The Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Ondo State has demanded immediate reversal of the suspension slammed on its only lawmaker in the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Tomide Akinribido. Hon Akinribido was suspended Monday for gross misconduct and alleged use of abusive language on the Assembly Speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun. Akinribido however described his suspension as politically motivated. State Publicity Secretary of ZLP, Hon. Felix Olatunde, in a press statement, said the APC administration was taking governance to a reckless level. Olatunde said the suspension of the only ZLP lawmaker was the height of high handedness at play. He said…
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Twelve lawmakers-elect of the Edo state house of assembly have reportedly taken their oath of office. This comes more than one year after they were elected.The faction has elected Victor Edoror as speaker. Edoror was impeached as deputy speaker in 2018. The crisis between Godwin Obaseki, the governor, and Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), had split the assembly. A faction loyal to the governor had been in charge of the assembly while the loyalists of Oshiomhole were left out despite all attempts to be inaugurated. But as some of the lawmakers in the camp…
Music superstar Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, has been taken to the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja. The police filed charges against him for violating COVID-19 directives banning interstate travels put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus. Naira Marley flew in a chartered plane meant for a Lagos Judge to the Federal Capital Territory for a concert on Saturday, July 13. The concert at the Jabi Lake Mall elicited public outcries with many who attended breaking protocols at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic. The Nation gathered Naira Marley’s arrest was based on orders of The…
Again, FG Extends Second Phase Of Eased Restrictions By 4 Weeks. Details shortly…
The Defence Headquarters has described the recent warning by the United States of America about bandits’ infiltration of the West African region as a call to sustain onslaught against Boko Haram Terrorists and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). It noted that it is not the first time America is raising such alarm. The United States Africa Command (US AFRICOM) on Tuesday warned the Islamic State and Al-Qaida terrorist groups are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic and gradually taking over the West African Region after losing ground in Syria, Iraq and in the Middle East. The Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command…
English Premier League clubs voted against continuing to allow the use of five substitutes in each game next season at their annual general meeting (AGM) on Thursday. Clubs were allowed to increase the number of substitutes from three per match in the 2019-20 campaign when the league restarted in June, after a three-month hiatus due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Teams will revert to using up to three substitutes per match in the 2020-21 campaign, with a maximum of seven substitutes on the bench, the league said here in a statement. Soccer’s rule-making body IFAB, in May, changed…
Paramount ruler of Seimbiri Kingdom in Delta state, His Majesty (Dr.) Charles Ayemi-Botu, has called on the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to resign over alleged misappropriation of funds in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). The monarch, who is a former national chairman of the Traditional Rulers of Oil Minerals Producing Communities of Nigeria, (TROMPCON), at a media conference in Warri, described the continuous stay of the minister in the Federal Executive Council as a “smear” on the anti-graft war by President Muhammadu Buhari. Adding his voice to calls from several stakeholders demanding for Sen. Akpabio’s…
Nurses working in the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State on Thursday staged a protest against the non-payment of their salaries by the state government. The protesters, who shunned their duty posts to protest on the premises of the hospital complex alleged that the government was owed them five to six months salary arrears. Some of them complained that the government was not taking their welfare seriously. They urged the governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, to look into their matter. Details later…
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation DELTA SAFE, on Tuesday, in Bayelsa, raided the Pirates/Militants’ camp and Kidnappers’ hideouts, eliminating six criminals. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops, acting on credible intelligence, monitored movements of a suspected pirate/sea gang leader, who had sneaked into town from Port Harcourt, in the company of another known notorious kidnapper. He explained that the troops thereafter raided the pirates’ camp at Tukugbene-Ayama Ijaw Local Government Area, to arrest both suspects and their gang members. According to him,…
Nigerian Army says it has concluded plans to boost healthcare delivery in South-East by building a state-of-the-art Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. Col. Aliyu Yusuf, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations in 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, said this in a statement made available to newsmen on Thursday in Enugu. Yusuf said that the Ground Breaking Ceremony of the hospital would be performed on Aug. 7 at Nkwagu Cantonment, Abakaliki. “This hospital project when completed will be a world class and state-of-the-art hospital that will meet the needs of Nigerian Army personnel and the civil populace in…