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The Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has told security operatives in the state to flush out all miscreants in the state. He said this yesterday in Benin City while launching the newly reconstituted state security outfit, ‘Operation Thunder Storm.' According to Mr Oshiomhole, "there is only one common enemy against whom we must direct all our forces, namely those who…
A group called the Elders Forum of West District of Ogun state yesterday rejected the governorship candidate of Action Congress of Nigeria, Ogun State Chapter, Ibikunle Amosun. The Elders want a candidate from the Yewa zone of the state, claiming that it is the zone's turn, and Mr. Amosun is not from Yewa. Addressing a press conference in Abeokuta, the…
The Edo State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday insisted that the state government must pay its members the full Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) before it will reverse its decision to embark on a full scale strike when its one week warning strike expires. The state chairman of the Association, Philip Ugbodaga said that they want the…
In spite of the federal government’s declaration that all primary and secondary schools should resume academic activities on Monday, the Anambra State government has extended their resumption to February 7. The state’s commissioner for education, Kay Onyechi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka, the state capital, on Monday, stating that the…
Determined to sooth frayed nerves arising from the recent PDP primaries, Governor Theodore Ahamefule Orji of Abia State has inaugurated a seven-member Peace and Reconciliatory Committee headed by a former senator.Inaugurating the committee led by Ike Nwachukwu at Government House, Umuahia, on Monday, Mr. Orji said the move had become necessary as it was pertinent for the party to go…
The Ogun State Ministry of Health on Monday in Abeokuta inaugurated a 34-man Technical Working Group (TWG) on malaria control. The group was inaugurated at the launch of communication materials for the campaign on malaria control. Speaking at the ceremony, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Tunde Olowonyo, said the State Malaria Control Programme (SMCP) was launched to sensitise residents…
Members of opposition party, All Nigerian Peoples Party, in Nassarawa state have condemned the installation of the 15th traditional ruler in the state, claiming that the small state now has the highest number of traditional rulers in the state. They claim that this will drain the funds of the local government councils which are responsible for the welfare of traditional…
A coordinating body for Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO) in the South-West zone of the country, Women Consortium of Nigeria (WOCON) over the weekend embarked on civic education campaign to mobilise women in Ogun State ahead of the forthcoming elections. The campaign was hinged on the need for the women to ensure they all get registered in the ongoing voter registration before…
A House of Representative member and the leader of the legislative caucus group, known as ‘the Progressives’, Dino Melaye has announced his move out of the People’s Democratic Party to All Nigeria Peoples Party. Mr Melaye in an interactive session with journalists in Abuja at the weekend announced that he had resigned his membership of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)…
The gubernatorial candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Mohammed Buba Marwa, over the weekend, obtained his voter’s card at his Michika hometown in Adamawa State where he called on Nigerians to support the Independent National Electoral Commission. The Nigerian envoy to South Africa, with his voter’s card in his hands, told citizens of the state of voting age…
About 12 suspected cult members reportedly invaded and robbed patients at the Agbarho General Hosptal located on the outskirts of Agbarho, a quiet town in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State last week. The hoodlums entered the hospital premises through the back of the hospital. Behind the hospital are about six acres of land, mostly used for farming.…
Tragedy struck in the camp of the Ondo State chapter of the Labour Party yesterday when one of the leaders of the party, Yesiru Oladele, died after becoming unconscious while reading a newspaper at his Ijapo residence in the Akure metropolis. Mr. Oladele who was until his death, the chairperson of the Ondo State Local Government Service Commission, died around…
Still basking in the euphoria of winning the 2010 Next Movie Star reality television show, Akio Precious Ilami is now squaring up to the busy life of an accustomed actress. For the past four weeks, the 20-year-old University of Jos Linguistic student, alongside other housemates in the recently concluded popular television show, has been on the location of Dormitory 8,…
The Ekiti State government has concluded arrangements to set up mobile courts to prosecute flouters of the monthly environmental sanitation exercise The state governor, Kayode Fayemi disclosed this at Oye Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of the state while monitoring the environmental exercise in the state over the weekend. He noted that people of the state did not comply…
The Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) Senatorial candidate for Abia North, Jerry Eze, has decried the non-development of the area over the years. He said that in spite of the fact that the area was strategic to the development of the state it has not witnessed commensurate development. Mr Eze told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ohafia, Abia, that…