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The Honourable  member representing Ekiti Central Federal Constituency 1,  Hon. Olusola Steve Fatoba has mourned the demise of Ado-Ekiti prominent Chief and  foremost  accountant Chief(Mrs) Abike Sonoiki, the Eiyegba of Ado-Ekiti who gave up the ghost on Thursday, 15th July, 2021. In a statement in Abuja, he described Eiyegba as a character personified, an  intellectual, a caring mother or Aunt who had meritoriously and selflessly served Ekiti State in various capacities as former SSG and Commissioner. According to the lawmaker, Eiyegba would be sorely missed for her wise counsel and motherly role.  Hon. Fatoba prayed that God would grant her eternal rest.

 ..........David Bitrus Kasuwa supports community with classrooms, school office building & rehabilitated library. The official commissioning by President of Ngas Development Association. Nde Gonen Gofwen NDA President ably supported by Dr Regina Soemlat (Honourable commissioner for Education, Plateau state) of two classroom blocks, a rehabilitated library and an office block at Lungwa Dawaki Primary School will hold Saturday 19th June at the school premises. The rehabilitation process started on an unlikely note according to the project sponsor.  An unpleasant picture in circulation on social media of pupils without chairs and tables was what led David to offer intervention, but unknowingly met a deplorable learning environment beyond issues of chairs and tables which he prayed God to assist him change to a modern learning facility. Such spirit of community development through individual effort is commendable and a definite sign of righ...

When we launched Livestock247.com (Nigeria’s 1st Online Livestock Platform) in 2018, we knew that technology had a role to play in solving the many challenges in the ecosystem. We experienced and witnessed so many pain points shared by all stakeholders in the value chain.  One that stood out was the issue of cash transactions at rural livestock markets.  In case you don't know, livestock trading is a multi-billion Naira business taking place on weekly basis in various locations in Nigeria. (Mostly in the northern part). Rural livestock farmers and traders normally take their livestock to local markets to sell, and they always prefer cash for many reasons. With the upsurge in criminal activities in northern Nigeria, these livestock markets became soft spots for insurgents, rural bandits, and kidnappers. We saw a problem that needed an innovative technological solution.  We pitched our vision of a cashless rural livestock market to many banks, but only one saw t...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has called for international support to ramp up development efforts in the Niger Basin area which is currently home to more than 160 million people who depend on the River for their livelihoods.   Buhari said this in Abuja on Thursday while declaring open the virtual 12th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Niger Basin Authority. This was contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled ‘President Buhari calls for global support to develop Niger Basin.’ According to the statement, the President said the Niger River offers enormous development opportunities in fish farming, animal husbandry, agriculture, fishing, hydropower, hydraulics and navigation. ‘‘It is, therefore, necessary to continue to promote its enormous potential for the benefit of our people, and to improve the socio-economic development of the region.’’ He thanked the Technical and...

....Vows to take action on criminals  I receive daily security reports on the attacks on critical national infrastructure, and it is very clear that those behind them want this administration to fail. Whoever wants the destruction of the system will soon have the shock of their lives. We’ve given them enough time. I received a briefing today from the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), on the series of attacks on their facilities nationwide. These attacks are totally unacceptable, and we will not allow those behind them to achieve their evil objectives. I have assured INEC that we will make available to them everything they need to operate efficiently, so that no one will say we don’t want to go, or that we want a third term. There will be no excuse for failure. We will meet all of INEC’s demands. In the area of security, we have changed the Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General, and we are demanding that they rise fully to the challenge...

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Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has expressed outrage and disgust over what he called “the heinous murder of Adamawa politician Ahmed Gulak in Owerri, Imo State by yet to be identified gunmen.” Reacting to the development on Sunday, the President said: “I’m repulsed by such premeditated and gruesome murder of Gulak by evil people who are determined to undermine the peace, unity and territorial integrity of our country.” “Let me warn however that nobody or group of people who engages in such despicable acts should expect to go free. We will deploy all resources at our disposal to ensure that such callous and criminal elements are brought to justice.” Finally, President Buhari expressed his “deep condolences to the family of the deceased, the people and government of Adamawa State as well as his friends and associates all over the country. Gulak was gruesomely murdered in Ngor-Okpala on Saturday evening by 6 bandits conveyed in a Toyota Sienna. The imo state police comm...

