Nigerian Gazette

NMT Reporter 28/02/2018 Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola Eleka has charged Ekiti people to bring out their children for vaccination in order to prevent them against one of the major killer diseases, measles. Eleka gave this advise today during the flag-off ceremony of measles vaccine campaign (MVC) held in Ado Ekiti. Eleka, who was rousingly cheered by the crowd during his remarks said Ekiti mothers should endeavor to take their children between Nine (9) months and Five (5) years old for measles vaccination. "We must make sure that our children are properly vaccinated. Had it been I was not vaccinated when I was a baby, I may not have had the opportunity of becoming deputy Governor. " I want to appeal to our nursing mothers, like it's being said, 'delay is dangerous'. We do pray, prayer is good, but the needful also must be done, and part of the needful is to vaccinate our children. We must also inform other women to bring their war...

Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has written a scathing letter to the national chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun, accusing him of sabotage. TheCable reports that Tinubu, who copied the president, vice-president, senate president and speaker of the house of representatives, pointedly accused Odigie-Oyegun of contravening the spirit of the discussions both of them had at the party secretariat when President Muhammadu Buhari gave him the assignment of reconciling aggrieved members. In the letter, dated February 21, 2018, the former governor of Lagos state said “disappointment greeted me when I discovered that you had swiftly acted in contravention of the spirit of our discussions. Instead of being a bulwark of support as promised, you positioned yourself in active opposition to the goal of resuscitating the progressive and democratic nature of APC”. Tinubu said while Odigie-Oyegun mentioned Kogi, Kaduna, Kano and Adamawa as places affe...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has told the federal government to publish all the properties it claimed to have recovered and their owners as well as buyers of the properties when they are eventually sold. The governor, who said Nigerians were no longer interested in being governed with propaganda, said “Nigerians want to know how many properties were recovered and who bought the properties. Who authorized the sale? Nigerians want details, not propaganda because most of these properties have been sold and resold.” According to a statement on Wednesday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said “the federal government should create a website where all the properties recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and to whom they were sold will be listed so that by one click, Nigerians will have information.” The governor said it will difficult to trust the EFCC reports on recovered looted funds a...

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi has boasted that he can provide enough fund to buy at least 400,000 votes at N20, 000 per vote, disclosing that he had N8 billion his personal fund to spend on the July 14, 2018 governorship election in Ekiti State while a governor has promised him that not less than N20 billion will be provided by the Presidency. Fayemi, who is the immediate past governor of Ekiti State is being rumoured to be interested in the contesting the governorship election as candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC). He allegedly met with some leaders of APC in Abuja a few days ago where he assured them of his preparedness to wrestle power from the incumbent governor, Ayodele Fayose at all cost. One of those who attended the meeting disclosed to our reporter that Fayemi’s was already seeing himself as the candidate of APC and was talking about the election proper, not party primary. The APC leader, who is from the Southern Senatorial D...

Redistributive policy has been referred to as a boon for rapid development and sustainability of small scale medium entrepreneur in Nigeria. This was made known by the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, First Planet Resources International, Mr. Akeem Olaniyi Adebomojo during a summit which was organized recently in Abuja by upcoming entrepreneurs and was attended by dignitaries from all walks of life, to sensitize younger Nigerians at looking in the area of SMEs rather than waiting for white collar jobs. From left: Deputy Senate President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ekeremadu, Senator Adeniyi and MD /CEO First Planet Resources International, Mr Adebomojo Mr. Akeem, who is one of the House of Assembly aspirants in Irepodun/ Ifelodun LGA of Ekiti State, also described redistributive policy as a way of sharing public policies such as Social Security that provide benefits to citizens, groups or cooperatives. He said the major aim of redistributive w...

A governorship aspirant in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State, Mr Segun Adewale, has insinuated that Ekiti was a failed state that can only be fixed by him. Adewale, otherwise known as Aeroland further insinuated through one of his campaign managers, Mr Tosin Jegede that all those who governed Ekiti State since it was created failed. Tosin Jegede’s statement, which he widely circulated on social media on Sunday evening read; “Successful indigene of a failed State are never respected, let #RethinkEkiti and fix our tomorrow, today." Otunba Segun Adewale was not known in Ekiti State until few months ago that he came from Alimosho area of Lagos where he had contested elections unsuccessfully into House of Representatives and Senate. Even when he was corrected by participants on a Whatsapp platform, he went further to justify his derogatory comment on behalf of Adewale that Ekiti was indeed in a state of failure. However, irked by the blanket descriptio...

The Coalition for Nigeria Movement will open offices across the six geo-political zones of the country this week, SUNDAY PUNCH has learnt. The Director-General of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation in 2015, Senator Ahmadu Ali, has also been named as the protem chairman of the coalition. The Director, Media and Public Communications, Mr. Akin Osuntokun, confirmed these during an interview with our correspondent on Saturday. Osuntokun said, “We are going to inaugurate zonal offices in the six geo-political zones this week. We have done the one for Abuja already. We will subsequently launch campaigns in the 36 states of the federation.” On why most of the personalities in the organisation are from southern Nigeria, Osuntokun said, “That is not correct. Ahmadu Ali is the protem chairman to begin with. Don’t forget that the coalition has just been launched and there will be more developments as time goes on.” When asked why the coalition was accepting old politicians d...

