The Oyo State government has promised to rehabilitate 3 Primary Health Centres in each of the 33 local government areas of the State within the next six months. The Chairman, Oyo State Primary Health Care Board, Hon. Dada Awoleye made this promise today while fielding questions from Aanuoluwapo Omorinde on BOTTOM LINE, a political programme on IBR 92.5fm Ibadan monitored by our Correspondent. It would be recalled that Governor Seyi Makinde had stated while presenting the 2021 budget proposal to the State Assembly, that his administration will give the Primary Health Centre in each of the 351 wards in the…
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The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Lagos east senatorial bye-election, Tokunbo Abiru, has been declared winner. According to the results announced by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Abiru polled a total of 89,204 votes while Babatunde Gbadamosi, his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rival, secured 11,257 votes. Abiru defeated his opponent by a wide margin in all the five local government areas in the senatorial district. Below are the results in all LGAs: Shomolu APC: 17,728 PDP: 2,067 Epe APC: 22,213 PDP: 1,826 Ibeju Lekki APC: 16,336 PDP: 937 Ikorodu APC: 19,204 PDP: 3,766 Kosofe APC: 13,723…
The Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Amaechi, has claimed that former President Goodluck Jonathan offered him every opportunity to remain in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, but he rejected it. The minister says he went ahead to support President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 because he is not tribalistic. The former governor of Rivers State was speaking in Port Harcourt on Saturday while receiving some party members who defected from the PDP. The minister explained that whatever he says in Rivers State would happen, adding that he would soon return to declare prayers in the state. He claimed that God gave him…
Pandemonium broke out at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu – Igbo in the Ijebu – North Local Government Area of Ogun State when some villagers waylaid policemen, abducted four and shot the Divisioner Police Officer . Our correspondent gathered that the trouble started after a team of policemen disarmed some hoodlums following a complaint by the village head that some hoodlums were in possession of firearms . It was further gathered that the Baale had earlier petitioned the police , complaining that some people within his community were in possession of firearms , which they use to terrorise the villagers .…
In the early hours of Saturday December 5, 2020, our patriarch Chief Harry Ayodele Akande passed away following a brief illness. Chief Harry Akande was an astute businessman of international repute whose legacy and influence cut across continents. But by far his greatest passion was for a better Nigeria that guaranteed equity and justice for all. It is our fervent hope that this will be a reality in the not too distant future. His passing is a huge shock to his immediate & extended family, friends & associates. We are all grappling to make some sense of it. As we…
A soldier , whose identity could not be immediately ascertained , on Saturday, assaulted a young lady who was dressed in a manner he considered indecent . The incident happened around 9 :47 am at Oju – Ore in the Ota area of Ogun State . The lady , who was clad in a pair of shorts and white knitted coverup , was trekking on the road when she was assaulted . Eyewitnesses told The PUNCH that the soldier , who was riding in a commercial bus , alighted from the bus and pounced on the young lady , unprovoked…
Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan has finally reacted to rumours of plotting to contest for president again in 2023. Jonathan has trended on social media in recent weeks following rumours that he was lobbying to contest for the country’s leadership as he is still eligible to run for a single 4-year term. Speaking with reporters on Friday after attending an event setup by the Commonwealth Community Choir in Abuja, Jonathan revealed that “It is too early to talk about that.” He also spoke the current spate of insecurity in the nation and admonished Nigerians to support the Buhari administration and…
Some persons with injuries on Friday stormed the Lagos Court of Arbitration in Lekki , the hearing venue of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry probing the alleged shooting of # EndSARS protesters by soldiers on the night of October 20 at the Lekki tollgate . Some of the injured persons , who were brought to the LCA in a white bus , had plaster of Paris cast on their legs and arms and bandages wrapped on their heads and chests . They claimed they were victims of the alleged tollgate shootings by soldiers at the tollgate . The…
A three- year relationship between two live – in lovers on Adekunle Street , Oshodi , Lagos State , has come to a tragic end after one reportedly killed the other . The suspect , Ifeanyi Nwagboroga, allegedly hacked the victim , Faith Ebubeeze , with a cutlass , leaving her in a pool of blood and fleeing the scene . City Round learnt that the couple were at loggerheads recently over their plan to get married to each other after a long courtship. Nwagboroga reportedly requested more time but Ebubeeze insisted that they marry without further delay or go…
The Caretaker Chairperson, Orire Local Government, Hon (Mrs) Lydia Bankole, her husband, Hon Bayo Bankole and a leader of Peoples Democratic Party in Oyo State, Hon Bosede Adedibu on Friday joined other eminent Nigerians to pay their last tribute to late Mrs Abigail Makinde, Mother of Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde. Hon Lydia who commiserated with Governor Makinde and the people of Oyo State, celebrated the Governor’s late mother for the indelible legacies she left behind. She wrote: “Mama rest in peace. Your exit at this time so painful, but who are we to question your maker? “A fe…