Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has denied social media reports that he has concluded plans to drag his predecessor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Governor Akeredolu said he never threatened to expose Mimiko, whom he described as a friend of over four decades to the EFCC. Akeredolu said the reports were untrue, puerile and utterly mischievous. He described such reports as cleverly laid path for two friends to engage in a needless mudslinging. The Ondo Governor who spoke through is Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said it was not his desire “to…
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His Eminence, the Shehu of Borno state, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garbai Elkanemi, has on Friday decried the high rate of insecurity in the state. The paramount ruler made the remark on the heels of gun attack on Borno State governor’s convoy in Baga last Wednesday and the mortal attack on Maiduguri where six persons died and 27 were injured on the eve of Eid-el-Kabir festival. The Shehu spoke in Maiduguri when he paid a traditional Sallah homage on the governor at the Government House on Friday evening. During his visit, Alhaji Elkanemi stated; We are not happy about what has happened in Baga the other time, it is a very unfortunate and great pity. If the convoy of the whole Chief Security Officer…
Fire gutted a foam market in the Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State on Saturday. The incident happened around 1pm at 16, Ladipo Street in Mushin, said Spokesperson for the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor. He added that first responders including LASEMA operatives have been deployed in the scene to prevent the fire from escalating to adjoining buildings. According to Okunbor, no casualty has been recorded as of the time of filing this report. Details later….
Troops conducting operation Sahel Sanity in the Northwest of the Nigeria have killed 80 bandits, recovered 7 rifles and 943 cows, the acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Benard Onyeuko disclosed on Saturday. He said the feat was achieved after several operations, adding that the people of the North-West Zone felt immediate impact of the operation with the tremendous successes within the short period of time. “The gallant troops of operation Sahel Sanity carried out series of clearance operations, ambushes and other aggressive and confidence building patrols within Sokoto, Katsina and Zamfara States. “These operations have led to the…
Lagos State governor, Mr.Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said the state government has started to work out modalities for the creation of an economic zone for healthcare delivery to drive more investments to the sector. Governor Sanwo-Olu made this disclosure at the opening of the O-Care Medical Face Mask Factory in Odofin Park Estate, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the state, saying the development was timely. The factory, the first indigenous medically graded face mask manufacturing company has opened in Lagos State, is a subsidiary of Transgreen Nigeria Limited, a local manufacturer of medical equipment, such as a respirator, ventilator, hand gloves…
The Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, his daughter and three of his aides have tested negative to COVID-19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the state on July 4, announced that the governor had tested positive to COVID-19 but will still be working from isolation. Mr Uchenna Orji, Commissioner for Information and Orientation, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday, noting that Umahi was full of praises to God for his healing. “The governor confirmed the development in a statement he personally signed. He also thanked Ebonyi people and Nigerians for their prayers and solidarity,” Orji said.…
President Donald Trump said Friday he will bar fast-growing social media app TikTok from the United States as American authorities have raised concerns the service could be a tool for Chinese intelligence. US officials and lawmakers in recent weeks have voiced fears of the wildly popular video platform being used by Beijing for nefarious purposes, but the company has denied any links to the Chinese government. Media reports circulated earlier Friday saying that Trump would require the US operations of the app be divested from its Chinese parent firm ByteDance, but the president announced a ban. Speaking to reporters on…
The federal government’s directive on schools reopening have got state Ministries of Education across the country, working round the clock to ensure appropriate measures to prevent the spread of the dreaded COVID-19 are in place. Barely one week ago, exit classes of schools were directed to resume on August 4, to allow students prepare for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for the next two weeks. Since then, authorities of the Delta State Basic and Secondary Education commenced works to accommodate thousands of students who will sit for the Certificate Examinations come August 17. According to the…
SUSPENDED acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has accused the presidential panel probing the activities of the anti-graft commission under his leadership of being hostile to him anytime he attempts to take up issue with those testifying against him. He made the accusation against the panel, chaired by Justice Isa Ayo Salami, a retired president of the Court of Appeal, hrough one of his lawyers, Tosin Ojaomo, in a statement entitled ‘10 pertinent questions for Salamiled panel over Magu’, which was issued on Friday. The setting up of the panel by President Muhammadu Buhari…
The Federal Government on Friday took delivery of the second batch of medical supplies worth N26bn from the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN). The supplies, which will further boost the country’s fight against the deadly COVID-19 pandemic and provide the much needed protection, especially for frontline health workers, were purchased with UN Basket Fund for COVID-19 response. The medical supplies included 500,000 face shields; 200,000 goggles; 100 oro-pharyngeal airways; 10,000 bio-hazard bags; and 14,000 safety boxes. A statement by the Director of Information, Media and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Health, Olujimi Oyetomi, disclosed that…