Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun says the government would allow gradual reopening of the religious activities in the state from June 19. The governor, while addressing newsmen on Friday night on COVID – 19 update at the Governor’s Office, Abeokuta, said the government had engaged both the Christian Association of Nigeria and the League of Imams and Alfas on how the restrictions on places of worship can be relaxed. To this end, he said a sub – committee comprising religious leaders have been set to review the submissions as well as expert opinions of medical scientists and arrive at a…
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Lagos State may have no more bed spaces for coronavirus patients in the next three weeks if the current rate of infection keeps rising, Health Commissioner Akin Abayomi warned on Friday. Confirmed cases across the country rose by 328 to a total of 11844 on Friday according to figures released by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Of this latest figure,Lagos State had 121 bringing its total cases to 5,663. “If we keep getting 150, 200 positives every day, in another two or three weeks, even though we’re opening new isolation centres all the time, in time, we’re going…
In a combined ground and air offensive on 5 June 2020, troops of Operation THUNDER STRIKE under Operation ACCORD in conjunction with troops of 312 Artillery Regiment and Local Vigilantes conducted a clearance patrol to Kachia Forest and neutralized some armed bandits/cattle rustlers. This followed a timely and credible information on the bandits movement within the area. Troops pursued the bandits through Gidan Maikeri village in Chikun LGA into the forest. Their location was identified and consequently engaged by Nigerian Air Force helicopter gunships. After the air interdiction, seventy (70) bandits were confirmed killed by human intelligence while others escaped…
Three members of Boko Haram terror group have surrendered to the troops of Delta Company at Strong Response Area Pulka in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State on June 2, 2020. They have also advised their former colleagues to surrender to the troops of Nigerian Army so as to save themselves from avoidable death. The three repentant insurgents that surrendered to the sustained artillery bombardments and ferocious ground assaults of the troops on the hideouts of Boko Haram and ISWAP are Mohammed Babagana, Modu Jugudun and Alhaji Usman. The three repentant insurgents confessed to have escaped from the…
Students of tertiary institutions in Ondo State have called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to reduce the hike in tuition fees in government-owned schools in the state. The students said the situation had forced many of them to drop out of school. In a statement by Akinteye Babatunde, NANS JCC Ondo Axis, and Kikiowo Ayode, President of National Association of Ondo State Students, the students decried the deteriorating state of building on campuses of various academic institutions in the state, adding that it was affecting learning. The statement reads, “The plight of students under the present government has increased astronomically “The…
In continuation of their aggressive clearance operations across the NE Theatre, on 3 June 2020, troops of Army Super Camp 6 Konduga, Borno State in conjunction with elements of Borno State Civilian Joint Task Force conducted a deliberate ambush operation against Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa Province’s criminals at Lawanti River line. In the ensuing encounter, troops neutralized 6 Boko Haram criminals while others escaped with varying degrees of gunshot wounds. In another development, resulting from sustained artillery bombardments and ferocious ground assaults against Boko Haram/Islamic State’s West Africa enclaves/hideouts, more insurgents are scampering to surrender to troops of…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, has ordered a full-scale manhunt for the perpetrators of the attack on Isanlu Police Station and a commercial bank in Yagba East local government area of Kogi State on Thursday, 4th June, 2020. The IGP who condemned the incident, also deployed a team of crack detectives from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), the Special Tactical Squad (STS) and Federal-SARS to Kogi State to ensure that the criminals are apprehended and brought to book. In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, on Friday, Adamu also directed the Assistant Inspector-General…
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved Nigeria’s Country Strategy Paper (CSP) 2020-2024, which builds on the successes and challenges of the 2013-2019 edition. The bank’s Communications and External Relations Department in a statement on Friday said the strategy was approved on May 27. It stated that the approval also incorporated emerging developmental realities and opportunities shaping Nigeria’s political and economic landscape, including the post-COVID-19 period. The statement quoted Mr Ebrima Faal, Senior Director for AfDB in Nigeria, as re-affirming the institution’s support for Nigeria’s socio-economic advancement. “In the implementation of the CSP, the Bank…
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, joined the State House Juma’at congregational service. This was sequel to the reopening of the Villa mosque which has been closed for some time, in line with the Federal Capital City protocols on the reopening of worship centres. All those who participated in the prayer were thoroughly screened and had wear a mask each as well as sanitize their hands, as safety measures. Social distancing was also strictly observed in line with guidelines on public gathering.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, says he will engage Speakers of State Houses of Assemblies on domestications of laws against rape. Gbajabiamila said this while receiving a delegation of 12 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), in his office on Friday in Abuja. Gbajabiamila said that he would engage state assembly speakers on the urgent need to domesticate the Child Right Act and the Violence Against Persons Act. “I am aware that over 20 states are yet to domesticate the Child Right Act and the Violence Against Persons Act. “Next week, I will have a zoom meeting…