Gov Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has advised Muslim faithful to sustain the spirit of sacrifice and sanctity practised during the Ramadan. The governor’s advice was contained in his Eid-el-Fitri message made available to newsmen in Akure on Saturday by Mr Olusegun Ajiboye, his Chief Press Secretary. Akeredolu, in his message, said that although the holy month had ended, Muslims should ensure that they adhered to the spirit of love and sharing they exhibited all through the Ramadan. “The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, congratulates Muslim faithful in the state on the successful completion of the 2020 Ramadan…
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The Deputy-Minority leader and member, representing Ondo West constituency 1 at the Ondo state House of Assembly, Hon. Tomide Akinribido, has congratulated Muslim faithfuls on the successful completion of this year’s Ramadan fasting and prayer,while urging them not to grow weary of praying for the socio-economic stability and development of Nigeria. In a statement made available by Mr Sam Olorunfemi (Jnr) S.A Media & Communications to Hon. Akinribido he commended the Muslim community of his constituency for observing the Ramadan in strict adherence with preventive measures put in place by government to curb the spread of Coronavirus,especially the restriction…
Lagos State government on Saturday said it had discharged a total of 45 coronavirus patients, comprising 22 females and 23 males, all Nigerians. The state governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made this disclosure on his Twitter handle while giving an update of the fight the state is waging to curb the spread of the pandemic. Sanwo-Olu said 19 of the patients were from the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital (MIDH), Yaba, three from Onikan, eight from Agidingbi, seven from Lekki, one from Eti-Osa (LandMark) and seven from Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) isolation centres. According to him, the patients were discharged having…
Davido’s fiancée, Chioma Rowland has thrown a shade at Nigerian singer Burna Boy. The mother of one shared her opinion on the trending brouhaha between Davido and Burna Boy. It all began after Davido shared a photo to declare himself and Wizkid the greatest artistes of all time. A few hours later, Burna Boy in a now deleted post on Snapchat talked about someone who is an embarrassment to a football as they cannot play, yet, their father bought the team. “You cannot play football, everybody knows you cannot play football and you are an embarrassment to the team but…
At least 64 bank accounts have been discovered to be linked to the Bank Verification Number of Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa. SaharaReporters discovered that the accounts registered with various names, are being used to siphon public funds in Lagos. The BVN reveals that Obasa operates accounts with multiple names in Polaris Bank, Zenith Bank, Access Bank, Ecobank Nigeria, Stanbic IBTC Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, United Bank for Africa, First City Monument Bank and Wema Bank. To conceal his identity, the Speaker changed his name and date of birth in some of the accounts. Aside from…
The Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the application filed by Musa Wada, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, in the November 16, 2019 governorship election. In a ruling, Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Kashim Kaigama, awarded the cost of N500,000 to be paid by the PDP’s governorship candidate for wasting the time of the tribunal. Wada and the PDP had filed petition against the declaration of Yahaya Bello by the Independent National Electoral Commission as winner of the election in the state. The petitioners said that Bello was not duly elected by majority of lawful votes,…
The House of Representatives has asked ministries, departments and agencies under the Federal Government to desist from tampering with the 2020 Appropriation Act, following the submission of revised budget proposal by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to the National Assembly. Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Mr Muktar Betara, issued the warning in a statement in Abuja on Friday. Betara warned that the parliament would not condone such acts by the MDAs. The statement read in part, “There were reports that following the downward review of the budget from N10.59tn to N10.52tn due to the COVID-19 crisis…
United States of America president, Donald Trump, has ordered the reopening of churches, mosques and other worship centres in the country even as deaths caused by COVID-19 mount. Mr Trump also threatened to override state governors who disobey his directive. He declared the closure of worship centers as ‘injustice’ while the opening of liquor stores and abortion clinics are still functional. The U.S. still tops the chart of countries with highest cases of COVID-19 as its death toll, as of Saturday morning stands above 90,000 while the recorded cases are well above 1.6 million, according to data culled from worldometer.com. The country is…
Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has ordered that all major and community markets throughout the State be reopened on Saturday, May 23. The Governor made this known in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olusegun Ajiboye made available to newsmen in Akure on Friday. Akeredolu had earlier banned daily market activities in the State as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The decision is to enable Muslim faithful in the State engage in shopping activities ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr festivities. “Meanwhile, it must be noted that the earlier order restricting business…
David ‘Davido’ Adeleke has proclaimed that he and Ayo ‘Wizkid’ Balogun are the two greatest Nigerian musicians of all time. The 27-year-old ‘Assurance’ crooner took to his Instagram page to share a photoshopped picture of the two music heavyweights together, dressed in white outfits and painted in white chalk. https://twitter.com/davido/status/1263815445351710720?s=19 “The 2 greatest of all time,” he captioned the picture, which has gotten many talking on social media platforms. Davido’s proclamation would certainly delight the duo’s numerous fans who have been torn apart by their protracted rivalry in the past years. Ever since Davido and Wizkid had their big break,…