Second Term of Purposeful Leadership ! On behalf of myself and family, I congratulate my boss and mentor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu Aketi, SAN and his Deputy, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa on occasion of their inauguration today. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity given to me to serve my dear state as a Chief […]
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NCDC calls for calm as another COVID-19 variant surfaces in Nigeria
Published February 23, 2021Director General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe IhekweazuFriday Olokor and Adelani AdepegbaThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said a new variant of COVID – 19 had been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries .The new strain , B .1 .2 . 5 which is different from the highly infectious […]
Continue ReadingDivision among bandits delays abducted Niger schoolboys’ release
Published February 23, 2021 Our ReportersThere were strong indications on Monday that a disagreement among bandits in Niger State was delaying the release of 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College , Kagara , who were abducted on Wednesday .A top government source, who confided in The PUNCH , said the bandits , […]
Continue ReadingAregbesola should accept the reality of Omisore’s APC membership – Ex-lawmaker
Published February 23, 2021 Bola Bamigbola , OsogboA former Osun State House of Assembly , Minority Leader , Akinwale Akinwole , on Monday , urged the Minister of Interior , Mr . Rauf Aregbesola, to accept Senator Iyiola Omisore as a member of the All Progressives Congress.Akinwale , who left Peoples Democratic Party while serving […]
Continue ReadingOkorocha boasts of presidential bid, 14 ex-aides get N70m bail
Published February 23, 2021 Chidiebube Okeoma and Gibson AchonuTHE Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the Imo State Governor , Hope Uzodimma , and a former governor of the state , Rochas Okorocha , of turning the state into a war zone .The PDP spokesperson in the state , Ogubundu Nwadike, in a statement on […]
Continue ReadingAkure/Idanre Land Dispute: Act Now to Avert Bloodshed, Idanre Chiefs advise Akeredolu
The people of Idanre Community in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo state have appealed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to avert imminent bloodshed and breakdown of law and order in the state by intervening in the deputed lands between Akure and Idanre. They said the vast area of ancestral land of Olokuta, Aponmu and Ajebambo […]
Continue ReadingAPC extends membership registration till March 31
Published February 22, 2021 Chukwudi Akasike, Raphael Ede , Ogbonnaya Ikokwu , Tony Okafor and Chidiebube Okeoma THE Caretaker/ Extra -Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, has extended the ongoing nationwide membership registration /revalidation exercise until March 31 , 2021 .The first phase of the exercise was earlier scheduled to end […]
Continue ReadingControversy surrounds Niger students, workers’ release, abducted travellers freed
Published February 22, 2021 Samson Folarin, Maiharaji Altine and Adebayo Ayinla There was controversy on Sunday over the release of 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College , Kagara , Niger State , who were abducted on Wednesday ,Earlier on Sunday , officials of the state government said the victims , who were […]
Continue ReadingNigerians have shed enough blood, says Buhari
Published February 22, 2021 Olalekan Adetayo and Chima AzubuikeTHE President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) , on Sunday regretted that Nigerians had shed enough blood over issues that could have been peacefully resolved.According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu , the President spoke while […]
Continue Reading‘There’s no better successor for Buhari than Tinubu’
Published February 22, 2021 Daud Olatunji , AbeokutaTHE former Minister of State for Works and Chairman of Southwest Agenda 23 , Senator Dayo Adeyeye , on Sunday said, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu remains the best candidate to succeed the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari ( retd .) […]
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