An epidemic may break out within the environs of the Ore General Hospital, Ondo State, as hundreds of corpses are piling up on the premises of the hospital’s mortuary. PUNCH Metro learnt from recent visitors to the public hospital that bodies of men and women were openly placed on corridors where they were beaten by rain. Horrifying photos and videos of the mortuary surroundings obtained by our correspondent showed some bodies were on the pathways, while a few were covered with iron sheets. Concrete blocks were used to demarcate the placements of some of the cadavers. Inside a room that appeared…
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The N27 billion earmarked for capital projects for the Nigerian Army from the N13 trillion 2021 National Budget estimates is grossely inadequate, says the Senate Committee on Army. Chairman of the Committee, Sen. Alli Ndume (APC Borno), made the remark on behalf of the commitee when top officials of Nigerian Army appeared before the committee for budget defence session on Wednesday. Ndume, therefore, called for improved funding for the Nigerian Army in the budget. He said given the challenges of insecurity in parts of the country, the amount proposed for the Army would not be enough for its operations in…
THE Senate yesterday asked the federal government to follow the example of United Arab Emirate, UAE, in fishing out sponsors of Boko Haram in Nigeria for immediate prosecution. It also took a swipe at the Nigerian Army over its amnesty for repentant Boko Haram terrorists who have engaged in massive killing and wanton destruction of properties and called for a total jettisoning of the programme. Speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja, shorty after the closed door meeting with the Chief of Army Staff, General Yusuf Buratai, for the defence of 2021 budget proposals, Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Mohammed…
Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos, has declared support for the repeal of the state pension law. On Tuesday, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu disclosed that a bill on the abrogation of the law would be sent to the House of Assembly in a few weeks. He spoke during the 2021 budget presentation to the legislature. On Wednesday, Tinubu urged others, with specific reference to All Progressives Congress (APC) loyalists, to do the same. “Congratulations to Governor Sanwo-Olu over the Y2021 budget which he appropriately christened” Budget of Rekindled Hope”, he tweeted. “This audacious and enterprising budget will empower our people…
The 23rd virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sum of N62.7 billion for the construction of Kano-Dawakin-Tofa-Gwarzo-Dariyo road in Kano State. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who announced this on Wednesday while briefing State House reporters, said the project located in Kano would be executed in 24 months. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while briefing afterward, said the FEC also approved the sum of N470,263,037 for the procurement, installation, and commissioning of fully dimensional aerodrome and approach simulator at Lagos Airport. Mohammed, who spoke…
DESPITE public outcries, Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo State, has backed the action of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) freezing bank accounts belonging to #EndSARS promoters. “Speaking very honestly, I don’t see anything wrong in it,” the governor said while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday. “If for instance, my account was frozen, what would I do? All I would do is go back to court to explain. Even politicians, their accounts are sometimes frozen. You have to go to court and explain. And at the end of the day, the court will say, ‘Leave the account.…
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Wuse zone 2, Abuja, on Wednesday granted bail to five #EndSARS protesters bail after they were arrested by security forces at the National Assembly as they were rounding off their protest demanding widespread governmental reforms. Also granted bail was one female journalist, Oluwatosin Adeniji, who was covering the demonstration last Friday. The six are to appear in court on January 25, 2020 for trial. The five male protesters were identified as Yaziru Bashiru, Abdulsalam Suberu, Kabiru Gazali, Paul Akinwunmi, and Davo Chomo. Chief Magistrate, Abdulrazak Eneye, granted the six youths bail after hearing the application…
Nigerian Army has redeployed the troops of 192 battalion from the battlefield after five years of counter insurgency operations in the North East. The troops are due to get de-inducted at NASI in Jaji area of Kaduna State. Troops of 192 battalion is popular for their participation in the liberation of Gwoza town in Borno State some five years ago. Recently, the troops also conducted an audacious and well coordinated raid on the hideout of Boko Haram terrorists at Kwatara on the mandara mountains of Gwoza town of Borno State on June 8, 2020. The successfully executed operation resulted…
An activist, Kenechukwu Okeke, has come under fire for dragging 50 persons before a Chief Magistrate’s court in Abuja over their alleged roles in the #EndSARS protests that took place last month. Okeke, in a suit filed before the court, alleged that during the riot, his properties were destroyed and the defendants who promoted the #EndSARS protests must be brought to justice. The defendants in the suit include Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi; activist, Aisha Yesufu; ex-Super Eagles legend, Kanu Nwankwo; a former Director-General, Bureau for Public Sector Reform, Dr Joe Abah; journalist, Kiki Mordi, and actors,…
The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to set up sub-committee to interface with the Federal Ministry of Aviation, the Financial Adviser, (FAD) and the Project Delivery Team, (PDT) on the proposed airports’ concession by the Federal Government. Chairman, House Committee on Aviation, Hon. Nnolim Nnaji disclosed this in Abuja, after the presentation of the Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika on the Nigerian Airport Concession Strategy, who assured that the airport terminals concession will not lead to job losses, adding that the assets to be concessioned are: cargo terminals, airport terminal buildings, Aprons and Car Parks. Some of the…