Kogi Governor Yahaya Bello has lost his Personal Assistant, Suleiman Abdullateef. Abdullateef was reported to have died in the early hours of Wednesday following a brief illness. An aide to the Governor confirmed the incide to The Nation. However, there has been no official statement from the Government as at the time of filing in this report. Details shortly… Source: The Nation
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By Balogun Damilola Adeyemi Olanrewaju Bayo, A painter who cheated death six months ago while been electrocuted by a transformer near a branch of the United Bank for Africa in Ado Ekiti was bestowed a cash gift of One million naira to cover his hospital bill six months after the incident occurred with the unflinching and supportive efforts of Oluyemi Fasipe, a Youth Advocate and as well a Social media influencer who made it known to the public via his Twitter handle @yemiefash. https://twitter.com/YemieFASH/status/1272583264600023045?s=19 Adeyemi Olanrewaju told YemieFash that the management of UBA had just left his house leaving him…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos Zonal Office, has arrested five persons for their alleged involvement in internet-related fraud, including a famous skit maker and self-acclaimed social media influencer, identified by the name Adedamola Adewale a.k.a @adeherself. The five suspects were apprehended in different areas of Lagos during a raid by operatives. According to the EFCC, the social media influencer who originally goes by the name Lamina Hamzat Ajibola, had been an accomplice to Adewale and both were arrested at the Agungi area of Lekki, Lagos State, while the trio of Israel Onyebuchi, Emmanuel Olayode and Valentine Nwokorie,…
The Federal Government has directed all medical directors in the country to open attendant registers for striking resident doctors. The government gave the directive as the meeting between its representatives and the leadership of the National Association of Resident Doctors ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, stated that the Federal Ministry of Health would issue a directive to all medical directors in the country to open a register by 7am and record those who come to work and those who fail to come. He frowned on the decision by the resident doctors to…
1. As the tempo of clearance operations increases both in the NE and NW theatres of operation, more Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province criminals continue to succumb to the superior tactics and fire power of the troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE. In the early hours of 14 June 2020, troops of Army Super Camp 11 Gamboru in Ngala LGA of Borno State effectively cleared Kusumu and Warshele Villages which appeared to be the terrorists’ logistics base. The troops also cleared Kumo, Diime and Sabori where they engaged some marauding Boko Haram criminals hibernating in the general area. After the…
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said he is ready for any form of primary election his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will adopt. The governor spoke to State House Correspondents yesterday after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said he was not in doubt of getting the governorship ticket of the APC at the primary, adding that his mandate was divine. Akeredolu said he was at the State House to tell President Buhari that he was running for re-election and to present his expression of interest form to him. Speaking about a report…
Nigerians are expected to pay higher electricity tariff from next month, the Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, insisted yesterday. He spoke during his presentation at an investigative public hearing on: “Power Sector Recovery Plan and the Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic” organised by the Senate Committee on Power, in Abuja. Mamman said the controversial increase would have taken effect in April, but was postponed till next month due to the COVID-19 pandemic and widespread “apathy” towards the increase by Nigerians. Mamman said: “The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has also affected our laid out plan for the repositioning of the electricity…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Tuesday night announced new cases for the COVID-19 across the country has risen to 17,148. The new cases confirmed across the states of the federation are stated below: Lagos -142 FCT – 60 Bayelsa – 54 Rivers – 39 Delta – 37 Oyo – 30 Kaduna – 26 Imo – 23 Enugu-19 Kwara-17 Gombe-11 Ondo-10 Bauchi-8 Ogun-7 Borno-6 Benue-1 Total number of confirmed cases is now 17,148. so far, 5,623 patients has been discharged while 455 deaths were recorded.
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has appointed the Deputy National Chairman, South of the party, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, as the acting national chairman. The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, said that the decision became imperative following the Appeal Court judgement that upheld the suspension of the party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, by an FCT High Court pending the determination of the substantive suit. He stated: “Guided by advice from the Party’s legal department in line with the provisions of Section 14.2. (iii) of the Party’s constitution, the Deputy National…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC). An FCT High Court had on March 4 granted an application by six members of the APC in Edo State suspending Oshiomhole from office. A three member panel of justices led by the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem held that Oshiomhole’s appeal challenging his suspension was unmeritorious. Source; Daily Trust