As the local council election is drawing close, every hands are on desk in making sure there’s light at end of the tunnel. Offa ward 10 Lagelu local government Standstill as Lagelu local government PDP Chieftaincy Chief Festus Alade Macadoff led house to house campaign to Akinsawe, Jagun, Oluwole and Offa-Igbo. In their different Statement Kaabiesi Alakinsawe of Akinsawe, Oni Jagun of Jagun, Ololuwole of Oluwole And Olofa of Offa gave warm reception and made it known that nothing would pleases them most than to reciprocate the kind gesture of Gov. Seyi Makinde by by voting massively for all the…
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EFCC asked all security agencies to place Bello on their watch list to prevent him from leaving the country “through any land, air or sea borders.” Fleeing governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has perfected a plan to flee the country to a North African country, multiple sources confirmed to SaharaReporters on Saturday. SaharaReporters learnt that Bello, 48 years old who is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for over N80billion fraud, plans to flee to the North African country where one of his wives presently resides and manages their “investments.” A family member further revealed that Bello…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that candidates whose fingerprints could not be captured during registration will not be rescheduled. This announcement was made in response to a post on its official X account on Saturday. According to JAMB, a finger that was captured while registering at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) should also be captured during UTME without issue. It posted “Candidates whose fingers could not be captured will not be rescheduled. “The fingers that didn’t have problem at NIMC office during registration and were successfully captured during JAMB registration won’t suddenly develop issue during exam.”
The Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, was allegedly beaten to the point of unconsciousness during the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, held on Saturday. The incident reportedly happened at Ugbo Ward 3 in Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. The medical doctor, who was recently appointed as a commissioner by the state governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, was allegedly attacked by members of his party. It was gathered that trouble started when the commissioner allegedly failed to release the result sheet of the election in the unit he was holding to members of the party…
It was an agog turn out today as Lagelu local government ward 4 Councillor Hon Olatunji Ajibade (Tee Jay) organized a mega rally for his ward Councillorship candidate Hon Olasunkanmi Kazeem (Alape). The top-notch event had in attendance Elder Goke Ajao, Elder Olutayo Gbenro, Iya Aladuke, Campaign DG Hon Jide Adeniran, Deputy DG central Hon Wasiu, Deputy DG West and North and other members of the campaign council, Member Oyo Prigrim welfare Board Alhaja Fatimoh Oyegbori, Alhaja Abibat and her team, Director Media and Publicity Hon Ishola Ridwan (I.SHOW), Leader Morufu , Leader Dicken Adeyemi, other stakeholders, leader and party…
The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Their arrests and detention followed a Thursday night order by the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, directing their immediate withdrawal from the former governor. Senior police sources, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity because they did not have authorisation to comment publicly on the matter,…
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya has set the new Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, surpassing the previous record of 56 hours and 9 minutes. In bid to raise funds and awareness for providing educational opportunities to underprivileged children across Africa, Onakoya currently aims at reaching the 58-hour target. The previous Guinness World Record record of 56-hour, 9-minute mark, was set by Norwegian players Hallvard Haug Flatebø and Sjur Ferkingstad in 2018. His non-profit organisation, Chess in Slums Africa, leverages the game of chess as a means of social intervention, bridging the gap between disadvantaged children and their aspirations. By providing tuition-free education,…
No fewer than 100,000 nano-businesses across the Federation have received the initial disbursement of N50,000 through the Presidential Conditional Grant Scheme, also known as the Trade Grants Scheme. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Doris Uzoka-Anite, gave the figure in an exclusive chat with our correspondent on Friday. Nano businesses are enterprises that have one or two workers and less than an annual turnover of N3 million, according to the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria. The minister, speaking through her aide, Terfa Gyado, confirmed that the disbursement began a few weeks ago and would be distributed…
Earlier yesterday, the councillorship candidate for Ward 5, Lagelu Local Government, Hon. Idogbe Aduragbemi Emmanuel was welcomed by his people in Ward 5 as his campaign team visited areas like; Iyalode, Shop Mesan, Onikeke, Idi Mango, Elewi-Odo, Amuda Ojere, Kajola to Caterpillar and it’s environs. We were very impressed with the love and support from our people to our party (PDP) and to all our party candidates. We appreciate and assured then that, all their efforts will be fruitful. It is well known that, Ward 5 has always been a strong ground for PDP in Lagelu Local Government and the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said it will on Thursday, April 18, 2024 arraign a former governor of Kogi, Yahaya Adoza Bello before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The embattled former Kogi governor will be arraigned before Justice Emeka Nwite alongside three other suspects, Ali Bello, Dauda Suleiman and Abdulsalam Hudu on 19-count charges bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,088.88 (Eighty Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million, Four Hundred and Seventy Thousand and Eight Nine Naira, Eighty Eight Kobo). Bello’s arraignment is coming on the heels of a warrant of arrest…