Senior Pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Jesus Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa has described the administration of the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu as the most insincere and selfish the state has ever witnessed. Giwa claimed that Akeredolu was governing Ondo State the same way President Muhammadu Buhari was ruling Nigeria. He said Akeredolu’s administration also lacked accountability. The pastor who spoke while addressing his members also pointed out that Akeredolu can only win the coming All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election through the back door. He said the indirect primary was the only form of election that could…
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Following the running battle between the embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi and his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, all might have been concluded for the impeachment of Ajayi. DAILY POST gathered that the impeachment proceedings against Ajayi might commence on Monday at the hallowed chamber of the Ondo State House of Assembly. This was sequel to the sudden recall of the 26 lawmakers who had been on recess to immediately resume legislative duties at the Assembly. The Clerk of the Assembly, Mr. Bode Adeyelu had in a short message sent to the legislators directed them to ensure compliance…
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration) of the Benue State University (BSU) and Vice Chairman of the State Action Committee on COVID-19, Prof. Godwin Achinge, is dead. Achinge died on Sunday afternoon in Jos, Plateau State due to complications arising from coronavirus. 2. A boat mishap Sunday afternoon claimed over 23 lives on River Benue at Kwaghter axis. The report said the boat was said to have had twenty-eight people on board conveying Christian faithful to an annual convention when it capsized, leaving many passengers dead. 3. The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Cross…
Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Most Rev Henry Ndukuba has said Coronavirus experience has shown that the world belongs to God and not man. Also, it has revealed the importance of the family unit and that standing together, human beings could resist any onslaught. In an interview with journalists in Abuja, Ndukuba said no one envisaged the pandemic, especially the way it came, as the government, church and society were not prepared for it. He observed that the whole world has suffered and even well-endowed nations have been brought to their knees; showing that power belongs to…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, on Sunday said that the state tested a total of 42,348 samples for COVID-19 as at July 3. Abayomi, who made the disclosure on his Twitter account, said that of the 42,348 samples, 10,926 returned positive. He said that 748 COVID-19 tests were conducted in the state on July 3, out of which 87 new cases were confirmed. “Out of the total number of confirmed cases, 1,695 patients have since been discharged from the Lagos COVID-19 care centres following full recovery. “A total of 6,259 of the cases monitored in communities…
A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge University and been dropped by his publisher HarperCollins. The comments from Professor David Starkey came during a period of soul searching in Britain over its colonial past. The Black Lives Matter movement that gained momentum after the death of George Floyd in US police custody in May saw the statue of a major slave trader dumped in an English harbour as protests hit cities across the UK. Starkey is an expert on Britain’s Tudor period — a time in the 1500s when the…
The 614-kilometre Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project flagged off last week, by President Muhammadu Buhari, 12 years after its conception may remain a game-changer on paper unless glaring challenges are urgently addressed. Already, experts are calling for cautious optimism over the $2.8b project, stressing that insecurity, economic viability, timing, global oil and gas market realities, the structure of Chinese loans, political factors, among others could undermine maximum benefits from the project. Expected to be completed within 24 months, the pipeline project, which has the capacity to transport 2.2 billion cubic feet of gas per day, would be constructed by two…
Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ijesha Northeast, The Rt. Rev Joseph Olusola, has coined a new meaning for the acronym COVID-19 to mean, “Christ Over Virus Infection and Diseases.” Speaking in an online broadcast on one of the social media platforms, Olusola noted that it was no longer news that the Coronavirus is ravaging the world, and called on Christians to think seriously about their relationship with God. The Bishop, however, urged Christians not to fear, but recognise that there is a God that is in charge of men’s affairs. To buttress his point, Olusola quoted a portion…
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has gone into a 14-day self-isolation after one of his closes associates tested positive for the novel coronavirus, a statement has said. The statement signed by the Minister for Information Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah late Saturday said Akufo-Addo decided to take the precautionary measure in compliance with the COVID-19 protocols. The statement added that although his initial test on Saturday was negative, the president “has elected to take this measure out of the abundance of caution.” “During this precautionary period of self-isolation, the president will work from the presidential villa at the Jubilee House,” it said.…
The wrangling between the family of the late former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, and the state government over the handling of the burial of the two-term governor has refused to abate, as a delegation of the state government to the 8th day fidau prayer for the deceased was on Sunday turned back. The delegation, which was led by the Deputy Governor, Mr. Raufu Olaniyan, including Messrs Abiodun Abdul-Raheem and Seun Ashamu, Commissioners for Land and Energy respectively, was turned back from entering the Yemoja Street, Oluyole Estate, Ibadan residence of the Ajimobis. Since the death of the…