The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, have deployed men of the force to Idi Arere, Born Photo and other flash points in Ibadan. You recall GoalPoacher News had reported during the week, the upsurge in crimes, criminality and sporadic gunshots in areas like Idi Arere, Soka, Ososami and other areas. As at the time of filing today’s report, eye witness account has it that one Moshood Ekugbemi was reportedly injured in the fracas that ensued between two rival groups. Details shortly…..
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The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. Figures from Johns Hopkins University show 2,108 people died in the past 24 hours while there are now more than half a million confirmed infections. The US could soon surpass Italy as the country with the most coronavirus deaths worldwide. But experts on the White House Covid-19 task force say the outbreak is starting to level off across the US. Dr Deborah Birx said there were good signs the outbreak was stabilising, but cautioned: “As encouraging as they are,…
The Ondo State Government notes with deep concern the second index case. This development has once again, reinforced the need to deepen our collective efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Ondo State COVID-19 Response Team has reported that the second index case having travelled from Lagos to Ondo State must give the Government greater concern to avoid community transmission. Against the backdrop of the above, the Ondo State Government has directed the cancellation of the special concession granted Churches across the State to celebrate the Easter Sunday/Service. This decision was taken after due consultations with the leadership of…
General Muhammadu Buhari’s first attempt to contest for the Presidency in 2003. What Buhari presidency means… As the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) formally flags off its presidential campaign tomorrow, this seems an appropriate time to take another look at the party and its candidate, Major General Muhammadu Buhari. The reasons for paying close attention to the party and its flag-bearer are obvious enough. ANPP is ranked Number Two among the country’s thirty political parties. If it were to get its sums right, nothing stops it from becoming Number One. In terms of national spread, if for very little else,…
Transfer rumours: Kondogbia, Coutinho, Coman, Ighalo Tottenham target Geoffrey Kondogbia, who has a release clause of 80m euros (£70.1m) in his contract at Valencia, could leave for significantly less if the 27-year-old French midfielder’s Spanish club fail to qualify for next season’s Champions League. (Evening Standard) Everton are also interested in signing Kondogbia, who has played for Lens, Sevilla, Monaco and Inter Milan. (El Desmarque – in Spanish) Spurs could be about to enter the race for Barcelona’s former Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho. The 27-year-old has attracted interest from Chelsea, who wanted the Brazil player on loan, but their interest…
One of Africa’s greatest obstacle to development is what the great Afro-beat Legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti has long stated in one of his songs, entitled “Kolo (or Colo) mentality,” “kolo (or colo)” being derived from the word “colonial.” This song was composed so many years ago, more than two decades ago, and yet it is as real today as at that time. Colo mentality makes most of our African leaders as well as the political class, and even ordinary citizens not to believe in Africans and their great God-given abilities and talents. With the Colo mentality heavily misleading us, most…
Former state governors convicted of money laundering and corruption did not benefit from the presidential amnesty granted to 2 , 600 inmates nationwide because they did not meet the requirements , Saturday PUNCH has learnt . It was gathered that the former governors were not considered for a reprieve because they were convicted of corruption and money laundering aside from the fact that they did not meet some of the criteria stipulated by the Presidential Advisory Committee on Prerogative of Mercy, which advised the President on inmates and ex – convicts deserving pardon . There had been speculations that high…
A human right lawyer, and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr Femi Falana has expressed his displeasure at the manners Nigerian leaders run the affairs of the country. Mr Falana stated this in chat with a reputable national daily not Goalpoachernews. Falana who was a one time gubernatorial candidate in Ekiti in 2003 was quoted to have said, the nation was under all manners of military dictators for close to three decades. Even though civil rule was restored 21 years ago, the leading characters in the democratic structures are either former military rulers or those who had served under them. In…
As the Ondo State Government is making efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the state, the state has recorded another index case of the disease. This came barely a week after an army officer, who just returned from India, was tested positive to the deadly disease. He was said to have been transferred to the treatment centre. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, confirmed the development to our correspondent in Akure, the state capital on Friday. He said, ” Yes I can confirmed that, the person was discovered in Akure here. He has been…
The former Governor of Ekiti State, Chief Segun Oni, has told the All Progressives Congress(APC) to expect defeat in the 2022 governorship poll. He said the routing of the APC in the next gubernatorial election would be a child’s play compared to that of 2014 when Governor Kayode Fayemi was defeated across the 16 local government areas of the state. Oni said Fayemi lost to Ayodele Fayose in that poll owing to alleged arrogance displayed by APC against Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, who left the party to contest for governorship on the platform of Labour Party. Oni said the same…