The Ondo State Government has denied allegations the Breast Cancer Association of Nigeria (BRECAN) drew funds from its coffers. Wife of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Betty, founded BRECAN after she survived breast cancer as a way of raising awareness on dangers of the disease. Ondo Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, who reacted to allegations that BRECAN was used to siphon funds from the state, said the organisation was founded 23 years ago. Ojogo explained that BRECAN has a governing body instituted more than two decades ago. According to him: “BRECAN predates the administration of Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as Governor of…
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A 22-year-old 100Level student of Microbiology at the University of Benin, Edo State, Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, has been brutally raped and killed inside a church in the city while reading. The tragic incident, which happened three days ago, according to friends, saw her attackers smashing her head with a fire extinguisher and leaving her unconscious around the Ikpoba Hill area of Benin City, the state capital. Despite being rushed to the intensive care unit of a hospital, Omozuwa couldn’t make it as she succumbed to the injuries sustained during the savage attack. Friends and all those, who knew her closely…
It’s a drab first anniversary in Ogun State, where the governor, Dapo Abiodun, grapples with paucity of fund, inherited debt, and the COVID-19 pandemic, among other challenges. Shortly after he assumed office, his government reportedly experienced financial constraints as he discovered that there was no money left to pay the state’s workforce. The governor lamented that he had to run to his friends in the private sector, including banks, who loaned him N7billion with which he paid the workers. And on May 1st, he disclosed that the most pressing issue confronting him was how to commence the payment of the…
The management of the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, Ogun State has laid off a large chunk of its workforce in one of the latest fallouts of the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the affected workers were asked to stay at home until further notice. Head, Human Resources, Administration and Procurement of the organisation, Olanike Ogunleye, in a letter sighted by our correspondent, said the COVID-19 crisis has made it impossible to sustain the workforce. She said: “As you are aware, the current COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on all our businesses significantly. This has resulted in making some…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the amendment to the 2020 Appropriation Act will focus primarily on the provision of health infrastructure. The Speaker also disclosed that the House was taking step to legalise the Social Investment Programme so that it is not left at the whims and caprices of a group of people as well as making it beneficial to the vulnerable groups it was designed for. Speaking at a web interactive session (webinar) organised by the Emmanuel Chapel, the Speaker disclosed that the House was concerned about the possible effect of the novel…
The Nigeria Veterinary Medical Association, Ondo State Chapter on Saturday lent helping hands to the state government in its fight against COVID-19 pandemic. Prof. Adebayo Abayomi, Chairman of the association, donating the items in Akure, said it was based on professional consideration for some of their colleagues in the frontline toward contain spread of the virus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the items donated by the association include Digital Clinical Thermometers, hand sanitisers and bottle water. Abayomi said that medical officers at various hospitals and Isolation Centres were in need of protective materials to prevent them from…
Twenty-one more COVID-19 patients in Lagos have recovered and have been discharged from isolation centers in the state. The state ministry of Health announced this on Saturday. https://twitter.com/LSMOH/status/1266805749755318277?s=20
As part of ensuring optimal operational readiness, the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai, who has been leading the fight against terrorism in the North East inspected ongoing manufacture, repairs/overhaul of combat vehicles including Armoured Personnel Carriers and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles at the 107 Div Equipment Support in Maimalari Barracks, Maiduguri on Saturday the 30th of May 2020. Gen Buratai was accompanied by the Chief of Training and Operations (Army), Theatre Commander Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Chief of Logistics (Army), Chief of Military Intelligence and the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division among others.
No fewer than 268 Nigerians evacuated from China arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Saturday. The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa made this known in her tweeter handle. She said the returnees would proceed on compulsory 14 days quarantine as stipulated by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. They were said to have been evicted from their homes and hotels following their alleged refusal to go for the mandatory quarantine imposed by the Guangdong Provincial authorities sequel to the outbreak of coronavirus Details shortly..
Independent monitors of the National Social Investment Programme have called for the sack of Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq. The team made the demand on Saturday while expressing their grievances following the refusal of the minister to pay their accumulated monthly stipends. Findings by SaharaReporters showed that the NSIP provides young Nigerians with job training and education while also allowing them to receive monthly stipends of N30, 000 from the Nigerian Government. The independent monitors supervise various programmes of government under the Social Investment Program including N-power, Home Grown School Feeding, Tradermoni, Marketmoni and…