The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expressed outrage at the brutal attack on their members yesterday, in Ondo West Local Government during the party rally, by some APC members in Suurulere, Ondo. The party leaders are deeply concerned about the repeated attacks on electorates in the week of the Local Government Chairman and Counsellors election. Similar attack happened in Idanre 2days ago in this context of fear and violence which led to some lives being lost. In a statement by the Party Governorship Candidate, Prince Adedapo Adelegan, he reiterated the condemnation of the attack, not just on his party…
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The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole, has hit another Boko Haram terrorists’ structure at Warshale in Borno, killing scores of the terrorists in recent air strikes. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Friday, said the air task force had continued to yield tangible results across the theatre of operation. Enenche said the mission was executed after credible intelligence reports and series of aerial surveillance missions established that the settlement was one of those being used by the terrorists as staging area to launch attacks. According to him, the Nigerian Air Force…
Following the suspension of 12 traditional rulers in Anambra State by the government for traveling outside the State without permission, there are moves by the government to replace two of them. Two of the traditional rulers, YemieFash online gathered Friday, are those of Mkpunando and Eziagulu -Otu Communities, both in Aguleri, Anambra East local government area of the State. It was gathered that Governor Willie Obiano, had seen it as a slight for those Monarchs from his own territory to work against his administration. The Monarchs were suspended on August 11th, 2020 for traveling to Abuja to see President Muhammadu…
The House of Representatives moves to restructure the military, other armed services, through special funding to tackle insecurity in the country more effectively. The Bill, sponsored by Rep. Babajimi Benson (APC-Lagos) and six others, is entitled: “An Act to Provide Special Financial Support for the Revamping of the Nigerian Armed Forces Personnel and the Provision of Modern Security and Defence Equipment and for Related Matters”. The sponsors in section 1(1) of the Bill, seek to establish “The Nigerian Armed Forces Support Fund, which shall be the depository of all funds received under this Bill”. The piece of legislation seeks to…
Many people have been seriously injured as supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and African Democratic Congress (ADC) clashed at the Yaba Area of Ondo town, Ondo State. YemieFash online learned that no fewer than 15 vehicles were vandalised during the clash which happened on Thursday evening. The fight came a few hours before the local government election in the state. It was also gathered that the fight may be connected to the local council poll coming up on Saturday. Recall that a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the National Assembly and member representing Idanre/Ifedore Federal Constituency,…
The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Army, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has appreciated SDP supporters for making the sacrifice that has led to the dousing of political tension in Idanre. He also appreciated SDP supporters for the love consistently shown to the party in Idanre and other parts of Ondo State. In a press statement that was issued on Friday, August 21, 2020, by Oluyemi Fasipe, the Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to Hon. Adefisoye, he also clarified that the withdrawal of SDP from the Local Government election was only limited to Idanre. The statement reads in parts, “Hon.…
The Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Army, Hon. Tajudeen Adefisoye has appreciated SDP supporters for making the sacrifice that has led to the dousing of political tension in Idanre. He also appreciated SDP supporters for the love consistently shown to the party in Idanre and other parts of Ondo State. In a press statement that was issued on Friday, August 21, 2020, by Oluyemi Fasipe, the Special Adviser on Media & Publicity to Hon. Adefisoye, he also clarified that the withdrawal of SDP from the Local Government election was only limited to Idanre. The statement reads in parts, “Hon.…
The Coalition for a better Nigeria on Thursday welcomed the Federal Government’s recent response to security challenges in Southern Kaduna. It said the deployment of the Air Force’s Special Forces to back the military’s operations in the area was the right move In a statement, the group urged President Muhammadu Buhari to boost the soldiers and air men’s human and material resources in the battle to restore normalcy in conflict zones in parts of Northern Nigeria. It said: “We are glad to note that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) deployed 32 additional Special Forces in Southern Kaduna with a…
The crisis arising from the conduct of the primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is yet to settle, as a governorship aspirant, Banji Okunomo and his supporters across the state have backed out of campaigns of Eyitayo Jegede. Jegede won the primary election of the PDP and was asked to pick one of the aspirants from Ondo South, who contested against him as running mate, but he picked a member of the House of Representatives, Gboluga Ikengboju.
The Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Thursday accused the two chairmen of the National Assembly committees probing the allegation of financial recklessness and maladministration of tinkering with the budget of the agency. It accused the chairmen — Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo — of replacing two key agricultural programmers in its 2019 budget with the supply of plastic chairs and desks as well as “ghost training programmes.” Nwaoboshi and Tunji-Ojo denied the allegations, saying the IMC was peddling falsehood. The IMC, in a statement by its Director, Corporate Affairs, Charles Odili, quoted…