With politics in the air and with eyes on the governorship election, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has slashed the tuition fees of students of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko. Mr Akeredolu, on assumption of office in 2017, did an upward review of the tuition fees of the institution, a development which attracted several protests from the body of students and parents as well. He had argued that what the students were paying could not enable the provision of quality education to the students. With the controversy refusing to die since then, political opponents had latched on to it,…
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The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it will only accept credible candidates for the October 31 concurrent legislative by-elections scheduled to be conducted across eight states. The chairman of the party’s Caretaker/Extra-Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee and Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni announced the decision on Wednesday night while inaugurating the Screening and Appeal Committees for the by-elections at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. Buni, who spoke through the Secretary of the Caretaker Committee of the party, Senator John James Akpanudoedeghe, said the committees were saddled with screening all the party’s candidates for the federal and…
The Nigerian Army troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have described as false the claim that they were involved in illicit fishing and farming activities in Baga town. The claim was described by Nigerian Army as not only absolutely false and baseless, but a campaign of calumny against the Army which should be discountenanced by the general public. The army has also urged the general public to always verify allegations before forming opinions on sensitive subject of such magnitude. The Investigative Panel on the issue released a statement and audio message on Thursday which read, “This is to alert the general…
SEYI Makinde, Governor of Oyo State has asserted that the State Security Network known as Operation Amotekun will not be under the control of any Federal establishment contrary to claim by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity. While speaking on Channels Television’s programme on Tuesday, Shehu disclosed that the Amotekun will be operated in accordance with the structure defined by the Inspector-General of Police. “Whatever name they go by, Amotekun or whatever, will be streamlined and they will be run in accordance with the structure as defined by the Inspector-General of Police. They…
Troops of Nigerian Army that are combating banditry in the North Central region of Nigeria have uncovered a new terrorism sect that is known as ‘Darul Salam’ in Nasarawa State. The massive breakthrough by Nigerian Army has led to the arrest 410 members of the new terror group while several recoveries were also made. So far, the troops have made substantial recoveries of 6 rocket launcher bombs,10 grenades, 13 Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) bombs and 1Rocket Propelled Grenade Launcher (RPG) among other arms.
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has received briefings from the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, on developments in Mali noting that the leaders of the military turned down all the peace offers. “They call themselves the National Committee for the Salvation of the People. We asked them to allow ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to return to his personal residence, where he would be given tight security, but they said he could travel abroad, and not return to answer questions they may have for him,’’ Jonathan told President Buhari at the State House on Wednesday. Jonathan had led a special envoy…
Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, yesterday dismissed the suggestion by the police high command that states will fund special constables to be recruited for community policing. Reacting to Tuesday’s statement by the Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Research and Planning, Mr. Adeleye Oyebade, that states would fund community police, the governor said it will not be the duty of the 36 state governors to fund the programme when it becomes operational. He added that the South-west security outfit, Amotekun, would not operate under the community policing arrangement, adding that there is a law guiding its operations, which is distinct…
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the commencement of a nationwide mass-metering programme as part of efforts to end estimated and arbitrary billing for electricity. The Chairman of the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) James Momoh, in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja, said the president’s directive was in response to the yearnings of Nigerians. According to him, the president also approved a waiver of the import levy on metres, so that those that do not have metres can be supplied as early as possible at reasonable costs. Mr Momoh urged the public and all stakeholders in the power sector to disregard…
Disturbed by the continued delay in the passage of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) budget by the National Assembly, the presidency yesterday resolved to release N722.3 million to fund the forensic audit of the commission. The amount is in addition to other estimated fiscal proposals for the forensic audit, which is expected to cover 12,000 abandoned projects in the Niger Delta in the last 19 years. Briefing reporters at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the State House, Abuja, the Minister of Niger Delta, Senator Godswill Akpabio, said the decision followed the approval of a…
THE military authorities have placed troops of 82 Division, Enugu, on high alert following the clash between the operatives of the Department of State Services and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra in Emene, Enugu. It also asked troops to avoid individual movement in uniforms outside the barracks in order to prevent reprisals by IPOB members. This is as the pro-Biafra group stated that though it had no plan for reprisal over the killing of its members in Enugu on Sunday, it had put measures in place for self-defence. The incident, IPOB claimed, led to the death of 21…