The first female Commissioner for Justice and Attorney-General of Ondo State, as well as a governorship aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mrs. Jumoke Anifowoshe, has slammed her critics for tagging her as a serial governorship aspirant. Anifowoshe, the daughter of first Executive Governor of Ondo State, the late Chief Michael Adekunle Ajasin, said she will continue to contest for the office of the governor until she gets it. This is the third time she is seeking the office of governor. Anifowoshe said that she should be admired for indicating interest in the top job. Speaking with The Nation, Anifowoshe…
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Abia state governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has tested positive for COVID-19. The governor had gone into isolation before his result returned positive, and directed the deputy governor to act on his behalf pending the time he resumes duty, noted a statement issued by the commissioner of information in the state, John Okiyi Kalu on Monday . ”Recall that on Saturday, 30th May, 2020, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu volunteered his sample for COVID-19 test and subsequently directed members of the state Executive Council (EXCO) and those of the inter ministerial committee on COVID-19 to submit themselves for the same test. On Tuesday, 2nd…
The Lagos State Government has discharged 31 COVID-19 patients from its isolation centres, bringing to 1,025 the number of successfully treated persons in the state. Announcing this Sunday, the Incident Commander on COVID-19 in Lagos State, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the discharged patients consist of 25 males and six females. He said: “Six were discharged from Onikan, four from Gbagada, two from Agidingbi, six from Lekki and 13 from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation centres. “With this, the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases that have been successfully managed and discharged in Lagos has risen to 1025.”
The Ooni of Ife, Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has lost his grandmother, Madam Comfort Olasoji. She died in the early hours of Sunday A statement by Director, Media & Public Affairs, Ooni’s Palace, Comrade Moses Olafare, confirmed that the grandmother gave up the ghost at her residence in Ile-Ife on at the age of 103 years. The statement noted that she would be buried on Saturday June 13 at her residence in Ile-Ife. According to him, she was born in 1907 to Chief & Mrs Aina Akinyemi of the Ajigbayin Compound of Ile-Ife and was fondly called ‘Mama Agba’. “The industrious old…
The kidnapped Principal Medical Officer at Ojobo General Hospital in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State, Dr. Wisdom Iboyitete, has regained his freedom after spending one week in the custody of his abductors. Iboyitete was kidnapped by gunmen who had disguised as patients at the hospital premises. YemieFash was told that the doctor was released by his abductors in the early hours of Sunday. Delta State Secretary of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, Dr. Ikechukwu Okoh, confirmed the release of the abducted doctor to journalists in Warri. Okoh could not give details of the…
Airstrikes conducted by the Air Component of the Operation Hadarin Daji, have destroyed bandits’ camps and weapons at Tsibiri and Manya in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, the Armed Forces of Nigeria has said. Scores of the armed bandits were killed in the Operation, which is part of the newly launched Operation Accord, according to a statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche. According to the statement: “The air interdiction mission at Tsibiri, which is located 15Km East of Zurmi, was executed on the heels of credible Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports indicating that the…
Justice Mohammed Abubakar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Friday, June 5, 2020, jailed sixteen internet fraudsters for criminal impersonation and possession of documents containing false pretenses. The convicts, who are in their mid-20s, include Ajibola Ibikunle; Victor Solomon Osahun; Adeniyi Afeez Adebayo; Enitan Babajide Ganiu, Ashore Gbogbo Ayo and Sobayo Oladapo. Others are Odebode Abiola Jamiu; Dairo Emmanuel Olajide; Stephen Mathew; Hussain Abdulkabir; Ayanniyi Quadri Ayansegun; Ajibike Kehinde Segun; Ibironke Tomiwa Emmanuel; Agboola Olanrewanju Shakiru, Abdulrauf Adam Opeyemi and Akinlabi Royal Ebube. They all pleaded guilty to a one-count charge of impersonation separately filed…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, has announced the death of a senior lecturer, Dr Gilbert Ibitola, who reportedly slumped and died in his apartment. Dr Dipo Akomolafe, the ASUU Chairman in the institution, announced the death in a statement on Sunday in Okitipupa. He said the deceased, who was of the Department of Physical Sciences, died on Friday. Akomolafe described Ibitola as a brilliant scholar and a great physicist who devoted his life time to teaching, research and community service. He also described the deceased as…
Arogbonlo Israel THIRTY-ONE-YEAR-OLD Rasaq Sherifat Folashade is partially paralysed. While her head, neck, brain, eyes, nose, mouth, tongue, and breathing are active, her arms, legs among other body systems have lost total function. Her mother who has been the only source of support since she lost her father last year (2019) due to the illness is desperately seeking help to raise money for a crucial surgery that would save her from going completely paralysed. Folashade who was diagnosed of chronic typhoid and paralysis, requires N1 million to enable her dormant parts of the body become active. Her mother, Rasaq…
Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole have foiled a suicide attack by the elements of Boko Haram in Mammanti village at the outskirt of Maiguguri on June 6, 2020. It was reported that two suicide bombers that were advancing towards a group of civilians soft targets blew themselves up while the third bomber was shot dead by a soldier before her explosive became detonated. One vigilante was however killed in the explosion while another one was injured. Similarly, a male suicide bomber has also blown himself up at Manari village while in the midst of vigilantes thereby killing three of…