The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi on Friday officially declared intentions to run for governorship under the Zenith Labour Party, ZLP. Ajayi’s declaration was coming about two months after he dumped the All Progressives Congress, APC for Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. With the emergence of Ajayi as the standard-bearer of ZLP three weeks after he lost the PDP primaries to Eyitayo Jegede, it is believed that a third force that will give both the APC and PDP a run for their money at the October 10, 2020 governorship polls has emerged. Welcoming the Deputy Governor into the…
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The Department of State Services (DSS) has criticised the claim by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Obadiah Mailafia, that a governor from the north is the leader of the Boko Haram sect. In a statement issued on Friday, DSS spokesman, Peter Afunanya, described the claim as fake news, saying it only lends credence to the service’s alert about desperate efforts by some notable personalities to cause a total breakdown of law and order. According to the secret service, Mailafia as a directing staffer at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), has unrestricted…
A member representing Dass constituency in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Honourable Musa Mante has been killed. The lawmaker was murdered around 2 am by gunmen in his residence at Baraza, Dass Local Government Area of the state. The gunmen also abducted his two wives and a year-old-daughter. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Ahmed Wakili confirmed the incident to Channels Television. He explained that the police has intensified efforts to rescue the victims and arrest perpetrators. Meanwhile, the lawmaker’s corpse has been deposited at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. The deceased…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has reeled out eight guidelines for political broadcasts ahead of the forthcoming Edo and Ondo State elections. The guidelines which came barely 24-hours after the commission fined a radio station with N5 million over alleged hate speech promotion, mandate broadcast stations not to commercialise political news. In a statement issued on Friday, by its Director-General, Modibbo Kawu, the NBC said that it was disturbed with “the unprofessional conduct of Nigeria Info 99.3FM, Lagos, in the handling of the Programme, “Morning CrossFire” during an interview with former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Obadiah…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has threatened to form a security outfit in the Northern part of the country. Kanu said IPOB will form its security outfits in Northern states predominated by Fulanis. In a statement he signed, the IPOB leader again reiterated that the Miyetti Allah security outfit would be expelled from the Southeast. Kanu also warned the Federal Government against supporting Miyetti Allah to form security outfit in the Southeast. He said: “Given the overwhelming evidence that the Fulanized Federal Government has given its tacit blessing to Miyetti Allah to proceed with this…
The Police in Kaduna State has arraigned two brothers, Nehemiah and David Adejo before a Chief Magistrate court sitting in the state capital, in connection with the death of Nigeria’s first female combat helicopter pilot, Tolulope Arotile. The first accused person, Nehemiah was arraigned on a two-count charge of culpable homicide under Section 190 of Kaduna State Penal Code and causing death by dangerous driving under Section 21 of Kaduna State Traffic Law, while David was charged with negligent conduct while causing danger to person and property. They both pleaded not guilty. At the hearing of the case before the…
A former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafia, on Wednesday said he won’t retract his statement that a northern governor is the leader of Boko Haram. Mailafia spoke with journalists shortly after he was released by the Department of State Services, which grilled him for more than six hours at their Jos, Plateau State office. He said there was no need for him to retract anything. Mailafia was invited by the DSS on Wednesday following an interview he granted to an Abuja radio station during which he said a northern governor was the commander of…
Lionel Messi might never have been faced with a more daunting task at Barcelona than engineering a victory against Bayern Munich in Lisbon on Friday. The only surviving former winners of European club football’s greatest prize — with five titles each — meet in a heavyweight Champions League quarter-final behind closed doors at the Estadio da Luz. It is not often that Messi’s Barcelona come into such a big European tie as the underdogs, but they have this time, with Quique Setien’s team having lost out to Real Madrid in the Spanish title race while Bayern appeared flawless on the…
The Diocesan and Missioner, Diocese of Lagos, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), The Rt. Rev. Dr Humphrey Olumakaiye said that no virus or any form of the disease can be contracted in the church of God. He made this known in a statement made available to ACNN TV in Lagos on Tuesday. Bishop Olumakaiye noted that even when members used the same cup for Holy Communion, they could not contract any disease, nothing that the principle was beyond tradition, saying it was divine. “Without any iota of doubt, we are sure that no virus or any form of the disease…
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced a $1.5 billion contract with US biotech company Moderna for 100 million doses of an eventual coronavirus vaccine, the sixth such deal reached since May. “I’m pleased to announce that we have reached an agreement with Moderna to manufacture and deliver 100 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine candidate,” Trump said at a White House news conference. “The federal government will own these vaccine doses, we’re buying them.” “We’re on track to rapidly-produce 100 million doses as soon as the vaccine is approved, and up to 500 million shortly thereafter, so we’ll have 600…