Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has that he has no plan to defect to another party to contest the governorship election because he is sure of victory both at the All Progressives Congress party primaries and at the main elections. Akeredolu who dismissed allegations of having plan B in case he lost at the primary said residents in the state were aware of his achievements. Akeredolu who spoke through his Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, said he was not interested in the crisis rocking the Unity Forum but would rather focus on the process of bringing everybody together.…
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THE Federal Government on Tuesday said no fewer than 812 health workers have been infected with the COVID-19 virus in the line of duty. It reiterated that the protection of health workers, especially those in the frontline of the pandemic are its priority, and will ensure the constant provision of personal protective equipment (PPEs), to shield them from exposure. The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, in Abuja. He said: “As we go further in the easing of the restrictions,…
Following Boko Haram terrorists’ failed attack on troops’ location at Banki Junction and Response Area Firgi from the 7 Division Strike Group and the subsequent fierce battle with the terrorists on the 26th of May 2020, credible information from reliable sources have comfirmed the death of some high ranking Commanders of the Abubakar Shekau’s faction of the BH terrorist’ group. Some of the notorious BHTs Commanders that met their waterloo during the operation include Manzar Halid, Amir Abu Fatima and Nicap among several others. Reliable information further confirmed the extermination of Seventy two members of the sect while many…
BREAKING: 241 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-142 Oyo-15 FCT-13 Kano-12 Edo-11 Delta-10 Kaduna -9 Rivers-9 Borno-8 Jigawa-4 Gombe-3 Plateau-3 Osun-1 Bauchi-1 10819 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 3239 Deaths: 314 #TakeResponsibility
Lagos State government on Tuesday announced the discharge of 33 coronavirus patients, comprising seven females and 26 males including three foreign nationals, who are Indians, bringing the total number so far discharged in the state isolation facilities to 908. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu made this known on his personal Twitter handle, saying the affected people had been discharged to join the society, having fully recovered and tested negative to COVID19. According to Sanwo-Olu, the discharged patients are: 21 from Onikan, nine from Eti-Osa (LandMark), two from Lekki and one from Gbagada isolation centres, saying that with the latest batch, the total…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday condoled with the family of the late Uwaila Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) who was recently raped and killed in a church in Benin City, Edo State. The President directed the police to expedite investigation into the incident and bring the culprits to book. The president tweeted: “I would like to offer my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Uwaila Omozuwa. “I expect the Nigeria Police Force to speedily and diligently investigate this case and ensure that all the culprits responsible for this barbaric act are brought to…
Nigeria Police Force have arrested the suspect linked to murder of University of Benin student Vera Omozuwa. According to the spokesman of Edo Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, the suspect was arrested after the fingerprint on the fire extinguisher she was attacked with was examined. Omozuwa was attacked while studying inside the church of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, in Benin city, according to Nigerian police. The 22-year-old university student was taken to hospital where doctors battled to save her, but Omozuwa died three days later, the church spokesman Olaitan Olubiyi said. Police spokesman described Omozuwa’s death as a “brutal…
The Lagos State Government has ruled out the immediate reopening of churches and mosques in the state. The Commissioner for Home Affairs, Prince Anofiu Elegushi, said on Tuesday that Lagos being the epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic would not reopen worship centres until there is a “clear coast for the state to do so”. He said this on the sideline of the 2020 Ministerial Press Briefing commemorating the first year in office of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. YemieFash reports that the Federal Government had on Monday, June 1, lifted the ban on mosques and churches in the country, based on guidelines…
The war against terror assumed a disturbing dimension especially with the commando manner and sophisticated weapons coupled with the devastation these attacks left on the people and communities. Since 2009, when the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists originated in Borno state, lives, properties and destruction of inestimable proportion has been recorded. Life has not been the same in the state and a large percentage of North East geopolitical zone. Sometime ago, the sect occupied local government areas in Borno state and foisted their way of life and flags signifying total conquest and capture of such territories. These attacks permeated almost the…
Troops of 17 Brigade in conjunction with elements of the Nigeria Police stormed a bandits’ hideout in Dumburun forest on May 27, 2020 and rescued 3 abducted victims. In the course of the operation, the gallant troops neutralized one bandit and made recovery of one FN rifle that was already mounted with magazine while others fled. The rescued victims have since been reunited with their families. Also, due to the intense pressure that is being mounted on bandits by resilient troops of Operation Katsina, some repentant bandits have surrendered their weapons as well as jettison their criminal acts on…