Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State has won the All Progressives Congress, (APC) governorship primary election held on Saturday, February 19. The Chairman of the primary election committee, Governor Abdulrasak Abdulrahman of Kwara State while announcing the results of the election in Osogbo, declared that Oyetola polled 222,169 votes to emerge the winner. His closest rival in the election, Alhaji Moshood Adeoti polled 12,921 to emerge second while a former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Lasun Yusuf polled 460 votes. According to him, 408,697 members of the party registered to participate in the primary election while those who actually…
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Troops from Operation Whirl Stroke, (OPWS) on Saturday in Benue State rescued 8 persons from kidnappers den Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur in a statement on Sunday said the rescued victims who hailed from Agasha town in Guma local government area were kidnapped on their farms by herdsmen on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022.According to him, before their rescue, they had spent over three days with their abductors The statement quoted the special adviser to the Governor on Security, Lt. Col Paul Hemba (rtd) on having briefed the Governor on the successful rescue operation.While briefing the Governor the statement explained that…
From Ahmed Rufa’i Dutse Not less than nine persons have lost their lives in a fatal accident which occurred near Birniwa town, the headquarters of Birniwa local government area of Jigawa state. The accident which involved Golf 3 and a Tricycle happened when the car driver lost control as a result of over speeding. The incident occurred along Nguru-Hadejia road in the late hours of Friday. Confirming the incident the spokesman of the Jigawa State command of the NIgerian Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) Adamu Shehu said “there was an accident involving a Golf 3 car and Tricycle at…
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue has lost three kinsmen to attacks by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen. The incident happened on Saturday when the gunmen laid an ambush and blocked the Lordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state leading to the death of two males and a female at about 5 pm. The victims were reported to be riding on a motorcycle when they were ambushed and shot by the killer herdsmen who have taken over parts of the local government bordering Nasarawa State. Soldiers attached to Operation Whirl Stroke recovered the bodies and deposited…
Securing Social Insurance for Persons who sustained permanent Disabilities while carrying out their duties is sacrosanct, executive secretary, National Commission for Persons With Disabilities, Mr. James David Lalu has declared. He made this disclosure recently in Abuja, during a courtesy visit to the office of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)Head Media and Publicity Unit of NCPWDMbanefo JohnMichaels in a statement quoted the executive secretary to have applauded the Managing Director NSITF, Dr. Michael Akabogu for honouring the provisions of the 5% employment opportunity for Persons with Disabilities during their last recruitment exercise. He, pointed out that many persons who became disabled…
Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has floored his estranged godfather Rauf Aregbesola at his ward 8, Ifofin, Ilesha East in the ongoing primary election of All Progressives Congress (APC). Aregbesola was not even present to vote at the ward during the exercise. Arrowhead of the minister’s loyalists of Aregbesola at Ward 8, Ifofin, Ilesha East, Saheed Adegoke, confirmed that the Minister was not around to vote. At the end of the exercise, the anointed aspirant of Aregbesola, Moshood Adeoti, score 146 votes against Governor Oyetola’s 309votes. Meanwhile, Oyetola had expressed the optimism of carrying the day in the ongoing governorship primary when…
By Ahmed Rufa’i, Dutse Barely 48 hours after Jigawa state governor, Alhaji Muhammadu Badaru Abubakar raised the alarm over the delapidation of federal roads in Jigawa state, Communities in Gwaram local government area of the state have blocked Gwaram-Darazau road in protest against government’s inaction over the bad shape of the bridge along the road. The youths in their hundreds in the wee hours of Friday blocked the Gwaram-Darazau road that links the Northwest to the northeast geopolitical zone to show their concern on the government lackadiasical attitude on the Gwaram bridge which has been damaged since the 2021 rainy…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq has expressed deep shock after no fewer that 17 persons were reportedly burnt to death in a road accident which occurred at the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday. The special adviser on media to the minister Nneka Ikem Anibeze said the accident which involved a Mazda bus and a petrol tanker occurred near Isara Bridge in Ogun state at about 5.00 a.m. She said reports had it that there was a head on collision which resulted in the explosion adding that the number of casualties could not be confirmed…
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS), to Benue State Governor, Mr. Nathaniel Ikyur, has declared that his principal is not into any battle of wits with President Muhammad Buhari. According to Ikyur, Ortom’s utterances on the state of the nation should not be misinterpreted for denigrading the office of the President. Ortom has been vocal against the leadership style of President Buhari, especially his silence over the killings by suspected Fulani militias in Benue State and other parts of the country. Speaking at a brief meeting with online journalists and bloggers at the Benue State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja, on Friday,…
The Senate on Friday rejected a fresh legislative move that will empower the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology to be in total control of the Nigerian Building Research Institute. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, stated this at a public hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Science and Technology, Chaired by Senator Lilian Uche Ekwunife (PDP Anambra Central) . The public hearing was on three proposed legislations which are Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute Establishment bill; National Energy Sustainable Development Bill and the National Research and Innovation Control Establishment bill. Lawan who was represented by the Deputy Senate…