Rivers state executive council, on Wednesday, approved N222 billion for the construction of the Trans-Kalabari Road project. Joseph Johnson, the commissioner for information and communications, disclosed this while briefing journalists after the state executive council meeting. The meeting was presided over by Gov. Siminalayi Fubara at the state Government House in Port Harcourt. He said the project would be funded with savings from the state’s internally generated revenue. “We shall not borrow to fund the project. We are bent on generating money to fund our projects,” he said. Mr Johnson stated that the contractor had mobilised 30 per cent…
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the failure of the presidential fleet to perform optimally, forcing President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima to use chartered flight for their engagement. This followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance, by Rep Ahmed Satomi (APC- Borno) during plenary in Abuja on Wednesday. Presenting the motion, Mr Satomi said that Mr Tinubu was forced to fly in a chartered plane in April from the Netherlands to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to attend the World Economic Forum. He said the development posed a threat to the life of…
The House of Representatives Committee on Health Institutions has condemned the assault on a female doctor by family members of a deceased patient at the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nasarawa State. The Chairman of the Committee, Amos Magaji, made the committee’s stance known shortly after members carried out an oversight visit at the FMC Keffi in Keffi Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday. The four members of a deceased patient allegedly assaulted a female doctor on Tuesday, at about 11pm on the premises of the medical centre. The victim was slapped several times while trying to pass a…
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control on Wednesday in Abuja arrested five persons for selling counterfeit cosmetics. The arrest was made at the Garki and Wuse axis during enforcement to curb substandard goods. Speaking with journalists after the exercise, NAFDAC Head of Investigation and Enforcement, Federal Taskforce, Embugushiki-Musa Godiya, said that the arrested persons would be investigated. Mr Godiya said that NAFDAC would work to ensure that fake cosmetics and other counterfeit products were completely wiped out of the country. He said that the agency had been investigating some of the counterfeit cosmetics following intelligence reports,…
The Interior Minister, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has described the newly built Command and Control Centre of the Nigeria Immigration Service as a project of pride to the nation. Mr Tunji-Ojo made this known on Wednesday while inspecting the new facility alongside the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, SAN, and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, at the service headquarters, in Sauka, Abuja. “Today, I feel so proud to be a Nigerian. That the solution was deployed by a local company even makes one happier. What it means is that Nigerians can solve Nigeria’s problems.…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has slammed suspension the Senator representing Ondo South, Jimoh Ibrahim. The Executives of the Igbotako Ward II, in a letter after the end of their meeting, suspended the Senator for his actions and activities, which they said, violated the party’s Constitution. They also cited that the suit instituted by Jimoh against the APC, Aiyedatiwa, as well as his involvement in anti-party activities influenced their decision to suspend the Senator from the party. It would be recalled that after the primary election of the All Progressives Congress which produced Aiyedatiwa as the candidate of the party,…
The Ondo State Government on Tuesday began payment of two months salary arrears of former political office holders in the State. This followed the approval of the Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, last week for the payment of two of the three outstanding months of salary arrears of the former appointees. The beneficiaries are those who served under the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko as governor of the State between 2009 and 2017. They include those who served as members of the State Executive Council, Senior Special Assistants, Special Assistants, Education Secretaries and board chairmen and members. The Mimiko administration…