Seven weeks after their abduction, 27 students of the Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna State, have been released, PREMIUM TIMES can confirm. The students are on their way to Kaduna, an official of the state government who does not want to be quoted told this newspaper. The official said a press briefing will be held upon the arrival of the freed students. The students were among the 37 abducted on March 11, out of which some have been rescued earlier. It is not immediately clear if the state government, which had insisted that it would no negotiate with…
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Following the breakdown of law and order in Ikare-Akoko, Akoko North East Local Government Area, the Ondo State Government has imposed a 24 hour curfew on the town. Violence, sequel to the controversial Appointment of the OLOKOJA chieftaincy title took a new dimension on Wednesday morning, as pupils were suddenly sent out of school for security reasons. The curfew takes effect from 6.00pm today, May 5, 2021. This was contained in a statement issued by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo. Government warns that Security Agencies have been deployed and mandated to enforce the curfew.” “Accordingly, anyone…
Fans will return to Premier League stadiums for the season’s final two rounds of fixtures later this month, subject to the UK government’s expected easing of lockdown restrictions. Under the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, crowds of up 10,000 or 25 per cent of capacity will be permitted from May 17. As a result, the Premier League has altered its fixture schedule to ensure that each of the 20 teams gets the opportunity to host at least one home match with a crowd. The UK has given more than 34 million people a first vaccine dose with case numbers and…
A Malian woman gave birth to nine babies on Tuesday – two more than doctors had detected inside her crowded womb – joining a small pantheon of mothers of nonuplets. The pregnancy of Halima Cisse, 25, has fascinated the West African nation and attracted the attention of its leaders. When doctors in March said Cisse needed specialist care, authorities flew her to Morocco, where she gave birth. “The newborns (five girls and four boys) and the mother are all doing well,” Mali’s health minister, Fanta Siby, said in a statement. Cisse was expected to give birth to seven babies, according…
Lagos Health Commissioner Prof. Akin Abayomi has said the about 260,000 persons vaccinated against COVID-19 represents just one per cent of the state’s population. Abayomi, who spoke at the ministerial briefing to mark Governor Bababjide Sanwo-Olu’s second year in office, said the second phase of vaccination would start soon. The commissioner warned Nigeria stood the risk of experiencing a third wave having vaccinated only less than one per cent of its population. Abayomi said: “Health facilities in Lagos State have been placed on high alert to pick up early trends that may suggest a third wave of COVID-19. “Currently, countries…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said Following an exhaustive meeting with members of the National Association of Resident Doctors, they have hinted that they are ready to suspend their planned resumption of strike on Friday. A statement issued by the Office of the Speaker said the doctors, at the resumption of the meeting with Gbajabiamila, which began last week, said they would suspend the planned resumption of the strike as soon as they got payment for their salary arrears, ranging from one to five months. The statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Speaker…
Soldiers have taken over Ikare Akoko community in Ondo State over leadership crisis that led to destruction of cars and houses. The recent crisis, which began on Monday, was the outcome of the cold war between two monarchs in the community, the Olukare and the Owa Ale. Olukare of Ikare, Oba Oba Akadiri Saliu Momoh, in January dethroned Chief Idowu Ogunye as Olokoja of Okoja, and appointed Chief Sunday Bada as the new Olokoja. Oba Momoh cited absenteeism from meetings, disloyalty and refusal to obey his directives as reasons for dethroning Chief Ogunye. The crisis that erupted in the community…
The National Security Council (NSC) meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja, may continue Wednesday. There was no press briefing or statement at the end of the meeting, which first held last Friday. The Senate shifted its proposed meeting with Service Chiefs and heads of security agencies to tomorrow. Senate President Ahmad Lawan, during plenary, said the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, and the Service Chiefs were at the meeting. The Senate had invited them for a security briefing. “Today (yesterday), the National Security Council is continuing its meeting that it started…
From the Presidency on Tuesday came an alarm of a plot to topple President Muhammadu Buhari’s government by ‘disgruntled religious and political leaders.” The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) also yesterday warned “misguided politicians who nurse the inordinate ambition to rule this country outside the battle box to banish such thought.” On Sunday, the Department of State Services (DSS), warned :individuals and groups against utterances and action that threaten the country’s peace and sovereignty.” Drawing from the DSS alarm, the Presidency, in a statement by Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina, yesterday, said the intention of plot, “championed by some disgruntled religious and past political…
The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps has evicted another 137 illegal occupants of forest reserve across the state. Those evicted were suspected to constitute security threats to the state. They were picked at Elegbeka forest along the Akure-Owo-Ifon road few days after they arrived the state. Last week, 42 persons were arrested and sent back to their home states after they could not give satisfactory answers on their mission to the state. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu vowed to evict occupants of forest reserves who fail to register with government. Ondo Commander of Amotekun Corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, said…