The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday denied the allegations levelled against him by a former Secretary to the State Government, Mr Sunday Abegunde. The former SSG, after resigning from the government on Monday, said on a radio station in Akure that Akeredolu did not truly win the governorship election in 2016. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, said Akeredolu described the former SSG’s allegation as falsehood, adding that he did not win the 2016 election fraudulently. In the statement titled, ‘Security agencies must probe ex-SSG’s confessions,’ Akeredolu urged security agencies…
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The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has kicked against the continued closure of churches in parts of Nigeria despite the relaxation of the lockdown. Samson Ayokunle, CAN president, said via a statement on Tuesday the continued closure of places of worship is “no longer acceptable and reasonably justified”. In relaxing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, the federal government had lifted the ban on worship centres, but some states including Lagos and Ogun have kept the churches shut. In the statement issued by Adebayo Oladeji, his spokesman, Ayokunle wondered why these states have continued to lock down churches while…
Nigeria has recorded 503 new cases of coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 29,789. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) made this known via its Twitter handle on Sunday. “503 new cases of COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-153 Ondo-76 Edo-54 FCT-41 Enugu-37 Rivers-30 Benue-24 Osun-20 Kaduna-15 Kwara-13 Abia-9 Borno-8 Plateau-6 Taraba-5 Ogun-3 Kano-3 Kebbi-2 Nasarawa-2 Bayelsa-1 Gombe-1.”
A combined team of riot policemen and operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) are currently searching the residence of Ibrahim Magu, the suspended boss of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). PREMIUM TIMES, in a report quoted a source close to the presidential panel set up to investigate Magu as saying that the operatives were detailed to conduct searches at Magu’s private home in Karu and his official residence in the Maitama District of the Nigerian capital. A family source who asked not to be mentioned informed this newspaper that Magu is still with the presidential panel.…
Troops of Special Army Super Camp 4, Faskari, operating under Exercise Sahel Sanity have eliminated 46 bandits in an encounter at Yar Gamji town in the Batsari Local Government Area of katsina state. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, John Enenche, a major general, in a statement on Tuesday said the encounter took place on July 6, following a distress call from the community. Mr Enenche said the troops conducted the operation shortly after their induction into operation by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, during the 2020 Nigerian Army Day Celebration. He said the troops engaged the criminals and…
The Chief of Staff to Governor Abdulrazaq Abdulrahman of Kwara State, Aminu Logun, is dead. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, announced this in a statement on Tuesday. He revealed that Logun, aged 73, died in the evening from complications related to coronavirus (COVID-19). “With total submission to the will of the Almighty Allah, we wish to announce the passing of the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Kwara State Aminu Adisa Logun (mni). “Logun, an industrialist, a public intellectual, and an elder statesman, died Tuesday evening of complications from COVID-19. He died only a…
The Ondo State government has called for investigation and interrogation of the former Secretary to the State Government, Hon. Ifedayo Abegunde who resigned from the Akeredolu’s led cabinet on Monday, for participating in electoral fraud. This was contained in a statement issued and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Segun Ajiboye, who described Abegunde’s claims as “pernicious lies and imaginary thoughts lines considered perennial and seemingly becoming boring”. According to Ajiboye, Abegunde’s outbursts are weighty confessions that must be investigated by security agencies. He stated in the statement that “a quick run of the allegations shows…
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, The PUNCH can reports. Buhari had earlier set up a presidential panel headed by Justice Ayo Salami to probe the various allegations leveled against the EFCC boss. The panel grilled Magu for hours on Monday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja before he was taken into police custody. A source privy to the investigation confirmed Magu’s suspension to The PUNCH on Tuesday. The source said, “It is commonsensical that when an investigation of this nature is ongoing, you don’t allow the person being investigated…
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday lamented the increasing rate of COVID-19 cases among people in government, saying it was directly impacting on governance and security in the country. The PTF Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, who stated this at the task force press briefing in Abuja, also said the possibility of ordering a fresh total lockdown to curtail further spread of the virus could not be ruled out. The SGF, who advised prominent Nigerians to take COVID-19 protocols seriously, said the virus does not respect status. Mustapha’s warning came amid rising…
Nine members of Ondo State Assembly has dissociated themselves from the ongoing impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi . In regards of this, it’s impossible to attain the 18 signatories required for two third majority as stipulated in the constitution. Details shortly……