Some Yoruba nation agitators have stormed Idiroko in Ogun State and forcefully opened its land border. The land border has remained closed since 2019 when the Federal Government directed that all importations be done through the seaports. But, the Yoruba nation supporters invaded the border community on Saturday and forced open all the gates at the international frontier. A video on social media showed a gun being snatched from an Immigration officer. A man in a yellow T-shirt was also seen shooting the gun into the air to the admiration of others at the scene. Different voices were heard in the video calling on the soldiers and other security agents to come out and shoot. A young man, who was accused of trying to record the incident with his mobile phone was attacked and beaten to stupor. When contacted, the spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service Ogun 1 Area Command, Hammed Oloyede, said the situation was under control. ”There was no attack on our patrol bases or checkpo...

The Federal Government recently announced the recruitment process for 500,000 N-power Beneficiaries. This was disclosed yesterday in Abuja by the  Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq. During the inauguration of the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS). a portal developed for ease of coordination, deployment and management of the selection process, the minister further revealed that one million persons would benefit from the current batch of social investment programme.   According to Sadiya Farouq, she said that all previous applicats have been moved to NASIMS. she further emphasis that all applicants must undergo a mandatory online test as part of the selection process. She pointed out that the Batch C programme would be for one year, while participants would get a monthly pay of N30,000 each. “We have reached another milestone in the process of recruiting and onboarding of the Batch C N-Powe...

The Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,  President  Mohammadu Buhari has appointed Major General  Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff.  Prior to his appointment Major General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North East code named  Operation HADIN KAI. Please disseminate this information to the general public through your news medium.  Thank you for your cooperation.  ONYEMA NWACHUKWU  Brigadier General  Acting Director Defence Information  27 May 2021

According to a news that is presently going viral, it was made known that the widow of Flight Lieutenant Olufade has narrated what happened the day her husband crashed, along with other people in NAF aircraft in Kaduna State. In the tribute she paid her late husband, she made it known that on the 20th of May, 2021, he woke her up from sleep around 4am in the morning and told her that, he had a dream that he crashed while he was going to Kaduna State. She said immediately he told her this, she prayed for him and also assured him that nothing will happen to him. "On that same day, my husband went to Enugu, Owerri and came back to Abuja, as we were doing video call throughout his journey" says Mrs Olufade. "Later, he texted me and told me that he would be flying to Kaduna State again, and immediately i saw this, i was shocked and texted him back immediately not to go there but, he didn't reply my message, i also called him over the phone, but he didn't p...

.....Gives BEDC Five days ultimatum  By Wasiu Owolewa, Ado-Ekiti The Nigerian Youths Congress, Ado-Ekiti LG chapter has spoken against the total black out in Ado-Ekiti. In a communique issued after its weekly meeting in Ado-Ekiti which was co-signed by the Coordinator, Comrade Kola Babs and the P.R.O, Comrade Wasiu Owolewa,  the youth body described the move by the Benin Electricity Distribution Commission (BEDC) to throw Ado-Ekiti into total darkness for days as unjustifiable and uncalled for. Part of the communique reads, "Assessing the situation in Ado-Ekiti for the past five days whereby the state capital was thrown into total black out for no cogent reason by BEDC, we Nigerian Youth Congress, Ado-Ekiti LG chapter  condemn in strong term this unjustifiable act of inconsideration" "Smooth running of businesses and daily activities in Ado-Ekiti have been greatly  hampered by lack of power supply which has now become unbearable for residents" The youth ...

By Wasiu Owolewa, Ado-Ekiti Popular Yoruba activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo fondly called Sunday Ighoho has  threatened to make sure that 2023 general elections  do not hold in Southwest in actualisation for Yoruba Nation. Sunday Igboho made this known while addressing a large crowd of people at a rally that was held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday. The Yoruba activists called on all sons and daughters of Yorubaland to support the move for the independence of  the region. Sunday Igboho said that the Yoruba have suffered in the last six years of the present administration. He added  that the only way for the Yoruba people to be safe is to secede and have an independent country. The activist lamented the level of kidnapping, killing and maiming that had taken place in the Southwest region in the last six years and called on all Yoruba people to join in the agitation for a Yoruba nation. Igboho who had earlier visited the Deji of Akure, Oba Ogunlad...

