Senator Tofowomo writes aggrieved communities in Ondo South
Apologises to aggrieved residents, leaders of his Senatorial District Promises to make amends Distinguished Senator Nicholas Tofowomo, the Lawmaker representing Ondo South at the National Assembly, has promised to do his best in 2022 by accommodating more communities across the six local governments of Ondo South in his project and reach out to more citizens of his Senatorial District in areas of employment and empowerment. In a statement on Wednesday by Akinrinlola Olumide, his Media Aide, the Ondo South Senator begged the people to be patient with him especially some aggrieved leaders and members of his party, PDP, and by
BREAKING: Former governor of Oyo, Alao-Akala, dies at 71
A former governor of Oyo State, Christopher Alao-Akala, is dead. Alao-Akala, who was born in Ogbomosho, Oyo State, on June 3, 1950, died at the age of 71. Details later
US surgeons successfully implant pig heart in human
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations. The “historic” procedure took place Friday, the University of Maryland Medical School said in a statement on Monday. While the patient’s prognosis is far from certain, it represents a major milestone for animal to human transplantation. The patient, David Bennett, had been deemed ineligible for human transplant — a decision that is often taken when the recipient has very poor underlying health. He is now recovering and being carefully
APC Suspends February National Convention — Report
The February convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been suspended till June. It was gathered in Abuja, yesterday, that court cases arising from its ward, local government and state congresses as well as factions in some state chapters influenced the leadership of the party and its Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) to postpone the convention. A top party source, who declined to be named as he was not authorised to speak on behalf of the CECPC, disclosed that the need to settle internal wrangling, create more time for consultations and settlement of litigations were considered in shifting
Design For Ikare/Okerigbo /Akungba Road dualization Ready – Gov Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to the dualization of Ikare – Okerigbo road to Akungba Akoko in Akoko Southwest.The Governor said the design for road is ready, adding that the road construction was captured in the 2022 budget. He made it known while playing host to the members of the Akungba Development Union led by the Alale Of Akungba Kingdom, Oba Isaac Sunday Adeyeye in Akure. Governor Akeredolu lauded the monarch for appreciating his administration’s efforts on security, Infrastructural development among others. See also: State police not an option, Buhari insists He emphasized that
2023 Presidency: Nigerians Have Power To Reject Tinubu, Other ‘Turn-by-turn’ Leaders -Oby Ezekwesili
Former presidential candidate, Oby Ezekwesili has said that only Nigerian voters have the power to say no to incompetent leadership in the country. The former minister was reacting to the announcement of the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, that he will be running for the presidency in 2023. Ezekwesili said, "It is citizens that have the power to collectively tell the likes of Mr Bola Tinubu that the season of lowest common denominator of political leaders doing “turn-by-turn” incompetent governance of Nigeria is over. "The question is, “are citizens ready to collectively do so? "A country like
Terrorism: Invite APC Leaders for Questioning, PDP Charges Security Agencies
January 11, 2022 Press Statement The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chargess security agencies to immediately invite leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for questioning over their alleged connections with terrorists. The PDP demands that following Federal Government’s declaration of the bandits pillaging various parts of our country as terrorists, the security agencies should commence investigation on APC leaders, for reportedly importing terrorist elements into the country as well as condoning their atrocious activities against Nigerians. Our Party urges the security agencies to investigate the confession by a former top APC member that APC leaders imported terrorist elements as political
COVID: Don’t Allow Students, Teachers With High Temperature In Classrooms, NCDC Tells Schools
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has asked schools not to allow in teachers and students with high temperature. In its latest COVID-19 situation report, the agency said the detection of the Omicron variant has intensified the need to ensure the implementation and adherence to public health measures against the virus. NCDC urged all school administrations to comply and take adequate measures to avoid spread of the virus. “School administrators should ensure the following to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission within schools: Daily temperature checks at points of entry. Those with a temperature above 38oC should not be
