Thousands of supporters of the All Progressives Congress from the 18 local government areas of Ondo State in different party uniforms on Saturday, took the mainbowl of the Akure Township Stadium by storm as the party flagged off its campaign for the state governorship election. Many state and national leaders of the party were also in attendance, some of whom included the National Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party and Governor of Yobe State, Mr Mai Mala Buni, the governors of Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Kebbi, Nasarawa, Kano, Bornu, Kwara and Plateau States. Members of the National and State Assemblies,…
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National leader of All Progressives Congress (APC) and former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, on Saturday, called for a review of the cumbersome revenue sharing formula in order to empower the various states across the country. Tinubu who stated in Akure, Ondo State capital, while inaugurating the Ondo Revenue House, said a review of the revenue sharing formula for the three tiers of government would ensure developing the grassroots. He said the economic realities that have contorted the income projections of different tiers of government in the country necessitated the call for the review of revenue sharing formula.…
National Leader of the All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has campaigned for the reelection of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu saying he has done more than talk. Tinubu said this in Akure during the inauguration of the newly built Internal Revenue Service office complex constructed by the Akeredolu administration. While commending Akeredolu for his giant strides in the state, Tinubu said that he has laid a solid foundation for the state. Tinubu said “Akeredolu has done more than talk development and dedicated himself and his administration to bringing development to the state. He noted that since “the Governor came on board…
The Minister of State for Health, Dr. Olorunnimbe Mamora, has said the Russian vaccine for COVID-19 is not yet in Nigeria. Mamora said the Russian Ambassador and the Deputy Head of Mission, Alexey Shebarshin, merely visited the ministry and gave an update on the vaccine. He, however, said when the vaccine eventually arrived, it would be tested by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, which is lawfully empowered to do so. The minister said, “We have not yet received the vaccine and, to the best of my knowledge, it is not yet ready. “The Russian Ambassador…
There was palpable joy on Saturday as the first international flight landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. This is coming after five months of the closure of the Nigerian airspace due to lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. The aircraft operated by Middle East Airlines touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The Nation gathered that the plane which took off from Beirut, Lebanon, landed at the airport at exactly 02:27 pm. Details shortly…..
The Nigeria Army on Saturday declared that troops of the operation Sahel Sanity deployed to Katsina and several other states in the North West have tamed banditry activities and other insecurity threatening socio-economic activities in the region in the last two months beginning from July to date The Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko, stated this while briefing journalists at the Army Super Camp 4, Faskari, Katsina. He said’; “the operation Sahel Sanity deployed to assist operation Hadarin Daji have succeeded in degrading the acts of criminalities carried out by the bandits. “There is no gainsaying that…
The National leader of All Progressives Congress and former Lagos State Governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu alongside the former Governor of Osun State, Chief Bisi Akande are in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for the flag-off rally of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu re-election campaign. INEC had fixed October 10 to conduct the governorship election across the wards in all local government areas of the state. Vanguard
Barely a month to the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has presented Sports Utility Vehicles to members of the state’s House of Assembly especially those loyal to his government. Akeredolu handed out the car gifts to the lawmakers on Friday in order to further enjoy their loyalty ahead of the election next month. The governor, however, ignored lawmakers not loyal to him in the latest spending of state resources for personal goal. The lawmakers ignored were those, who kicked against a plot to impeach deputy governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi, last month. Presenting the vehicles to…
NO fewer than 30,000 policemen would be deployed to ensure adequate security and peaceful governorship election in the state on October 10 this year. The State Commissioner of Police, Bolaji Salami who said this in Akure, the state capital equally allayed the fears that foreigners would be allowed into the state before or during the election. Salami said that ” the borders will be properly checked to ensure foreigners don’t come into the state to cause disturbance of any kind. ” Adequate preparation have been concluded to enable the state to have a free and fair election. “The Force headquarters…
Pastor Adewale the Giwa of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, has called on the people of Ondo State to vote our the All Progressives Congress-led administration in the state. The cleric while reacting to increase in Petroleum price and electricity trariffs under the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government, noted the people of Ondo State can only send the APC out of power through their votes. Pastor Giwa stated this in a statement released on Friday. Giwa advised residents of Ondo State to “shine their eyes and use the hike in electricity tariffs, petrol pump price and APC’s bad governance to…