As Delta State Government intensifies efforts at combating the spread of COVID-19 in the state, it said on Sunday that two top officials of government had tested positive to the virus. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Olisa Ifeajika, who made this known in a statement in Asaba, named the officials as Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Chiedu Ebie and Commissioner for Information, Mr. Charles Aniagwu. Ifeajika said both officials showed mild symptoms of the virus and consequently subjected themselves to the test. He said that both men had been moved to an isolation centre and were…
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The Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, a body of all journalists covering the security beat nationwide, has lost one of its foundation members; Mr. Xavier Ndanyongmong who served as the Association’s Secretary 22 years ago. Until his death at the early hours of Friday, Ndanyongmong, who was popularly called Xavier by his colleagues, was the Crime Editor of Daily Independent Newspapers. He was in his 50s and he died at government health facility in Ogun State, where he was admitted after he was rushed to the hospital in the early hours of Friday. A crack reporter to the core,…
Funke Busari The Federal Government has been urged by a group Inanna Women Empowerment Foundation, IWEF to bring to justice perpetrators of sexual violence in the country. The foundation which provides legal and other forms of aids for victims and survivors of sexual violence aligned with conversations around getting justice for victims and punishments for perpetrators. The call was made during the commemoration of the International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflicts held on Friday by stakeholders working to end rape in the country. The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, IWEF, Mrs. Funmilayo Akinremi who hosted the event via…
Embattled Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki has joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He joined the opposition party at its State Secretariat in Benin City. The party confirmed the development in a tweet on his official handle. Obaseki had been disqualified from seeking re-election by the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC on the grounds that he possesses “defective qualifications.”
The proactive intervention by the Lagos State Citizens’ Mediation Centre, CMC, on Thursday averted the brewing tension between officials of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company and residents of Lasori Abuja/Ifedapo Estate Community in Ikorodu area of the State. The community had earlier written a petition to CMC, an agency of Lagos State Government under the Ministry of Justice over persistent outrageous billing by IKEDC to the residents of the community and the refusal of IKEDC to agree with the decision of Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, on the authorised billing system as at February 2020. These contentious issues between the community…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Anambra State chapter has announced its member, Barrister Mathew Onwuasoanya, a reporter with the Anambra Newspapers and Printing Corporation (National Light Newspaper) missing. Chairman of the Anambra State Council of the NUJ, Comrade Emmanuel Ifesinachi in a statement on Wednesday said that Mathew 49 years, tall, fair in complexion has not been seen neither in office nor at his residence in Ngodo, Nise in Awka South local government area of Anambra State, since the night of Friday 29, May, 2020. Ifesinachi quoted the Managing Director of National Light Newspaper, Sir Chuka Nnabuife, saying “We…
A four year old girl has been swept away by flood following the torrential rain in Lagos on Thursday. The incident happened in Papa Ashafa area of Agege in Lagos. The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, is on the look out and has advised residents of Aboru, Iyana-Ipaja, Command Ota in Ogun State through Agabara on the route of the canal before it discharges into the sea to look out for the body. It was gathered that the girl Azizat lived with her parents located at 38 Fashola street, off Odebode street, Papa Ashafa, Orile Agege, but when there house…
Jimoh Fathia The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday, paraded 35 suspects for alleged rape and other crime related cases. The suspects included a 28-year-old Goddey Robinson who allegedly raped a lady (name undisclosed) at Agbara in Ado Odo/Ota Local Government, strangulated and pushed her into a ditch. The Commissioner of Police Kenneth Ebrimson who paraded the suspects at the Police Command’s headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital said that the suspect, dump the victim in a ditch after the act. According to the Commissioner, the suspect thought his victim had died immediately but unknown to him, she regained her…
Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has just resigned from his party, All Progressives Congress, APC. The Governor announced this on Tuesday. Obaseki said he will in days to come announce the new political platform where he will be seeking his re-election.. The embattled governor who has been at political war with Adams Oshiomhole, the Nationl Chairman of APC was Friday disqualified over issues relating to discrepancies in his certificates.
The National Leader, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has condole with the family of the late Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Sikiru Osinowo, popular called Pepper who died of suspected coronavirus on Monday. Eulogising his attributes and achievements, Tinubu said of the deceased, “As a prominent political figure in Lagos, he served our state with dedication, passion and concern for the common man.” According to Senator Tinubu, the senator who was a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly from 2003 to 2019, was said to have been rushed to the Infectious Disease Centre, Yaba three days…