Nigerian Army troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have killed two suspected armed bandits during a raid at a possible hideout of the remnants of the recently neutralized notorious Benue militia leader, Terwase Akwaza (Gana) around Adu general area in Chanchanji council ward of Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. The military raid was jointly carried out by the troops of Sector 2 deployed at Gbise in Katsina Ala Local Government Area of Benue State and the troops of Sector 4 following an actionable intelligence. According to a statement made available on Tuesday, September 15, 2020 by the Coordinator…
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Barely 24 hours after the protest by workers in various tertiary schools owned by the Lagos State government against non-payment and non-implemenation of N30,000 new mimimum wage for them, the state government has pledged to start paying the new salary structure to them begging from next month October. Recall that the workers under various unions from Lagos State University(LASU) Ojo, Lagos State Polytechnic(LASPOTECH), Ikorodu, to Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education(AOCOED) and others simultaneously went on protest on Monday in their various campuses disrupting resumption activities already scheduled for the day to show their displeasure over the issue. Making the government’s…
Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has defeated both candidates of the People’s Democratic Party and Zenith Labour Party, Eyitayo Jegede and Agboola Ajayi, respectively at a mock election organised by the Coalition 2020. The Coalition 2020 is made up of 26 political parties, ethnic groups, trade unions, youths groups, women amongst others. Akeredolu scored 162 votes, Agboola emerged first runner up with 89 votes, Jegede polled 67 votes while the Prince Dapo Adelegan of the ADC had six votes. Over 400 delegates participated in the mock election. There was a mild drama when…
The United Kingdom on Tuesday warned those who planned to cause violence during the Edo and Ondo State governorship elections, saying it may impose travel restrictions on the perpetrators and prosecute them under international law. The Edo State governorship election is scheduled to hold on September 10 while the Ondo State governorship election will hold October 10. The United Kingdom, in a statement on Tuesday by the British High Commission in Nigeria, however warned that it would take actions against individuals identified as being responsible for violence during the elections, which it said may include restriction on their eligibility to…
Angered by the non-payment of their salaries, cleaners employed by the Ondo State Government on Tuesday staged a protest to the office of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The cleaners said they are being owned over seven months’ salaries. Drawn from different ministries and parastatals of the state government, the cleaners said they had been facing difficulties due to the non-payment of their salaries. One of the protesters, who identified herself as Bisi, said the state government had made life difficult for them by not paying their monthly wages. According to her, many of them depend solely on the salary from…
Aubameyang signs new £350k-a-week Arsenal contract after months of showdown talks in huge win for Arteta The club announced the extension on Tuesday with a livestream of Aubameyang on the Emirates Stadium pitch. “I signed da ting,” smiled the striker before he was joined by Ian Wright and Alexandre Lacazette on the call. He added: “I wanted to share this with you guys, I’m so happy. “This is my home, it’s a great day. I want to become an Arsenal legend and maybe leave a legacy.” Gunners legend Wright proclaimed “oh my God I love you man!” when he entered…
Edo state Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Godwin Obaseki has said that the National Leader of then All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu cannot extend his political empire to Edo State. Obaseki in a statement by his media aide, Crusoe Osagie, said “Our attention has been drawn to a television broadcast in which a former Lagos State Governor and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in his quest to extend his political dominance and empire to Edo State, decided to take over the role of Edo people to choose through…
Noble Laureate Professor Woke Soyinka has agreed with former President Olusegun Obasanjo that Nigeria is more divided under President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement he signed on Tuesday titled: “Between ‘Dividers-in-chief’ and Dividers-in-law,” Soyinka stated he was no fan of Obasanjo but admitted the former President read the current state of the nation rightly. Obasanjo, last week, carpeted Buhari, stating his administration had turned Nigeria to the headquarters of poverty and left the nation more divided than ever. But the Presidency, at the weekend, returned the salvo, describing the Obasanjo as Nigeria’s “Divider-in-chief.” According to Soyinka: “I am notoriously no…
Ondo State Deputy Governor and governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Agboola Ajayi, has accused Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of denying him access to the MKO Abiola Democracy Park for the use of his campaign flag-off. It was the venue used by the PDP to flag off its rallies last Saturday. Agboola who spoke through his Media Adviser, Allen Sowore, said he was drawing attention of the public to what he termed growing intolerance and undemocratic temperament of Governor Akeredolu towards the ZLP. Agboola explained that the ZLP applied for the usage of the Democracy Park to flag off…
Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has said that the credibility or otherwise of the upcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states will go a long way in defining President Muhammadu Buhari’s electoral legacy. Tambuwal stated this in the backdrop of the latest visa ban imposed by the United States on some Nigerian politicians for their alleged roles in the violence that characterised the November 16, 2019 governorship elections in Kogi and Bayelsa states. In a statement on Tuesday, personally signed by him, the governor stressed the urgent need to strengthen the nation’s electoral process, to restore the hope and…