The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has described the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) as a “tunnel created to siphon government resources.” In a statement yesterday in Akure yesterday, the ASUU branch chairman, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Dr. Olayinka Awopetu, claimed IPPIS was “a weapon of fraud and corruption.” He noted that events in the last four months of using the platform for university staff had confirmed that the platform is not only fraudulent but also a “corruption on steroids and fraud on a roller coaster.” According to him, “events of the last few months…
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In a decisive intercept offensive operation, troops of 130 Battalion with the support of Army Super Camp Baga, had a fierce encounter at the north west of Baga town with BHT/ISWAP Criminals on the 17th of May 2020. The criminals armed with mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms were heading to attack villages surrounding Baga, when the troops attacked their convoy with overwhelming fire power killing 20 BHT/ISWAP criminals, captured six AK 47 Rifles, 520 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and five 36 hand grenades. However, nine of our gallant soldiers were wounded in action with no loss of…
Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has accused the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu of running “a mafia government.” Giwa made the remark while calling on Akeredolu to “apologize to the people of the State or resign immediately” following the alleged misappropriation of N4.3billion by his administration. In a statement he personally signed and made available to yemiefash, on Sunday, Giwa accused Akeredolu’s administration of not being transparent with the people of Ondo State. He claimed the sum of N4.3b was said to have been discovered in a secret account and spent within…
A reportedly adopted consensus aspirant of the Unity Forum, a factional group of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, yesterday denied having any alliance with the incumbent state Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Not satisfied with the report of the seven-man selection committee, the Senator representing Ondo North in the National Assembly, Ajayi Boroffice, alleged that Oke cannot be trusted with the mandate of the forum. Specifically, Boroffice alleged that Akeredolu had promised to hand over to Oke after his second term in office. The senator alleged that Oke would step down for Akeredolu when it…
Troops of 130 Battalion and Army Super Camp in Baga had a fierce encounter with Boko Haram and ISWAP members at Baga town on Sunday. The battle left many terrorists dead, while some soldiers suffered injuries. Major General John Enenche, Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, made this known in a statement. He said the fighters, armed with mortars, rocket propelled grenades and small arms, had been on their way to attack villages surrounding Baga. “The troops attacked their convoy with overwhelming firepower killing 20 BHT/ISWAP criminals, captured six AK 47 Rifles, 520 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and five 36 hand…
Lagos State Government has quarantined 39 Nigerian evacuees from Ghana. The returnees and 12 others from different West African countries were isolated in the Badagry area of the state and have begun the 14-day isolation supervised by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, who made this known on Sunday via Twitter, said the state government took up the cost of their quarantine period including lodging and feeding. “39 returnees who came from Ghana were brought in two luxury buses with registration numbers, Lagos LSD 614 YR and KTU 833XY. “They arrived at about 3:30 a.m.…
President Muhammadu Buhari will address Nigerians on Monday, even as the first phase of the gradual easing of the COVID-19 lockdown comes to an end. This is according to Aliyu Sani, the national coordinator of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. Mr. Aliyu made this disclosure when he appeared on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics. When asked if the PTF is thinking of taking a different direction seeing that many Nigerians have been flouting guidelines for the ease of lockdown, the task force coordinator noted that the President is the only one who can decide on whether or not the country…
A Media aide to the Governor of Rivers state, Simeon Nwakaudu is dead. Nwakaudu, who is also the publisher of Scan News died on Sunday after a brief illness. This development was confirmed by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim. “Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has expressed shock over the sudden death of his Special Assistant on Electronic Media, Mr Simeon Nwakaudu.” “He described late Nwakaudu as a loyal and dedicated professional who contributed immensely to the implementation of the Rivers vision.” “The governor on behalf of his family, the government and good people of the…
The Military High Command on Sunday disclosed that the Troops of 146 Battalion deployed in Bonny Island last week raided and destroyed an identified pirates/militants hideout in Arugbanama Community in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State and killed two of the armed bandits. This was contained in a statement made available to yemiefash in Abuja on Sunday by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations DMO Major General John Enenche. According to the statement, during the operation, the gallant troops exchanged fire with the militants/pirates resulting in the neutralization of 2 of the criminals as well as recovery of a large cache…
Just before Covid 19 halted Football, Daniel Akpeyi was having the season of his life out there in South Africa, the Kaizer Chiefs shot stopper was in top form, making saves after Saves in crucial games. Most notable was his man of the match Performance in the Soweto derby. The Super Eagles of Nigeria goalie in an interview with Nationaldaily.ng talked about his growth in South Africa and his plans for future. The Nigerian who most Nigerians only focus on his blunders with the Super Eagles of Nigeria tells Timothy Dehinbo in this interview how the South Africans cherish him. Here, Excerpts after Interview Cover…