A victim of kidnapping, Mrs Adefunke Ale, has narrated her experience when she was kidnapped at Amurin on Akure/Owo Road in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on her way to Akure. Ale told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Akure that, she was...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has expressed shock and sadness over the passing of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, and former speaker of the house of representatives, Gali Na’Abba. Abubakar in a statement he personally signed on Wednesday, described late Akeredolu as...
Reactions have continued to trail the news of the death of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who reportedly died in a German hospital after a prolonged battle with Leukaemia. The news of the death, which broke in the early hours of Wednesday in the state, has thrown...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – The Ondo State Government has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu died at a German hospital in the early hours of Wednesday from complications arising from prostrate cancer. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, confirmed the governor’s...
Neighbours and residents of Jericho area of Ibadan, where the house of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu is situated, are still in doubt about the news of the passing away of the Ondo State helmsman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu died in the early hours...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has expressed sadness over the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, describing it as a painful loss to Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. Governor Makinde, stated this in a condolence message issued in Ibadan...
Four persons on Wednesday sustained various injuries as fire gutted Fat Noble filing station, an independent marketing oil firm along Old Road, opposite Torikoh, Badagry, Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that attendants were dispensing petrol inside jerry cans and sacks around 1.00.a.m at the back...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark has lamented over the death of governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Ghali Umar Na’abba. Describing the deaths of the two leaders as exit of two...
The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed sadness on the death of Ondo State Gov. Olurotimi Akeredolu (SAN). AbdulRazaq in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaiye, on Wednesday in Ilorin, described Akeredolu as an exceptional statesman...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The Federal Government has flagged off grants for Vulnerable Groups in Cross River State. Also the Federal Government is to build low cost houses for refugees in Ogoja and Obanliku LGAs of Cross River State for refugees and internally displaced persons, IDPs....
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has slammed a fine of $110 million on British American Tobacco (BAT) Nigeria and affiliate companies for multiple violation of the FCCP Act and others. A statement by the management of the commission in Abuja on Wednesday, said the companies...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, is dead. The governor, aged 67, died on Wednesday morning in Lagos after a prolonged health battle. A commissioner in the governor’s cabinet, confirmed the unfortunate development to Channels Television. Akeredolu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), and former president of the...
By MBAFAN ADE, Abuja – The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has assured depositors and customers of Nigerian banks of the safety of their funds in the banks. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department of the CBN, Mrs Hakama Sidi-Ali, gave the assurance in a statement on Wednesday....
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’Abba, has died in Abuja at the age of 65 years. Mr Ahmed Tijjani Lawal, an Aide to the deceased, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria( NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday in Kano. He said...
The All Progressives Congress (. as raised an alarm over over alleged plan by the Kano State Government to spend N8 billion local government councils’ funds without justification. Alhaji Abdullahi Abbas, the state’s APC Chairman said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Abbas urged the local...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Niger State Government has banned the sales and consumption of alcohol in Suleja and eight other local government areas of the state with immediate effect from January 1st, 2023. The Secretary of Niger State Liquor and Licencing Board, brahim...
Gunmen, who kidnapped retired Rev. Filibus Bamai of ECWA Church, Matuak Rimi, in Moro’a Chiefdom of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have demanded N1 million ransom for his release. A source close to the church gave this indication in Manchok on Tuesday. The source said that...
The lawmaker representing Kogi Central senatorial district, Sen. Akpoti-Uduaghan Natasha (PDP-Kogi), has expressed sadness over the latest round of violence and killings in Plateau. The senator, in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja by her Media Aide, Arogbonlo Israel, described the killings as “as one tragedy too...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi has zoned the southern senatorial district’s ticket to Onicha Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement signed by its state Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha among other State Working Committee (SWC) members. The zoning of the Senatorial...
The death toll in the latest coordinated attacks on the Plateau has risen to over 115, the state governor, Governor Caleb Mutfwang has said. A grieving Governor Mutfwang, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, said the attacks were unprovoked and tasked security agents to...