The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been declared winners in 14 out of 18 local government areas in Ondo State. Seven political parties participated in the exercise on Saturday. Announcing the election results on Sunday afternoon, Chairman of Ondo Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) Prof. Yomi Dinakin said there was no contest in five local governments. Dinakin, who declared APC candidates winner of the elections in the five local government areas, said it was in line with the electoral act. He stated he acted within the law which stated that where there are no contests, any candidate validly nominated should be…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the weekend said it would continue to sustain the ongoing strike until the Federal Government addresses all its demands. Speaking at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, President of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, said the government must first implement the report of the need assessment it conducted in 2012. Ogunyemi, who spoke during ASUU’s interactive session with critical stakeholders to enlighten public on the struggles of union, said their demands were genuine and in the interest of the nation. He said students would be the major beneficiaries of their demands and appealed…
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to “urgently rescind your assent to the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020, [CAMA 2020], and to send the legislation back to the National Assembly to address its fundamental flaws, including by deleting the repressive provisions of the Act, particularly sections 839, 842, 843, 844 and 850 contained in Part F of the Act, and any other similar provisions.” The organization is also urging him to “instruct the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, Alhaji Garba Abubakar, and Attorney General of the Federation…
Oyo Police Command has rearrested Sunday Shodipo, the suspected serial killer in Akinyele, YemieFash online has learnt. Shodipe, 19, escaped from police custody barely a week ago. Police Public Relations Officer of Oyo Police Command, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the development to The Nation. He said details of the re-arrest would be made available shortly. He confirmed the suspect has been kept in safer custody. The Nation had reported Inspector General of Police, Muhammned Adamu sent in a crack team of detectives to complement the efforts of the officers of the command after Shodipe escaped from custody. Oyo Commissioner of Police,…
Isaacs Kekemeke, a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, has said that the party will use armed thugs and militants to disrupt the October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state. Kekemeke, who spoke in a video obtained by YemieFash online, said the party would also contract leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in the state to rig the election in favour of the APC. He said the APC needed to win the governorship election at all cost, noting that the party was prepared to use ‘federal might’ to influence the election. Kekemeke,…
The Federal Government on Saturday acknowledged the receipt of 3,999 tonnes of grains donated by the ECOWAS Commission as part of ongoing efforts to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on the citizenry. The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq who stated this in Kano State, applauded the Commission’s timely and generous provision of humanitarian assistance for distribution to the vulnerable populations impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria. “I am particularly pleased to be here today to witness the handover of 3,999 tonnes of cereal donations food items by the president of the ECOWAS…
The Federal Government has announced that tertiary institutions in the country will reopen “very soon”. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education, disclosed this during a programme aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Saturday. He recalled that tertiary institutions in the country were closed in March to curb the spread of Coronavirus. Nwajiuba noted that private universities have requested to be allowed to reopen ahead of public institutions. He said the Vice-chancellors of the schools made the request in order to allow those in exit classes to resume in earnest. He said: “Tertiary institutions across the country will…
The decision of the leadership of the House of Representatives to suspend over 30 ongoing probes by standing and ad hoc committees was largely caused by COVID-19 scare and five other factors, according to an investigation. Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are also said to have inundated the House leadership with complaints of alleged high-handedness by committee chairmen. Other untoward allegations against some committee chairmen and members similarly went to the House leadership. Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila and other leaders, sources told The Nation, were worried that the committee instrument was being abused by some members, prompting a stay of action…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State lashed out at the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Saturday for de-inviting him as guest speaker at the association’s 60th Annual General Conference (AGC). He called the action of the NBA scandalous, strange, politically motivated and a violation of his right to fair hearing. A group in the NBA, Radical Agenda Movement, asked the association to withdraw the invitation of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State as speakers at the AGC for the same reasons it is keeping El-Rufai out, while more lawyers threatened to boycott the conference unless the Kaduna governor’s invitation…
Deputy Governor of Ondo State and governorship candidate of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Hon Agboola Ajayi, has urged residents of the state to reject the planned reduction of tuition fees in tertiary institutions in the state. Hon Agboola said it was a Greek gift from Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and unnecessary at the moment because many students have dropped out of school over hiked tuition fees. Agboola who described the action as an afterthought said that he fell out with Governor Akeredolu over the increase in tuition fees because it was done without consideration of the income of parents. The…