The Federal Government has flagged-off the distribution of school feeding programme in FCT. The distribution is part of measures put in place by the federal government to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on parents of pupils who attend public schools. Before the outbreak of Coronavirus, pupils in public schools in Primary 1 to 3 were fed daily to reduce the number of out- of- school children in the country. As a way to ease the economic burden associated with the lockdown owing to the outbreak of the virus, President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the programme would be sustained despite…
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The Chief of Staff to the Oyo Governor, Chief Lukman Oyebisi Ilaka has reacted to the death of the Hon. Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Kehinde Ayoola who died this morning. Ilaka who is the Ladilu wrote: “I received with deep sadness, the news of the death of my dear brother, Rt. Hon. Kehinde Ayoola. Up until his death this morning, he served as Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources of our great State.” “He was an upright man who touched many lives and though he is no longer with us, his memories lives on. My sincere condolences…
Few hours after the death of the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Kehinde Ayoola was announced, family sources said he died of heart related problem. According to the information obtained by Pacesetter News, Ayoola was few days ago diagonised of heart problem. Also, a government source told our correspondent that the deceased became ill penultimate Friday during a meeting and had to be excused to see his doctor. “It was about two weeks now that he was admitted and was responding to treatment until few hours ago,” said the officer. Another family source pointedly said, “our brother died…
Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde has reacted to the sudden death of one of his State Executive Council members, Hon. Kehinde Ayoola who passed away this morning. Makinde wrote on his verified twitter page and obtained by GOALPOACHER NEWS, the tweet reads: “I received with deep sadness, the news of the death of my dear friend and colleague, Rt. Honourable Kehinde Ayoola. Up until his death this morning, he served as the Honourable Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources in Oyo State.” “I met late Rt. Honourable Ayoola in 2002, when we worked together as members of the Fortune…
The former Speaker of the Oyo State House Of Assembly and Commissioner for Environment, Rt Hon.Kehinde Ayoola is dead. The death of the former lawmaker was confirmed to GOALPOACHER NEWS by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Seyi Makinde. Details later…
The Commissioner for Health in Ekiti, Dr Mojisola Yaya-Kolade, says the state government will commence random test of residents across all the 16 Local Government Areas of the state next week. Yaya-Kolade made this known on Wednesday, in Ado Ekiti at a news conference by the State COVID-19 Task Force Committee. She said the exercise was to avert likelihood of community spread of the pandemic in the state. According to her, the random test, which would be done across every nook and cranny , must be undertaken in view of the geometric increase in the number of COVID-19 victims.…
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has sacked a driver and queried COVID-19 team for the mishandling a COVID-19 case and evacuating the victim without following safety protocol. The misconduct of the COVID-19 ambulance driver and the team’s failure to apply caution and expertise in handling the situation was recorded in a video footage that had gone viral on the social media. Abdulrazaq frowned at the action in a statement by Mr Rafiu Ajakaye, his Chief Press Secretary and made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Ilorin. He said that the driver evacuated COVID-19 patient with the help of the…
Seyi Makinde: The Phenomena Using SDGs Goal(1)No Poverty and Goal(2)Zero Hunger, Agribusiness Initiative to Post COVID-19 Challenges –SDG Boss While engaging the Senior Special Assistant to Oyo State Governor on Sustainable Development Goals, Hon. Kunle Yussuff MON, he opined that, as the Oyo State population continues to grow, Makinde’s administration has brought Agribusiness innovation in order to sustainably increase agricultural productions, improve the global supply chain, decrease food losses and waste, and ensure that those who are suffering from hunger and malnutrition have access to nutritious food to eradicate hunger after COVID-19. The 2012 Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)…
The police in Osun State have arrested a 27-year-old man, Fatai Gbodorogun, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in the state. The victim, name withheld, was reportedly abused several times in Ila Orangun community in the state by Fatai, who lives in the same neighborhood with the victim’s aunt. It was gathered that Fatai would always sneak into the victim’s house whenever her aunt was not around and have carnal knowledge of her. And was only able to summon courage to reveal to her aunt and her father that Fatai had been abusing her since last year. The Police…
An Army officer, Captain Gana and two others who were kidnapped few days ago by unknown gunmen in Akoko area of Ondo state, have been rescued by security operatives. Captain Gana and other travellers were abducted around Auga-Akoko-Ibilo Edo state axis and they were also rescued at a forest around the boundary of Ondo-Edo states near Ibilo. Spokesman of the Nigerian Army 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Captain Ayorinde Omojokun said combined team of the Army and other security agencies rescued the military officer without paying any ransom. The kidnappers who earlier demanded twenty million naira ransom, escaped from from…