Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Otunba Bisi Egbeyemi, has dismissed claims in some quarters that drinking local gin popularly known as ogogoro or local herbs can prevent Coronavirus. Egbeyemi urged residents of the state to adhere strictly with COVID-19 protocols, personal hygiene and always clean their environment so as not to fall victims to diseases. The Deputy Governor who made remarks on Saturday while monitoring the June edition of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise in Ido/Osi Local Government also frowned against abandonment of face masks by many residents since the lockdown was relaxed in the state According to a statement by…
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, on Saturday, June 27 presented a certificate of return to the Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu. This is as the duo emerged the governorship and deputy governorship candidates of the PDP in the forthcoming Edo state governorship election. Secondus also presented the Independent National Electoral (INEC) nomination form for the election to Obaseki and Shaibu. The brief ceremony held at the PDP headquarters in Abuja signals the adoption and confirmation of the duo as the PDP candidates for the election. Members of the PDP’s National…
Governorship aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) has urged members and leaders of the party to reward consistency and loyalty as they choose the standard-bearer of the party for the October governorship poll. Jegede, in a statement on his behalf by former Ondo State Commissioner for the Environment, Chief Lebi Adepiti, called for fairness, equity and justice in the handling of issues in the party.y Jegede was the candidate of the party in the 2016 governorship poll. He noted that it was the efforts of members who stayed to…
Immediate-past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole stated that he has no regrets over his removal as the party’s head Oshiomhole also said he has accepted the decision of the National Executive Committee NEC to dissolve the National Working Committee NWC which he chaired until Thursday. He said President Muhammadu Buhari had two years ago invited him to come and reposition the APC and that since the president in his wisdom has also agreed to the dissolution of the NWC, he is bound to obey him as the leader of the party. Details later..
The Defence Headquarters says the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed Boko Haram’s logistics base and killed scores of terrorists in an air raid in Borno. The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, in a statement on Saturday, said the successful air interdiction mission was executed on June 25 at Tongule and Bukar Meram. Enenche disclosed that the air raid was launched under the subsidiary Operation Long Reach after series of surveillance missions indicated a resurgence of terrorists’ activities at the two settlements. He said that credible intelligence indicated frequent convergence of terrorists at Tongule…
Youths of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State have vowed to resist alleged financial inducement being made by Deputy Governor of the State, Agboola Ajayi, to woo party members to support his aspiration. Hon Ajayi, last Sunday, resigned from the APC and joined the PDP where he hoped to contest for the governorship election. But the PDP youths under the auspices of Democratic Reformation Force (DRF) said it was shameful that some aspirants were already losing supporters Ajayi. Coordinator of the DRF in Ondo State, Prince Ojo Olatunji, said Chief Eddy Olafeso, Barr Eyitayo Jegede and Banji Okunomo…
Interested applicants have protested the challenges faced while applying for the Batch C N-Power programme. This protest came on the heels of the enrolment of the Batch C N-Power Programme which commenced 11:45 pm on Friday. Recall that the N-Power programme was established in 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari under the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) with the mandate of lifting citizens out of poverty through capacity building, investment, and direct support. The N-Power Programme which was hitherto under the supervision of the Office of the Vice President has been transferred to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management…
The Osun State government yesterday said there might be another lockdown in the state given the surge in recent cases of COVID-19 with 22 new confirmed cases yesterday. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, said the discovery of 22 new cases 24 hours after 17 cases were confirmed was worrisome and the state government would likely declare another lockdown. He noted that residents and citizens were flouting the lockdown relaxation guidelines. He said 11 of the new cases were from the ongoing contact tracing within Ede community, while the remaining were from the previous cases in Osogbo and its…
The Nigerian Army said it had killed the Zamfara bandits’ notorious leader, Hassan Dan Tagwaye, and his twin brother, Husaini. Dan Tagwaye had granted an interview to Saturday PUNCH published in August 17, 2019 where he confessed that, “We decided to kill 50 people for every slain herdsman.” Dan Tagawaye was among the bandits granted amnesty by the state government last year. A statement by the Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major General John Ehenche, to journalists in Gusau on Friday, revealed that the bandits’ leader and his twin brother were killed in Domboru forest in the Zurmi Local Government Area…
The Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) is set to begin the manufacturing of helicopters and jet fighters in the country any time soon. This statement was made by the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Yusuf Burutai on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at DICON factories in Kaduna. General Burutai also asserted that Nigeria was on the path to attaining self sufficiency in military armaments and hardware going by the state of the transformation in infrastructure, equipment and general facilities at the industries of DICON. While speaking during an inspection of the newly transformed factories and some production lines,…