The recent voluntary retirement of 352 soldiers from the services of Nigerian Army should expectedly not raise dust of any form. It must be acknowledged that voluntary retirement of soldiers is allowed everywhere in the world. More than half of the 352 soldiers applied for voluntary retirement due to health reasons after being certified medically unfit by the doctors of Nigerian Army. Some of the soldiers also opted to quit the services of Nigerian Army to pursue another course of career after obtaining higher educational qualifications. Similarly, some of the army personnel opted to retire voluntarily due to personal…
Author: YemieFash
The Nigerian Army has explained the 365 soldiers, reported to have resigned for low morale, have attained the 35- year statutory age for retirement in the Service. The Military source, who didn’t want to be mentioned because the Nigerian Army has chosen not to officially respond to the report, said the affected soldiers were officially notified via an internal memo, which he said was picked up by unauthorised persons and reported in the media. Some online and conventional newspapers reported that 365 soldiers left the Service for low morale occasioned by poor leadership and motivation. According to the source, the…
Embattled Ondo Deputy Governor Agboola Ajayi has called on Speaker Baidele Oleyelogun, to immediately resign from office. Ajayi, who resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) and defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has been served notice of impeachment signed by 14 lawmakers. His impeachment process was stalled by the Chief Judge, Justice Olarenwaju Akeredolu who said the lawmakers were yet to fulfill the constitutional processes before calling on her to set up a seven-man investigative panel. Ajayi called on Speaker Oleyelogun to either resign or be removed from office for bringing the Parliament to disrepute. He said the…
State governments in the country have been told not to go ahead and enrol their schools in this year’s West African Senior Secondary School Examination. WASSCE, if the Federal Government-owned schools are not going to take part in same. If they go ahead, according to the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, and the National Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, it will not only distort the education sector, but will also create chaos that may be very difficult to remediate. The National Treasurer of the NUT, Mr Segun Raheem and the National President of NAPTAN, Haruna Danjuma, said this in…
The Ondo State Government has said that it would be meeting with key stakeholders in the state between Monday, July 13 and Wednesday the 15th, to discuss issues around workers’ welfare in the state. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo. According to him, the meeting is aimed at deepening Industrial harmony in the state and engendering a very robust engagement. Ojogo also noted that the meeting became pertinent after the attention of the state government was drawn to a widely circulated correspondence to the Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.…
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu says he is still in the State’s Governorship race in the Oct. 10 election. This follows rumours of his disqualification from participating in the July 20 governorship primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The screening, which took place from July 8 to July 10 in Abuja, was for the 12 APC governorship aspirants in the state. Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, Ojo Oyewamide, in a statement on Sunday in Akure, said the rumour was a ploy to distract supporters of Akeredolu. He explained that it was another distraction “unleashed…
At least six persons were on Saturday killed in a road accident that occurred between Ore and Ondo town in Ondo State. The accident involved a commercial Volkswagen Jetta car with Reg No REE 446 KP and an articulated truck moving some heavy items. Several witnesses told SaharaReporters that the driver of the truck, who was speeding, caused the accident. The truck driver was said to have lost control of the wheel before ramming into the Volkswagen car on the opposite side of the road, killing the six persons on the spot. “It was a terrible accident, we had to use…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 664 new cases of COVID-19 in the country, bringing the total number to 31,987. The NCDC made the announcement on Saturday night via its Twitter handle. “664 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-224 FCT-105 Edo-85 Ondo-64 Kaduna-32 Imo-27 Osun-19 Plateau-17 Oyo-17 Ogun-17 Rivers-14 Delta-11 Adamawa-10 Enugu-7 Nassarawa-6 Gombe-3 Abia-3 Ekiti-3.”
The Nigerian Army on Saturday honoured a soldier who rescued twenty-seven students from a burning vehicle in Zaria. Private Isa Umar of the Nigeria Army School of Legal Services, Basawa, Zaria, reportedly rescued the students who were trapped in their school bus which caught fire on their way home on February 2018. The soldier was one of the officers and soldiers honoured by the Nigerian Army on Saturday at Faskari, Katsina State as part of activities to mark the 2020 Nigerian Army Day. In all, seven officers and nine soldiers were honoured for their bravery, ingenuity, and exemplary discipline. They…
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of “Operation Whirl Stroke” on Friday, eliminated two notorious bandits who had been attacking communities in Benue and Taraba. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the success was a result of the troops’ aggressive aggressive clearance operations in the states. Enenche said the operation was sequel to actionable intelligence on the infiltration of armed herdsmen on July 10 at Chambe community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue where two villagers were killed. He said the troops, swiftly deployed to the scene, adding that the bandits…