‘What Sins Have Places of Worship Committed?’ – CAN Demands Churches Re-opening

CoronavirusNewsReligion‘What Sins Have Places of Worship Committed?’ – CAN Demands Churches Re-opening

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 8, 2020

The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Samson Ayokunle has demanded that States that have not re-opened worship centres despite the approval to open given by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 should comply. Rev. Ayokunle said in a statement through his Special Assistant on Media and Communications, Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, that it was no longer acceptable and reasonable to continue to lockdown worship places. “Despite the directive given by the Presidential...

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Third Mainland Bridge Closure: Govt Releases Traffic Management Plan

InfrastructureNewsThird Mainland Bridge Closure: Govt Releases Traffic Management Plan

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 8, 2020

Following the announcement that the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be partially closed for six months in order for maintenance activities to be carried out, the Federal and the Lagos state governments have released traffic management plan aimed at reducing gridlock. In a joint press briefing held in Lagos by the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Engineer Olukayode Popoola; Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Olaseinde and the Special Adviser to Governor...

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‘Buhari is An Accidental President’ – Fayose Fires Back at Adeshina

NewsPolitics‘Buhari is An Accidental President’ – Fayose Fires Back at Adeshina

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 7, 2020

Reactions have continued to trail the public praise of President Buhari by Governor Nyesom Wike, for the N78.9 billion the Federal Government approved to be returned to River State. Surprised by the actions of Governor Wike, who hitherto, was a staunch critic of President Buhari, Femi Adeshina, Special Adviser on Media to the President, wrote an article with the title ‘Wike vindicates Buharists’. Mr Adesina said: “There was also the then Ekiti State Governor, Ayo...

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Police Unravel Anniversary Plans by Cultists in Oyo, Ogun, Others

Crime & SecurityLifestyleNewsPolice Unravel Anniversary Plans by Cultists in Oyo, Ogun, Others

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 7, 2020

The police commands in Oyo and Ogun States have uncovered plans by some cult groups to celebrate their annual anniversaries. In a statement, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, said the celebration of cult groups including ‘Aiye Confraternity’ on 7th July and Buccaneer on 8th of August every year across Southwest states had come to the notice of the command, according to the Punch. “Adequate security measures have been emplaced to forestall...

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Gang-raped, Infected with COVID-19, Teenage Mother Gets Support From the Lagos Govt

Law & JusticeNewsGang-raped, Infected with COVID-19, Teenage Mother Gets Support From the Lagos Govt

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 7, 2020

Sixteen-year-old Aishat who got pregnant and gave birth to a child after she was gang-raped by four men at a bus park in Surulere, Lagos and later tested positive to COVID-19, will receive support from the Lagos State Ministry of Youth and Social Development and the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA). Aishat was abandoned in Lagos by a woman who brought her from Saki in Oyo State, The West African Pilot reported. The Commissioner...

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Ajimobi’s Family and the Oyo Govt Scuffle: ‘My ADC was Manhandled’ – Oyo Deputy Gov

NewsPoliticsAjimobi’s Family and the Oyo Govt Scuffle: ‘My ADC was Manhandled’ – Oyo Deputy Gov

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 6, 2020

The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Raufu Olaniyan, has described as untrue, explanations given by Mr. Bolaji Tunji, the spokesperson of the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi that the Ajimobi’s family was not aware that the Deputy Governor was attending the 8th-day prayer of the late Senator. In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant on Media to the Deputy Governor, Omolere Omoetan, said the ill-treatment meted out on Mr Olaniyan was premeditated. Recall that the West...

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2,430 COVID-19 Patients Shun Treatment Centres

CoronavirusNewsNigeria2,430 COVID-19 Patients Shun Treatment Centres

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 5, 2020

The Commissioner for Health in Lagos, Professor Akin Abayomi, said that 2,430 persons who tested positive for COVID-19 have not shown up at treatment centres in the State. Professor Abayomi stated this while giving updates on the COVID-19 situation in Lagos on Saturday, and confirmed that 87 of the 748 COVID-19 test carried out on 3rd July returned positive. He said that some persons who had tested positive to the virus, did not report for...

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Drama as Oyo Dep Governor is Denied Access to Ajimobi’s 8th Day Prayer

NewsNigeriaPoliticsDrama as Oyo Dep Governor is Denied Access to Ajimobi’s 8th Day Prayer

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 5, 2020

…The event was strictly a family affair – Spokesperson There seems to be no end to the affray between the family of the late Senator Abiola Ajimobi and the government of Oyo State as the Deputy Governor of the State, Rauf Olaniyan was denied entry to the Ajimobi’s residence for the late Senator’s eight-day Fidau. The Nation reports that policemen and other security officials prevented Mr Olaniyan’s convoy from accessing the street leading to the...

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‘Pay Lower Taxes And Expect Lower Quality of Life’ – Lagos Commissioner

EconomyNewsNigeria‘Pay Lower Taxes And Expect Lower Quality of Life’ – Lagos Commissioner

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 5, 2020

The Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Dr Rabiu Olowo, has advocated for the payment of higher taxes in Nigeria as oil has proven unreliable. Mr Olowo stated this at an online symposium organised by the Centre for Business Taxation, Oxford University, adding that economic crisis in the wake of the pandemic has made optimising taxation imperative. “Nigeria’s current tax to GDP ratio of between four to seven per cent is very far from satisfactory. This...

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‘My Deputy is the Greatest Threat to This Government’ – Gov Akeredolu

NewsNigeriaPolitics‘My Deputy is the Greatest Threat to This Government’ – Gov Akeredolu

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)July 5, 2020

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has said that the Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, was the greatest threat to the government and would not hand over to him. The Governor, who is on isolation after testing positive to COVID-19, said through the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Donald Ojogo, that the Deputy Governor had left the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Nation reported. “Those of us in government and believe strongly in this government see the Deputy Governor...

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