Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, says all COVID-19 protocols must be fully observed as sporting activities resume across the country behind closed doors. The minister said this in a statement signed by Mr Gabriel Aduda, Permanent Secretary of the ministry on Sunday in Abuja. Dare commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for reopening the NYSC Orientation Camps for the sake of youths in the country. The National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on Covid-19, Sani Aliyu, had on Thursday announced the reopening of sports without fans under the close supervision of…
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The Peoples Democratic party, PDP in Ondo state has attacked the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for describing the party as ‘dead’ while commissioning a project in the state on Saturday. In a statement made available to YemieFash online on Sunday, signed by the Publicity Secretary of the party in Ondo, Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the PDP claims that the People of the state have rejected APC. “Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu while Commissioning the sole Project of Rotimi Akeredolu in Akure (Revenue House) said the PDP is dead. This claim is laughable because it can…
Some leaders of the the Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, have slammed the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, over his advice to the Federal Government on the country’s allocation formula. Two leaders of the group, Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Yinka Odumakin, said the former governor of Lagos State needs to do beyond talking. On Saturday, September 5, 2020, Tinubu while speaking at the inauguration of the APC campaign in Ondo had called for the review of the revenue formula describing it as cumbersome. He said, “The cumbersome revenue formula of Nigeria as of today needs to be…
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God(RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has said that people who were above 70 years needed to check their salvation if they were still afraid of death. Adeboye said this at the first Sunday Thanksgiving of the RCCG new year calender, held at the headquaters in Lagos on Sunday. “Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, old people were advised to stay at home and not come to church which is a good advice. “But if you are over 70 years of age and you are still afraid of death, then you should check your…
The Federal Government says it spent N30.5 billion on efforts to curtail COVID-19 between April and July this year. The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, who disclosed this, said the amount represented 84 per cent of the N36.3bn public funds and donations received by the Federal Government to tackle the pandemic. He said there was a balance of N5.9 billion. Idris said this in response to a Freedom of Information request jointly made by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project; and Connected Development. SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, said in a statement on Sunday that Idris, in his undated,…
The House of Representatives is currently amending the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act to allow public servants own and run other private businesses apart from farming that is already allowed by the law. The House may also move the control of the CCB and CCT from the Presidency to the National Judicial Council, while the Federal Judicial Service Commission would now recommend who becomes chairman of the bureau, subject to the approval of the NJC. These proposals are contained in the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Bill, 2019, sponsored by the lawmaker representing Andoni/Opobo/Nkoro Federal Constituency of…
A member of the Federal House of Representative representing Iseyin, Itesiwaju, Kajola and Iwajowa federal constituency, Hon. Shina Peller has described the hike in fuel price and increase in electricity tariff as untimely. The lawmaker called on government to reverse the unpopular price increment, to avoid the wrath of the masses who were already burdened by the excruciating effects of Covid-19 pandemic. The federal lawmaker who spoke with newsmen at a two- day youth leadership training programme tagged: Get Involved Leadership Programme” held at Jogor Event Centre, Ibadan called on the people to resist the increase. The novel training programme which…
Mr Eyitayo Jegede, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Ondo governorship race, has promised that his government would usher in a new dawn in the state if he is elected. Jegede stated this in Ibadan on Saturday shortly after meeting with the National Campaign Council of the PDP headed by the Governor of Oyo State, Mr Seyi Makinde. The PDP candidate said that the people of Ondo would experience a new lease of life in all sectors of the society. “We are going to address the issues in the education sector, the high tuition fees…
The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has advised that the deployment of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine should be done in an equitable and affordable manner in order to effectively contain the spread of the Coronavirus disease across the globe. The Vice President stated this on Friday at the virtual 2020 EURAFRICA Forum themed “Towards a realistic Euro-African partnership during and beyond the COVID-19 era”. The summit featured presentations from notable global leaders including the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Antonio Guterres, the Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Mr. Ulisses Correia Silva, among other speakers. The EurAfrican…
Nigerian Army troops of Operation Sahel Sanity have killed more than 100 armed bandits in the North west region from July 1 to September 4, 2020. The troops have also arrested 148 suspected bandits and 315 illegal armed miners, while a total of 3,984 cows, 1,627 sheep and rams as well as 3 camels were also recovered from armed bandits within the same period under review. A general update on the activities of Operation Sahel Sanity within the period under review was given by the Acting Director of Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko on Saturday, September 5,…