Following recommendations from the National Judicial Council (NJC), President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the compulsory retirement of Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court and the dismissal from office of Justice O.O Tokode of the Benin Division of the Federal High Court. According to a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the disciplinary actions on the two Justices are in pursuance of section 292 (1) (b) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). Justice O.O. Tokode is also to refund all salaries and allowances earned illegally from December 2, 2015 when he was sworn-in as a Judge of the Federal High Court to date. “The President urges judicial officers to be alive to their responsibilities and eschew corruption in the discharge of their duties,” Mr. Shehu said. In a separate statement, also signed by Mr. Shehu, President Buhari said he has commenced “the process of ensuring that person...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has said that God will visit the blood of the innocent people of Benue State and other States killed by suspected herdsmen on the killers and their sponsors, even as he reiterated his call for the restructuring of the country. The governor, who was speaking in Makurdi, the Benue State capital during his visit today, to commiserate with the State Governor, Samuel Ortom and the people of the State over killings by suspected herdsmen, declared support for the Benue State Anti-Grazing Law and urged the people of the State to stand by the law, adding that; “since the law is for the Benue people by the Benue government and not for residents of other States, there should not be any problem about its enforcement.” His Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka said in a statement that Governor Fayose, who was accompanied by the Deputy Governor, Prof Kolapo Olusola, Chief of Staff; Chief Dipo Anisulowo, Chairman of th...

8th February, 2018   Alonge Olufemi Alonso  As the (presumed elitist) Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, Prof. Kolapo Olusola Eleka alighted from his vehicle in Ilogbo-Ekiti on Friday, 2nd February, 2018 for empowerment cum commissioning of the skill acquisition centre built in the town by a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Thaddeus Akinola Aina, one of the kids whom the professor had given gifts during his Christmas visit in December 2017 still recognised him as she shouted Eleka, Eleka and ran to her mother's shop. Like his boss (Chief Ayodele Fayose), the deputy governor heard the girl, moved straight to the shop, met four children, carried a girl who was the youngest among them and presented her cash gift while the mother, one other woman and the three other children in the shop were also blessed with cash. The mother of the girl and the other woman were shocked to receive their unexpected visitor. Immediately they heard the name "Eleka"...

Ekiti State has won the 2017 Science Teachers Association of Nigeria’s annual national science quiz and project competition held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital. The state was represented by the College of Education Demonstration Secondary School at Ikere-Ekiti. Last year’s edition was the 60th anniversary of the association. After a keenly contested competition, which attracted participants from all the stated of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Samuel Oloko and Akala Olatoye did a project on the production of an environmental-friendly bio-bricks from sewage waste to win the secondary school category. Presenting the victorious pupils to the management of the college, the school’s head teacher Dr ibitola Makinde said the school’s representatives won the preliminary stages involving public and private secondary schools in Ekiti State and represented the state at the finals in Port Harcourt and through a dint of hard work came first. She expla...

As moves to consolidate the former President Olusegun Obasanjo's newly formed Coalition for Nigerian Movement (CNM) formed to oust President Muhammadu Buhari, continue, Deputy National Chairman (South) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Segun Oni held a closed-door meeting with some top leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and APC from Ekiti State last two days ago. Those who attended the meeting, which was held in the Abuja private residence of a top ally of Obasanjo included the immediate past National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, Senator Biodun Olujimi and Mr Cyril Fasuyi. Attendees from the APC camp were the State Publicity Secretary; Taiwo Olatunbosun, Pastor Yemi Olayinka, Hon Dele Ajibola, a commissioner in the Federal Character Commission, Bunmi Ojo and Hon Kayode Babade. Source disclosed that the meeting, which lasted for about three hours, was centered on how to form what was termed as “Third Force” to wrestle pow...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the controversial Federal High Court Judge, Okon Abang, as a disgrace to the judiciary in Nigeria, saying that the judge was acting more like a persecutor in the case of former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, such that he ridiculed Nigeria by causing an accused to be brought to court on a stretcher. The governor, who said it was clear that Justice Abang was out to satisfy the sinister aim of Metuh’s persecutors, said; “In saner climes, all that is needed as proof of inability to stand trial due to ill health is a doctor report from duly recognized health institution and one wonders whether medical report from federal government owned Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State should not have been enough to convince Justice Abang that Metuh was indeed sick. According to a statement issued on Tuesday, by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and ...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the comment made on Channels Television Sunrise Daily today, by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO); Mr. Jimoh Moshood, describing the Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State as a “drowning man” as an insult on all the governors in Nigeria, saying the police authority must retract the comment and tender an unreserved apology to Governor Ortom, the people of Benue State and the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF). The governor said it was unfortunate, regrettable and a height of irresponsibility for the PPRO to have insulted a whole governor who represents one of the federating units in Nigeria, noting that “It is now clear that the police has turned itself to an organ of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government, acting as if its only duty is to protect the interests of President Muhammadu Buhari and his allies.” Governor Fayose, who also condemned the police for declaring Mr. Kassim Afegbua, the spokesman for ex-military H...