Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has asked security agencies to call the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its supporters to order ahead of the October 10 governorship election. Akeredolu alleged members of the All Progressives Congress and its supporters were subjected to unprovoked attacks from hoodlums loyal to the governorship candidate of the PDP, Eyitayo Jegede. The Governor said members of the APC going about their personal routines were rounded up at Odopetu in Akure by PDP thugs and bodily injuries were inflicted on them. He stated that PDP thugs removed branded caps and T-shirts bearing the name of Governor Akeredolu…
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Southwest governors have kicked against the plan to put the Operation of the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) under the Inspector-General of Police. The WNSN code-named Operation Amotekun, was inaugurated last year to respond to the surge in insecurity, killings and kidnapping in Lagos, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti – the states in the Southwest geo-political zone. The Federal Government stalled the plan for a central control of the outfit, leading to breaking it down to state commands. The outfit is already operating under the law as passed by the Houses of Assembly. But the Federal Government is seeking…
Twenty-two Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres that allegedly defrauded 11, 823 candidates to the tune of N59million have been de-listed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said any centre that shared the same ownership with the blacklisted centres would be suspended from all JAMB activities. Twenty-two Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres that allegedly defrauded 11, 823 candidates to the tune of N59million have been de-listed by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said any centre that shared the same ownership with the blacklisted centres would be suspended from all…
In a move to strengthen the naira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) plans to resume dollar sales to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators on September 7. The BDCs are to get $10,000 twice weekly. They are to fund their naira accounts with the dollar equivalent. In a statement, CBN Director, Trade and Exchange Department, O.S Nnaji, said: “As part of efforts to enhance accessibility of foreign exchange particularly to travelers following the announcement of the limited resumption of international flights by the Honorable Minister of aviation commenting with Abuja and Lagos, the Central Bank of Nigeria hereby wishes to…
A survival fund to support small businesses, artisans and private school teachers is underway, the Federal Government said on Thursday. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said data compilation for those eligible is ongoing while the criteria for would-be beneficiaries are already set. Describing the plan as part of its economic sustainability programme, Osinbajo explained that this is part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to saving jobs and creating new ones, despite the pandemic. He spoke on the state of the nation through the COVID-19 pandemic at the on-going 60th Annual General Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The session, moderated…
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta inaugurated a newborn screening equipment for the treatment of sickle cell in the state. The equipment was donated to the Sickle Cell Referral Centre, Asaba Specialist Hospital, Asaba, by 05 Initiative of the Wife of the Governor, Edith Okowa. The governor, while inaugurating the equipment, said Delta had become the first state in Nigeria to have a “newborn and adult screening machine” in one system under High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). He thanked his wife for the vision to assist people with sickle cell disorder. He also thanked 05 Initiative for the gesture, saying that the…
No fewer than 410 members of a new terror group unleashing mayhem on people in the North-central have surrendered to troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said yesterday. According to DHQ, the suspected terrorists, including women and children, surrendered to the troops after the special anti-squad burst a terror cell operated by Darul Salam in Nasarawa State. The military also uncovered a bomb-making factory and rocket launchers in their enclave in Uttu in Toto Local Government Area of the state. This was coming as 17 Russians, Ukranians and Nigerians kidnapped by pirates in Lome Waters were rescued…
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has said its troops deployed for “Operation ‘Delta Safe” have intercepted a speed boat with kidnapped 13 foreigners comprising 6 Russians and 7 Ukrainians on Lome waters. The coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, who disclosed while giving updates of Armed Forces operations in August 2020, said 137 criminals including Boko Haram terrorists, Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and armed bandits were killed and 170 arrested. He said the boat was arrested on August 19, 2020, by Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH under the subsidiary Operation ‘Silent Heat’, which was launched on August 1,…
A group, the Ondo for Good Governance, Accountability and Transparency and the candidate of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Eyitayo Jegede have disagreed on the N5.4 billion expended for the construction of Ore interchanged by the Ondo state government. President Muhammadu Buhari commissioned the interchange in February this year during the third year anniversary of the governor. Jegede in a statement by Leye Igbabo for his Directorate of Media and Publicity in Akure said that the interchange was “obviously a misplacement of priorities. “The N 5.4 billion wasted on less than 100m overhead bridge could be expended on education which…
The Nigerian government has postponed the resumption of international flights to September 5. International flights were earlier scheduled to resume on August 29. “Regret to announce that the international flight resumption earlier scheduled to resume on 29th August has been shifted to 5th September 2020,” the ministry of aviation tweeted on Thursday. President Muhammadu Buhari, had in March ordered the suspension of international flights to stop further importation of COVID19 virus into the country. Nigeria recorded its first case of the virus in an Italian who arrived in the country late February. Since then, about 50,000 infections have been recorded leading…