Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Wednesday reiterated the commitment of his administration to enhancing the welfare of workers in the State. Regular promotions, prompt payment of salaries and recruitment into critical sectors, he said, will continue to receive the attention of his administration. The Governor stated this while swearing in three newly appointed members of the Ondo State Civil Service Commission, who were recently confirmed by the House of Assembly. The new commissioners are; Mr. Mathew Ayorinde Imoru, Mr. Sunday Abiodun Agbotoba and Barr. Iyabo Toboukepere Akpoebi. Governor Aiyedatiwa expressed his delight in appointing the well-qualified bureaucrats,…
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The New Nigeria People’s Party has petitioned the Independent National Electoral Commission over the alleged impersonation of the governorship candidate of the party, Mr Gbenga Edema, and his running mate, Rotimi Adeyemi, ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State. The electoral commission scheduled November 16, 2024, for the governorship poll and the NNPP, is among the 17 political parties that would be contesting the election for the number one seat in the state. In a letter addressed to the National Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made available on Wednesday, the national secretariat of the NNPP, called for…
An Anglican reverend was murdered by his son in the agrarian community of Okpare in Olomu Kingdom, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, on Wednesday. PUNCH Online gathered that the priest, identified as Rev. Isaac Umurie, one of the reverends attached to St. John’s Anglican Church, Okpare-Olomu, was hacked to death in his sleep in the early hours of the day by his 28-year-old son, Ufuoma Umurie. It was learnt that the incident occurred around 2am with the mother narrowly escaping being butchered alongside the reverend. The suspect allegedly chased his mother while she was attempting to save…
Downpour, on Wednesday, left the Iyana-Oworo, Olopo Meji area leading to the Thirday Mainland Bridge in Lagos underwater. The flood rendered the road almost impassable causing gridlock and discomfort for commuters. An X user who tweets anonymously as #JayNaijaTv shared a video of the flooded area with the caption, “Iyana-Oworo, Olopo meji area heading to 3rd Mainland Bridge this morning is completely flooded, causing long traffic that extends to Alapere.”
Three persons from the Agagbe Internally Displaced Persons camp have been killed by suspected armed herders while returning from their farms. In order to feed their families in camps across the state, male adults were said to have taken to farming. The victims met their end on Monday evening while returning from the farm. The former manager of the camp, Terna Jacob, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday. Jacob said, “The deceased identified as Mr Ameeya Solomon 38yrs of Tse Kuan in Mbabuande council ward, Mr Adagu Terwase 40 of Tse Abua in Mbapa council ward and Master…
On Wednesday, students of the University of Benin took to the streets, blocking the ever-busy Benin-Ore highway to protest weeks of power outage on the campus. The students, who had only two weeks until their first semester examinations, said the situation severely affected their preparation. The university was thrown into a blackout following the inability to reach an agreement with the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) over a contentious electricity bill. The institution’s management was said to have expressed discontent after the Benin DisCo reportedly made an upward review of the institution’s monthly electricity charges by over 200 per cent.…
A Grade A Customary Court at Mapo in Ibadan, Oyo State, has sentenced one Abdulsamad Bakare to one and a half years in prison for reckless driving and disregard for traffic laws. Delivering judgment, the court’s President, S.M. Akintayo, said that she convicted and sentenced Bakare based on the evidence available to her and the plea of guilt he entered. Akintayo said, “Therefore, Bakare is sentenced to six months in prison on each of counts one, two and three or one month community service for each of the jail terms. He is, however; discharged of count four because the prosecution…
Ibrahim Lawan, director of Primary Health Care in Nangere local government of Yobe, is suspended for diverting Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) and has confessed to committing theft. The Yobe PHC board suspended Mr Lawal for “diverting and misusing” food supplements. Adamu Abba, the board’s spokesman, who announced the suspension on Wednesday in Damatutu, said that a five-member committee had been set up to investigate the matter. Mr Lawan, while reacting to the allegations in an interview, said that he and some staffers of the PHC “actually tampered” with the therapeutic food supplements. The embattled PHC official said, “Actually, I and…
The Ogun State Police Command has recovered a black Nissan Pathfinder Jeep which had been converted into a pickup van by its owner from two suspected car thieves, Adebayo Abosede and Modupe Obadimu, in the Lafenwa area of the state. A police source privy to the report of the stolen vehicle but who spoke on condition pf anonymity because he was not authorised to speak for the command, said the car was taken away from the compound of Lukman Otesile on Abiola Way in Abeokuta, the state capital, on Saturday. Our correspondent learnt that Otesile had earlier been entrusted with…
he Anambra State Police Command said it has recovered a three-month-old baby dumped in front of a secondary school in the state. It is not yet certain who dumped the baby, but a passer-by who discovered the boy in front of Oraukwu Boys Technical College handed him over to the police. This was disclosed by the Anambra State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, in a press release on Tuesday. Ikenga who made the disclosure, called on anyone who knew the parents of the baby to come forward with claims to collect her. So This Happened (EP 254) Reviews Tinubu’s…