By Balogun Damilola The Ondo State guber race campaign flag off for the People Democratic Party (PDP) which was set to be on Saturday, 5th of September, 2020 as the same day with the All progressive congress (APC) has been rescheduled to hold on the 12th of September, 2020 so as to avoid conflict and to also embrace peace in the state. Below here is the unedited press statement released to Yemiefash online : FLAG OFF OF ONDO STATE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION CAMPAIGN After a careful review of preparations and in consultation with our Gubernatorial Candidate and leadership of the…
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An Akure-based lawyer, Femi Emodamori, has alleged that the deputy governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, submitted falsified certificates to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the governorship election coming up in the state on October 10. Mr Ajayi is the candidate of the Zenith Labour Party(ZLP) in the election. The lawyer is asking INEC to publish the particulars of Mr Ajayi within seven days or he would compel it through the courts to do so. In the letter addressed to the Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Emodamori said his demand was in accordance with the provisions of Section 31…
The Federal Government has assured religious bodies in the country that the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA) does not target churches, mosques and other religious bodies, as had been wrongly portrayed. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Ita Enang, gave the assurances on Tuesday during an interaction with the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Abuja. The meeting was organised for the purposes of giving enlightenment to the Christian body over the contentious provisions of the CAMA. Enang expressed displeasure that some politicians, especially those from the opposition, had wrongly characterised the intents…
A former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congresses, APC, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole has said that the auto crash involving his convoy was an alleged assassination attempt on his life. The former Governor of Edo State made the allegation in a statement on Wednesday by his Media Aide, Mr. Victor Oshioke. Oshiomhole alleged that his convoy was intentionally attacked along Benin-Lagos by-pass on his way to a political rally. He, however, said he would reach out to the families of the policemen involved in the fatal crash and do everything possible to reduce their grief. The statement reads: “Some minutes…
At least two police officers have been confirmed dead following a road accident involving the convoy of the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, at Oluku junction in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. Two other people are said to have sustained critical injuries from the accident. PREMIUM TIMES learnt on Tuesday that the accident happened at about noon in Oluku junction along the busy Benin-Lagos highway. The team were on their way to Usen in Ovia South-West local government area for the APC campaign ahead of the September 19 governorship election. It was gathered that…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has come to the aid of an 85-year-old ex-serviceman with a donation of a 3-bedroom house after being evicted from his residence by the Kaduna State Government. Warrant Officer Paul Ojo, who formerly lived at KASUPDA Quarters at Swimming Pool Road, Kaduna, was evicted from his house by the Kaduna State Government after spending several years as a tenant. The war veteran, who was evicted alongside nine others, sought the intervention of the army authorities, and the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nadir El-Rufai over the “forceful eviction” from his home…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the increment of electricity tariff, saying it is a plan to inflict further pain on Nigerians at a time of great economic distress. NLC president, Ayuba Wabba, in a statement, maintained that the impending upward tariff review is “dead on arrival as it will be resisted by the Nigerian working class and good spirited people”. The NLC stressed that it is also deeply concerned about what he called “the deaf and dumb posture of the Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC.” The statement adds that “NERC would be putting its name on the…
The management of Media Trust Ltd, publishers of Daily Trust Newspapers, has not been served with the letter by a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, demanding N6bn damages over an alleged defamatory publication in the newspaper. The company’s secretary, Kabir Bala, said this in a statement on Tuesday. Bala said the fact that the company had not been served “means that we are not aware of what he (Fani-Kayode) is doing; we are only following reports in the social media.” Fani-Kayode had demanded a retraction of the article “FFK, The Drug Addled Thug in Designer Wears” published on August 30, 2020,…
Three people including the Chief Medical Director (CMD) of the General Hospital, Idoani, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Dr Olufemi Adeogun, were on Monday evening abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. The CMD who was said to be travelling with his driver, a record officer with the hospital, Mrs Foluke Ajibola and one other person yet to be identified were abducted while returning to Owo, after the close of work on Monday. It was gathered that the hoodlums who were armed, stopped the victims’ vehicle at a bad spot of the road, ordering the four occupants…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Tuesday got President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to embark on “legislative diplomacy” to Ghana to try to resolve the crisis between Nigeria and the West African neighbour. The Speaker was at the presidential villa, Abuja on Tuesday to apprise the president of the trip, which he will undertake on Wednesday. Gbajabiamila had last week said the closure of Nigerian shops in Ghana contravened Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) trade protocols and had called for a decisive solution between both countries. Details shortly…..