archiveJune 10, 2020

1.0 Introduction The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the 6th of February 2020 announced the dates for Edo and Ondo States governorship elections. While the Edo state governorship election is scheduled to hold on the 19th of September 2020, Ondo state governorship election is slated for 10th of October...

...as Gov commissions Aafin Oyo PHC …says govt committed to revitalizing PHCs across state The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, said on Wednesday that he bears no grudge against the governor of Oyo State, Engineer Seyi Makinde over the location of the Police Mobile Force, Ago-Are in...

The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction of 17 internet fraudsters in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital and three in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The 17 convicts, sentenced on Wednesday, June 10,  2020, to varying degrees of jail terms for...

  says ‘we are meeting expectations of Oyo residents’ Oyo State governor, on Wednesday, addressed members of the State House of Assembly, declaring that his administration has been meeting the expectations of the people of the state. The governor, who was speaking at the Assembly chambers on the occasion of...

    The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill seeking to give legislative backing for the establishment of the Federal College of Traditional, Complimentary and Alternate Medicine as an agency under the Federal Ministry of Health. The bill which was sponsored by Senator Yahaya Oloriegbe (APC – Kwara Central) scaled...

Justice Jude Okeke of Federal Capital Territory High Court, on Wednesday, June 10, 2020, slated July 6, 2020, for ruling on the eligibility of a prosecution witness to testify in the on-going trial of former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal for alleged N500 million (Five Hundred Million...

Concerned by the frequency of rapes in the country of late with some orchestrated through social media platforms, ITREALMS Online would this weekend stage its second edition of the Digital Rights Series Web Seminar (Webinar) on Saturday, June 13, 2020. The second edition of the Digital Rights Series is hosted...

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has called on leaders in the country to take advantage of the country’s diversity to wield the required strength to foster unity, peace and development. Lawan gave the charge while reacting to a point of order brought to the floor on by Senator Emmanuel...

  …As Senate confirms appointments of SEC, RMAFC nominees  President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has tasked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to ensure efficiency in the discharge of its duties so as to attract local and foreign investments to the country. The Senate President gave the charge on...

Former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has expressed shock and despair over the death of Hon. Joyce Overah, a Commissioner on the board of the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). Overah, a key stakeholder of the Peoples Democratic Party in Delta State, was reported...