Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state has ordered the indefinite closure of Shasha market, near Moniya -Ibadan in Akinyele local government area, following traders’ clash. Mr Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, announced this in a statement on Saturday. The governor equally imposed a good 6p.m. to 7a.m. curfew on the community, to forestall further breakdown of law and order. Makinde urged residents of the affected area to go about their legitimate businesses peacefully and warned that anyone caught perpetrating violence would face the wrath of the law. The clash, which started on Thursday claimed one life,…
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The Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, says it has boycotted coverage of government activities following intimidation and harrasment of its members by security agents. This is contained in a statement issued at the end of its congress meeting held on Saturday and signed by the chairman and secretary of the chapel, Habibu Harisu and Mr Ankeli Emmanuel. According to the chapel, members would no longer use press statements issued by government, groups and individuals who failed to invite them to cover the events. While condemning some security agents for threatening lives of harmless journalists while undertaking…
A Former President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has faulted the Petroleum Retail Outlets Owners Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) for announcing an increase in the pump price of gasoline. Mr Peter Esele in Benin on Saturday that PETROAN had no right to increase petrol pump price unilaterally. On Feb. 8, the President of PETROAN, Dr Billy Gillis-Harry announced an increase in the retail price of fuel from N160 to N178 per litre. Findings shows that although filling stations in Benin had adjusted their prices upwards, none is selling for as high as N178…
The White House on Friday suspended a press aide who reportedly threatened to “destroy” a reporter working on a story about his relationship with another journalist, ABC News has reported. Deputy press secretary TJ Ducklo was suspended for one week, without pay, after Vanity Fair reported he told Politico’s Tara Palmeri that he would “destroy” her for writing about his relationship with Axios reporter Alexi McCammond. According to Vanity Fair, Ducklo had “made derogatory and misogynistic comments” — including accusing her of being “jealous” of his relationship. “I will destroy you,” he told Palmeri, according to the magazine, which cited…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has yet to resume job recruitment it suspended to comply with the requirements of Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic. The agency, therefore, warns the public against activities of scammers. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Deputy Commander of Narcotics, Mr Jonah Achema announced this in a statement issued in Abuja. Achema said that the recruitment portal circulating all over the internet was fake and that the public needed to take caution. The agency noted that job scammers, who had created fake NDLEA recruitment portal, had been extorting money from unsuspecting public.…
Nigerian filmmaker/actress, Toyin Abraham comedy sequel movie ‘Fate of Alakada’ would soon be acquired by Netflix on a yet to be announced date. Netflix, Inc. is an American over-the-top content platform and production company headquartered in Los Gatos, California and was founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California. The company’s primary business is a subscription-based streaming service offering online streaming from a library of films and television series, including those produced in-house. The renowned actress, who said she was so excited for the new development,took to her Instagram page @toyin_abraham to announce to her…
The ongoing strike by members of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Bayelsa chapter, has effectively shut primary healthcare centres across the state. The strike has hampered access to basic healthcare services like ante-natal for pregnant women and child immunisation at health centres across the eight local government areas of Bayelsa. The union, which drew its membership mostly from primary health centres, ordered members to an indefinite industrial action on Friday over the non-payment of their 15 months’ salary arrears. The MHWUN chairman, Mr Barnabas Simon, who gave an update on the strike on Saturday, said the…
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu on Friday, inaugurated the 272 special constables recruited for community policing programme in the state. Ugwuanyi said that the officers were recruited from the Neighborhood Watch Association and Forest Guards in the 17 local government areas of the state. He said that 16 of the Community Policing Officers (CPOs) were recruited each from the local councils in the state. He said that the officers would be deployed to their wards and local government areas to assist in gathering and sharing of intelligence with the security agencies in the state. The governor solicited the support of…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reported 24 deaths in 24 hours and 1,005 new cases of the coronavirus. The total number of COVID-19 infections in Africa’s most populous nation has subsequently, risen to 144,521, according to the official website of the NCDC on Friday. The agency also reported that the total number of deaths from the disease has risen to 1,710. It said that 1,005 new infections were registered from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The latest recorded infections include 204 cases from Lagos, Kwara 155, Oyo State 124 and Plateau 80. The FCT recorded 75…
One person was confirmed dead on Friday as a result of a misunderstanding between a cobbler and an cart pusher in Shasa market area in Ibadan, Oyo state. The clash erupted on Thursday but reached its peak on Friday when the cobbler was confirmed dead as a result of injury sustained during the clash. An eyewitness said that the cart pusher, from the northern part of the country, stabbed the cobbler, a Yoruba, with a knife as a result of a misunderstanding between the two. The witness said that the cobbler was rushed to the hospital for treatment and later…