President Muhammadu Buhari is deeply saddened over the air crash that claimed the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and other military officers. The President condoles with families of the deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.” While praying that God receives the souls of the patriots, the President says the crash “is one mortal blow to our underbelly, at a time our armed forces are poised to end the security challenges facing the country.” The President pledged that the departed would not die in vain. Femi Adesina Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity) May 21, 2021

It is with a heavy heart that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) regrets to announce that this evening at about 1800 Hours, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru in company of his entourage, who were on official trip from Abuja to Kaduna, were involved in an air mishap. The unfortunate incident occurred after landing at the Kaduna International Airport due to inclement weather. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Lucky Irabor has therefore directed that an Accident Investigation Board be constituted to unravel the immediate and remote cause(s) of the unfortunate accident. As we pray for the repose of the souls of our gallant and committed Chief of Army Staff and other personnel on board with him, the AFN solicits the support and understanding of all Nigerians in the face of this tragic incident. We wish to state that the Armed Forces of Nigeria remains resolute in combatting the security challenges bedeviling our nation. The sacrifices of our dearly departed ...

Cross River State governor, Prof. Ben Ayade, on Thursday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and joined the All Progressives Congress (APC), saying there was the need for the state to belong to the centre. The governor, formally declared for the ruling party at the Cross River State Executive Council Chamber, Governor’s Office in Calabar after a two-hour meeting with seven APC governors led by the party’s interim chairman and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni. While giving reason on his decision to move to the  ruling  APC, the Cross River state governor said realisation that Cross River, which has been emasculated economically following the ceding of its oil wells, needed to be in sync with the party at the center. He also attributed his move to the sterling attributes of President Muhammadu Buhari. “Having seen and known the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and his commitment to this country, his nationalistic disposition and all the efforts...

  Two persons were reportedly burnt to death, while two others sustained injury on Wednesday in a ghastly motor accident that occurred along the old Ado-Iyin road, in Ekiti State. The accident which happened in Iyin-Ekiti, about few kilometers to Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state capital, involved two vehicles. The Nation gathered that the crash was caused when a Toyota Previa vehicle had a head on collision with a white Toyota bus before it caught fire. It was also learnt that the Toyota Previa was heading towards Ado-Ekiti, while the bus was said to be moving towards Iyin-Ekiti. An eye-witness who craved anonymity told our reporter that the fatal accident occurred when the Toyota Previa vehicle enroute to Ado-Ekiti was negotiating at a turning and the Toyota bus outbound the state capital was speeding. He said two occupants of the bus were burnt to death while two occupants of the Toyota Previa survived the accident with varying degrees of injury, adding that they were receiving...

Ekiti State governor, His Excellency, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi  has set up a nine-member committee to harmonise the views of the government and people of the state on the review of Nigeria’s 1999 constitution. According to report,  was disclosed in a statement by Yinka Oyebode, the governor’s spokesman, on Tuesday. He said the setting up of the committee is in furtherance to the May 7 announcement by Ovie Omo-Agege, deputy senate president, on the plan to begin the review of some of the provisions of the 1999 constitution as part of efforts to ensure the participation of Nigerians in the proposed alteration. In February 2020, Ahmad Lawan, president of the senate, inaugurated a 56-member committee to embark on another round of amendment of the 1999 constitution in 2018. Omo-Agege had invited all Nigerians to a zonal public hearing on the review of the 1999 constitution held in May. The governor asked members of the committee to ensure that they deliver practicable pro...

Prof Francisca Aladejana , the Immediate past Ekiti SUBEB Chairman and SSA to Governor Kayode fayemi on Basic and Secondary Education is dead. It was reported that she slumped and died this morning while receiving call in her office.

Continued importation of rice by Nigeria has been identified as capable of getting farmers and others out of job and creating jobs for exporting countries  such as the USA, Thailand and India at the expense of Nigerians.   This was highlighted at a press briefing  by the Ekiti state Commissioner For Agriculture and Food Security, Prince Olabode Adetoyi  to commemorate the inauguration of the state’s Pyramid Project and commencement of the 2021 Wet Season Rice Cultivation.    Prince Adetoyi stressed the readiness of the state government to ensure that agriculture is a sustainable alternative to wealth creation and food security. To this end, he explained that measures such as opening up  and  allocation of lands to investors, farmer groups,  facilitating financial support to farmers to boost production among others have been put in place to engender food sufficiency.   The agriculture commissioner remarked that such measures h...