THE peace in the Senate has been rocked by last week’s disagreement over the passage of the Revised Budget 2020 forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari. Multiple sources in the upper lawmaking chamber told The Nation that dusts were raised following Senate President Ahmed Lawan’s proposals on the passage of the document. The advisory by Dr. Lawan, rejected by senators at the executive session, and the misgivings pointed out, it was learnt, include: giving senators one week to pass the revised budget which the executive spent about two months to revise. allowing the senate Appropriation Committee to review the budget and…
Author: YemieFash
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has declared he is not bothered over which system of primaries will be adopted by the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Ondo State ahead of the October 10 governorship election. He expressed the confidence that whether it is direct or indirect primary that is used, he will defeat other aspirants labouring to wrest the party ticket from him. His commissioner for information, Donald Ojogo, who spoke on his behalf in Akure on Saturday, dismissed the insinuation that he was afraid of direct primary. He said that most advocates of the direct primary election did not have structures…
By Balogun Damilola According to Oluyemi Fasipe, he made a tweet via his Twitter handle making it known to the society that Ondo State has recorded 3 new positive cases of #COVID19, 2 from Odigbo, 1 from Akure South. He furthered by saying we now have 6 active cases, 20 discharged and 2 deaths. Let’s continue to observe the preventive measures to stop the spread of this virus and most importantly, stay safe. https://twitter.com/YemieFASH/status/1267335940789489665?s=19
307 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-188 FCT-44 Ogun-19 Kaduna-14 Oyo-12 Bayelsa-9 Gombe-5 Kano-3 Delta-3 Imo-2 Rivers-2 Niger-2 Bauchi-2 Plateau-1 Kwara-1 10162 cases of #COVID19Nigeria Discharged: 3007 Deaths: 287 #TakeResponsibility
The Police Command in Jigawa has arrested 11 suspects for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl. The Spokesman of the command, SP Abdu Jinjiri, confirmed the arrest to newsmen, on Sunday, in Dutse. Jinjiri said the suspects (names withheld) were arrested on May 30, in Dutse Local Government Area of the state. He explained that the suspects were apprehended after the police received a complaint that one of the suspects, aged 57 of Ma’ai village was seen at Limawa market in Dutse LGA, trying to lure the victim. “A case of rape is being investigated at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)…
At least 30 persons in Ondo State have been arraigned before a mobile court sitting in Akure, the state capital, for contravening the dusk-to-dawn curfew order of the state government to reduce the spread of COVID-19. The violators were arrested by the state’s COVID-19 Special Task Force led by its Chairman, Mr Doyin Odebowale, in different locations of the state mostly in Ogbese area. They were handed over to the police for disciplinary actions before being arraigned before Magistrate Bukola Ojo. Twenty-four persons out of the violators had earlier pleaded guilty to the offence and were later pardoned by the…
President Muhammadu Buhari was on Sunday updated on the developments surrounding the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic by the Presidential Task Force (PTF). The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman of the PTF, Mr Boss Mustapha, had last Thursday informed that the Task Force would be briefing the President on how the national response had progressed in the last two weeks. Mustapha led the team comprising Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of Health Dr Osagie Ehinare, Director General of Nigerian Center for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, and National Coordinator of the…
The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), has decried the news of the rape and subsequent murder of one of its students, Miss Vera Omozuwa. The victim was a 100 level Microbiology student of the institution before her travail. Vice-Chancellor of UNIBEN, Prof. Lilian Salami, in a statement through the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, described the news as shocking. In the statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Benin, the VC said the actions were condemnable and should not be condoned by any society. She said the current COVID-19 pandemic was already hard on everyone…
In continuation of the renewed onslaught against armed bandits in parts of the North West and North Central States, the Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI has destroyed a bandits’ logistics warehouse approximately 5Km North of Birnin Kogo in Zamfara State. The air strikes were executed yesterday, 30 May 2020, sequel to Human Intelligence (HUMINT) reports, which were later confirmed by series of aerial surveillance missions, indicating that the large structure was being used by the bandits to store their ammunition, raw rations and other logistics items. Accordingly, the Air Component dispatched a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) attack aircraft to…
Ahead of the Ondo state gubernatorial elections, governorship aspirants within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state have shown interest in vying for the exalted office. The nation’s ruling party has scheduled Monday, July 20, to conduct the primary election to determine which gladiator will represent APC for the October 10 governorship election. The second term bid for incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu may have hit a brick wall. The governor who is seeking the party’s ticket is facing opposition from other aspirants within the party as they plan to wrestle the power from him. Efforts are being made…