Member of the Federal House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has pleaded with candidates of the opposition parties that were rigged out of Saturday’s local government election in Ondo State to exercise calm and give peace a chance. The Deputy House Committee Chairman on Army made the appeal in a statement issued on Saturday by his Special Adviser on Media, Oluyemi Fasipe. The statement reads in parts, “The federal lawmaker also admonishes the people of Idanre that he knew that all that played out in the run up to the local government election would eventually happen. He however advises…
Author: YemieFash
Ondo west local government election which ought to be peaceful has been allegedly hijacked and distorted by political thugs suspected to be from the ruling opposition in the state. The electoral malfeasance was allegedly perpetrated under the covers of Ondo police command today across various wards and units in the local government. Voters turnout in Mass to vote their candidate of choice but were prevented and subsequently disenfranchised by activities od hoodlums as sporadic gunshots were heard in unit 6,7,26 of ward 7. In some wards, the political Miscreants drove in with picnic, plate number: to snatch ballot boxes,…
The PDP Situation Room Reports from across the eighteen Local Governments Areas of the State have proved that the PDP was very right to have boycotted the charade called Local Government elections. It was an exercise marked with shameless impunity, unpardonable brigandage and violence. Twenty four hours before the election, APC thugs unleashed violence on opposition parties in Ondo town, Idanre and Owo that attempted to participate in the Election. In thousands of polling units, neither voting materials nor ODIEC personnel were seen at about noon on election day. Where they were seen, ballot papers were in short supply. We…
Snatching of ballot boxes and late arrival of electoral materials were the bane of Saturday’s local government election in Ondo State. Outright snatching of materials was witnessed in Karibo, Apoi Ward 2, in Ese-Odo Local Government area, where the materials were carted away on Friday night. Efforts by the youth in the area to prevent the snatching of the materials resulted in a clash between them and the thugs, with attendant injuries and damage of properties. YemieFash online gathered that the hoodlums, in spite of the intervention, still succeeded in carting away some materials. In Akure South Local Government Area,…
Following the Federal Government’s directives on Friday that the University of Lagos Senate nominates an acting Vice-Chancellor, newly appointed acting VC, Prof Omololu Soyombo, has stepped down “with immediate effect”. The governing council led by the Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin, had appointed Soyombo last week after it sacked Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Soyombo, in a statement on Saturday, said it was necessary he did so because the government had directed the UNILAG Senate to nominate an acting VC for the varsity. “The news of the setting up of a Special Visitation Panel to the University of Lagos by the Federal Government…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says children above 11 years should wear face masks wherever adults wear them, such as in crowded settings, as a tool against COVID-19. The UN health and children’s agencies say in a guidance document for decision makers that was published Friday evening. The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF did not generally recommend children between ages six and 11 wear masks, but that they should be considered in areas with intense virus transmission or in special settings such as schools. However, there are situations when masks “can significantly interfere with the learning process and have…
Tragedy struck yet again late on Friday night at Odo-Olowu bus stop, Ijesha, along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, when a container fell off a truck and crushed two young women to death. According to the Director-General of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Femi Oke-Osanyintolu, the incident occurred around 10.45 p.m. He said emergency responders have recovered the bodies and taken them to a morgue. He explained that a truck, loaded with an empty 40-foot container, suddenly suffered brake failure and rammed into another stationary truck, and the container fell off killing the two women However, the driver of the…
West African leaders arrived in Mali on Saturday to try to push for a speedy return to civilian rule after a military coup in the troubled nation. The delegation, headed by former Nigerian president Goodluck Jonathan, planning to meet members of the new junta as well as ousted president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. Rebel soldiers seized Keita and other leaders after a mutiny on Tuesday, dealing another deep blow to a country already struggling with a brutal Islamist insurgency and widespread public discontent over its government. Mali’s neighbours have called for Keita to be reinstated, saying the purpose of the delegation’s…
Aisha Buhari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife and her daughter Hanan, escaped death when the private jet they are travelling on lost control for about 10 minutes. Returning to Nigeria on Friday after reportedly shopping in Dubai, the private jet with registration number GIV N52MK belonging to billionaire Mohammed Indimi lost complete control for 10 minutes while only one hour away from approaching the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. According to SaharaReporters, needed medical treatment and examination in the hospital after the aircraft safely landed. The First Lady is said to be in good health, however. Recall that Aisha Buhari had flown…
It’s no more news that centralized social media giants are making fortune from user data while invading user’s privacy with unsolicited advertisements. Swirge, a decentralized social platform, built on Blockchain Technology, sets to revolutionize the social media industry. First, to reward users with cryptocurrency for socializing, and also protecting users privacy through the distributed ledger technology that even the Swirge administrators can’t access users private information, private messages or having the power to kick out users from the platform. The App embodies a decentralized financial platform that includes lending, cryptocurrency transactions, loaning and a fully decntralized banking activities powered…