The Niger State Government has urged the general public to ignore and discontinue circulating false news concerning an Apache helicopter allegedly belonging to General Abdulsalam Abubakar that was allegedly brought down with supernatural powers. The said helicopter was alleged to have been supplying materials to bandits, and as a result, irritated the locals who in turn supernaturally directed swarms of bees to cause it to crash in Arina village of Shiroro LGA. Describing the news as ridiculous to a laughable proportion and figment of an unimaginative character, the Commissioner of the state- Mohammed Sani Idris insists that upon deep investigation,…
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The Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta States, Alhaji Daud Makanjuola and his council members joined the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Saliu Adetunji on Sunday for Ifta. Opening prayer was by the Amirul Wasin of Oyo State & Khalefah, Quadriyah In Oyo State, Sheikh Muhiydeen Najimdeen Sermon by Khalefah Quazim Akilapa which dwelled on roles and duties of the King and Leaders In Society- The Islamic Perspective, a sermon that drew tears from the eyes of the Olubadan Dr Barihi Adetunji, a prince and Grand Mufasir of Ibadanland,on behalf of the Royal family, expressed Appreciation To the visitors Khalefah…
Nigeria lost over 2,000 citizens to worsening insecurity in the first quarter of 2021, Civil Society Organisations have said. The Joint Action Civil Society Coalition, comprising 125 nongovernmental organisations berated the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for its inability to curtail the disturbing security challenges confronting the nation. The CSOs stated this in a joint statement titled, “State of the Nation: A Call to President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the bleeding and take action to end the carnage,” made available to one of our correspondents in Abuja on Sunday. Some of the CSOs, which signed the…
Following Friday’s Supreme Court judgment which declared the sack of elected local government officials illegal and ordered the payment of their salaries and allowances, Oyo State will cough out N3.7 billion. The elected chairman, vice chairman and councillors had two years of their tenure left when Governor Seyi Makinde fired them. The money is for salaries and entitlements for 68 chairmen, 68 vice chairmen and 610 councillors, democratically elected in the 33 local government areas and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs). According to the dat from salaryscale.com, each of the 68 chairmen is entitled to N3,181,611 salaries and allowances per…
Former chairman of Ekiti Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) Chief Bola Olu-Ojo has cautioned ex-Governor Ayodele Fayose to desist forthwith from raining curses on aspirants opposing his preferred governorship candidate for the 2022 poll, Chief Bisi Kolawole. Olu-Ojo, who condemned Fayose’s action in strong terms, urged him to imbibe the spirit of sportsmanship, which is devoid of hate speech and rancour in the course of marketing his preferred candidate. Fayose had in a well-circulated video, which went viral on various social media platforms, invoked curses on aspirants vying PDP ticket during a campaign tour of Ijero Ekiti local government recently. But…
Commercial motorcycle operators took to the streets in Abuja on Sunday in protest, creating tension in Karu, a satellite town. The protest, which reason was unknown as at the time of filing this report, forced many to stay indoors. The protesters were going about destroying vehicles and attacking innocent persons. It was gathered the riot, which started in the morning, has forced many churches in the area to lock their gates asking their members to remain inside the church so as not to be caught in the crossfire. Already, soldiers and police personnel have been deployed to the area to…
As part of the activities to mark the second year anniversary of Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration in Oyo State, the State government is set to unveil not less than fifty mobile toilets to be placed in in strategic locations in the State with the aim of eradicating open defecation. Speaking on behalf of the Governor of the State, the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke while addressing newsmen in Ibadan over the weekend, said that the mobile toilets will be situated at locations for the conveniences of pedestrians, passengers and travellers in an attempt to ensuring that…
…Officer’s wife also murdered, Patrol vehicles burnt, rifles carted away …Wike cries: We won’t succumb to secessionist agenda …34 deaths in 14 days. In the last 24 hours, no fewer than 12 police men lost their lives to the ongoing attacks on security personnel and formations in the South-East and South-South regions. The separate incidents, which had the imprints of previous attacks, saw gun[1]men attacking the personnel at their duty posts in the early hours of the day. By Clever Advertising In Akwa Ibom, gunmen attacked the Divisional Po[1]lice Headquarters, located in Odoro Ikpe village, Ini Local Government Area, LGA,…
An Islamic cleric,Alhaji Muheebudeen Ismaeel has cautioned those beating the drums of self determination in Nigeria to bury their thoughts. Alhaji Ismaeel who gave the warning in Ibadan while delivering this year’s Ramadan lecture organized by the Muslim Community of Oyo State Housing Corporation said Nigeria was better together. He noted that the myriad of problems confronting Nigeria could be resolved without disintegration or Balkanization of the country. The cleric who is also a lecturer at the Federal College of Education (special)Oyo buttressed his position with happenings in Sudan whose situation had worsened with the Balkanization. According to him ,rather…
A former Oyo State Governor, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, has urged Governor Seyi Makinde to postpone the local government elections scheduled to hold on May 22. Alao-Akala gave this advice while reacting to the Supreme Court judgment that nullified the sacking of the duly elected local government council chairmen and councilors in the state. The Supreme Court had earlier on Friday declared the dissolution of duly elected local governments in Oyo and Katsina states and their replacement with caretaker committees as unlawful. Alao-Akala said, “Going on with the local government election as earlier scheduled will throw the state into another round…