The Defence Headquarters, (DHQ), on Sunday said that in the renewed operations to end insurgents activities in the country, the Troops have again killed top Boko Haram /Islamic State of West Africa Province (BH/ISWAP), in the North East region of the country. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, DMO, Major General John Enenche. He explained that the operation was successfully executed by the gallant Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole on Friday following credible intelligence targeted against the terrorists on their market activities and undercover movement around Kolofata, a…
Author: YemieFash
Your imaginary tale captioned ‘Ondo Guber Poll May Lead to Crisis in South-West APC’ was quite entertaining as the product of a creative mind dabbling in political fiction. When told that the article was pretending to be a contribution to factual journalism, I felt compelled to offer this observation: such articles should be preceded by clear and forthright disclaimers, that while you may be using the name of real people, the article itself is a work of fiction not intended to depict reality. Such a disclaimer is warranted as you are entitled to substantial latitude in creating works of fiction,…
By Damilola Balogun In less than 48 hours, the Governorship primary election of the APC [All Progressive Congress] in Ondo State will be conducted, as announced by the chairman of the Primary Election Committee for Ondo State, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. The incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is in the race alongside eleven other aspirants in the All Progressive Party with the aim of emerging as the Party’s Candidate so as to contest in the forthcoming Ondo gubernatorial election with the goal of securing a second term in office. Besides, out of the…
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Saturday, has said that he regretted making a wrong choice in his embattled deputy, Agboola Ajayi, who defected from the All Progressives Congress to Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) recently. Akeredolu, who stated this in Igbekebo, the headquarters of Ese-Odo local government area during his “meet the delegates” tour ahead of the next Monday primary election of the APC, said he adopted Ajayi as his deputy despite criticism from various quarters. The governor who said he believed then that he had made a good choice in Ajayi, who is his cousin, noted that he…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the naming of the railway complex in Agbor, Delta State, after Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Tolu Ogunlesi, Special Assistant to President Buhari on Digital and New Media, disclosed this on Twitter on Saturday. He said, “BREAKING: President @MBuhari has approved the naming of the Railway Complex in Agbor – the operational hub of #ItakpeWarriRail Line – after former President @GEJonathan. It will be known as the Goodluck Jonathan Railway Station & Complex — Minister of Transport, @ChibuikeAmaechi.”
No fewer than six persons have died in a bomb blast, which rocked Malumfashi town in Katsina on Saturday morning. Another five are unconscious at the General Hospital Malumfashi. Details later..
A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo state, Mr Konstante Timi Olopele, has dragged the state deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, before an Akure High Court, seeking his disqualification from the July 22, 2020, primary election of the party. In the suit filed by Olopele, he prayed the Court to stop Ajayi from participating in the primary election of the party, having breached the code of conduct for public office holders, saying the deputy governor should be banned from holding any public office for a maximum period of ten years. The ex parte motion brought before the…
Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Saturday denied nursing presidential ambition for 2023. Lawan, in a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, said the media report about the said ambition must have “emanated from the sort of practice that drags the noble profession of journalism to the gutters as it only dresses up the lazy fantasy of its unimaginative authors as a fact.” He said: “The report apparently has its source in beer parlour gossips and should be treated with the contempt which it and those who concocted it deserves. “It is true that the Senate President was involved…
A governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke has said that the adoption of indirect mode of primary for Monday election is a subversion of the party’s constitution. Oke is one of the eleven of the governorship aspirants that kicked against adoption of indirect mode of primary for the election. The Chairman of the Primary Election Committee for Ondo state, Governor Yaya Bello had announced that the party has adopted Indirect Primary as the mode of election for Ondo gubernatorial primary election. But in a statement issued by Rotimi Ogunleye, the Director Media to…
Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile, who died on July 14, will be buried next Thursday, July 23, the Nigerian Air Force said on Friday. The NAF said Arotile will be laid to rest with “full military honours at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, in Abuja received some members of the Federal Executive Council as well as members of the National Assembly who visited him at NAF Headquarters on Thursday to condole with him over the officer’s death. A statement by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information,…