Protesters Accuse Ondo Govt Of Carrying Out Fake Recruitment Of Teachers

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September 12, 2025

By Ayodele Oni

No fewer than 2000 newly recruited teachers in Ondo State stormed the Governor’s office at Alagbaka ,in Akure, the State capital on Friday to protest alleged recruitment exercise carried out by the Ondo State Government.

The exercise, which was carried out in 2024 gave them jobs as primary school teachers in the state but till date, none of them has received letters of appointment.

Carrying placards, the protesters claimed that, despite their efforts making sure they satisfied the required prerequisites , the government of the state refused them appointment letters.

”We have not seen this kind of situation where we were called, interviewed and posted to schools, yet no appointment letter.”

A woman, Mrs Veronica Ojo said that ondo state government scammed them after teaching for a whole term, no payment, no letter.

According to her, Ekiti has successfully employed six thousand teachers done in three batches, but here in ondo, it is nothing but a scam.

The said teachers stormed the governor’s office not minding the heavy downpour, showed their displeasure over what they all termed as Scam.

Placards with different inscriptions like: “Give us our employment letters, pay us our salary” and many others, were displayed by the protesters.

Reacting, however, the Chief Press Secretary to Ondo State Governor, Ebenezer Adeniyan, stated that the protesters were those that got recruited through the backdoor.

According to him, they allegedly paid money to scammers that deceived them with fake appointment letters, purportedly issued by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM).

Yoruba Self Determination Group, AOKOYA, Fingers Defunct CPC Cabal As Orchestrator Of Renewed Terror Attack

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Akinwale Kasali

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September 12, 2025

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By Akinwale Kasali

A Yoruba self determination Group, Apapo O’odua Koya, AOKOYA, has alleged that the renewed terror attack across the country is masterminded by a group of politicians under the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC.

The group said the spate of renewed terrorist activities across the country is worrisome.

AOKOYA stated that a few days ago, 84 people, including women and Children, were killed in Yobe State, also in Egbe, Kogi State, Three Policemen were killed on Wednesday.

On the same day, three members of the local vigilante were mauled down by terrorists.

The group said the new upsurge in terrorism in some parts of the North, the Middle Belt and Yoruba territories are motivated by the desire of certain Fulani politicians and Fulani Emirs aimed at destabilising the country to pave the way either for a forceful victory of its allies in 2027.

AOKOYA said the renewed terrorist incursion into the South West is part of the game plot to set Nigeria on a path of perfidy.

The group also said that ahead of the 2027 Presidential election, Nigeria will witness unprecedented rise in terrorism and banditry as the cabal in the defunct CPC and and a Fulani section in the African Democratic Congress, ADC, unleashes armed groups hitherto distributed across the country to drive Nigeria to the edge of violence and ensure the Fulani stage a violent come-back to power.

In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Col Abimbola Sowunmi (rtd), it urged the Federal Government to investigate the Sultan of Sokoto, former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam El Rufai, the former Minister for Justice, Abubakar Malami and the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar.

The group said Fulani politicians are responsible for providing huge funds for terrorist groups across the country with the main aim of causing chaos and mayhem for political reasons.

‘‘AOKOYA has conducted its own intelligence investigation through covert interviews of arrested terrorists.

“We have access to confidential information already supplied by arrested terrorists. We have also conducted investigation on victims of kidnapping. With the available information, Fulani politicians and Emirs are behind the current terrorist activities and the driving force is ethnic”, AOKOYA said.

The group said it, also, has access to foreign intelligence reservoir that confirm the involvement of Fulani politicians in terrorism financing.

The group said extremist Fulani politicians are up in arms against the current Federal Government for three reasons: The first reason is to force a return of power to either a Fulani person or someone they can control; prevent any attempt to tinker with the unitary structure of Nigeria and thirdly, to regain control of Nigerian most strategic financial institutions like the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, which for years had become the Fulani pot of soup and source of cheap funds.

“To achieve this aim, the CPC that Nigerians believes its defunct, still exist underground, with its canals and its allies in the ADC, are ready to turn Nigeria into a cemetery. The weapon at their hands is terrorism”, the statement reads.

AOKOYA said moderate Fulani are working hard to stop the extremist bloc but their efforts are currently insignificant.

It urged the Directorate of State Security, DSS, and the Nigerian Intelligence Agency, NIA, to probe Sultan of Sokoto, Malami, El-Rufai and Abubakar Atiku.

“There is the urgent need to be ahead of political terrorism. It has the prospect of setting the country on premeditated violence”.

AOKOYA said the Fulani leadership is aware of the inevitable break up of Nigeria and are plotting to capture as many territories as possible before the inevitable war which they are working hard to promote and sponsor.

AOKOYA said non Fulani joining the ADC are ignorant and naive about the Fulani agenda which is to conquer Nigeria by force of arms, mission that is absolutely impossible.

Lagos State Bans Training, Employment Of Auxiliary Nurses

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Akinwale Kasali

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September 12, 2025

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By Akinwale Kasali

The Lagos State Government, through the Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA, has announced that it is illegal and a crime for any Health Facility in the State to train, or employ Auxiliary Nurses.

It has, therefore, stated that any Health Facility engaging in such practice will be shut down and its license revoked.

Dr. Abiola Idowu, HEFAMAA’s Permanent Secretary, made this disclosure on Thursday during a Sensitization Campaign cum Town Hall Meeting in Alimosho Local Government on the roles and responsibilities of HEFAMAA.

Idowu, who was unavoidably absent was represented by Director, Research and Statistics of HEFAMAA, Dr. Olorunfemi Olonire. He stated that the State Government banned the training and practice by Auxiliary Nurses because they do more harm than good to the State Health Sector.

She, however, implored residents to report any illegal and unapproved health facilities and quack medical practitioners to the agency for necessary action.

According to her, the State Government does not want the healthcare process of the citizens to be misdiagnosed or attended to unprofessionally, which is why the agency was set up.

Idowu revealed that 32 health facilities were shut between January and June for various infractions, stating that the agency is committed to ensuring that only approved health facilities operate in the State.

She said the agency has teams that monitor and inspect healthcare facilities spread across different local councils and local council development areas in the state.

Oba Babatunde Nasiru, the King of Shasha Kingdom implored HEFAMAA to work on the nonchalant attitude of the staff of public hospitals toward patients who visit their hospitals.

The Monarch underscored the importance of the agency stepping up its monitoring and oversight functions to ensure that quacks have no place in any facility, as the residents may not be able to easily identify a quack nurse, doctor, or medical personnel in an approved facility.

“If the government does not rein in the nonchalant attitude of staff of public hospitals, many residents will continue to attend hospitals managed by quacks.”

Indictment Of Crew For Alcohol, Drugs: Air Peace Says NSIB Has Not Formally Informed It, Dismisses Report

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September 12, 2025

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By Akinwale Kasali

Air Peace Limited, a Nigerian Carrier has dismissed reports on the indictment of its crew members for alleged alcohol and drug use.

A preliminary report by the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, indicated that both the Pilot and his Co-Pilot tested positive to the use of alcohol and another substance.

The Pilot and Co-Pilot were accused of taking the substance following preliminary report that was gathered and released by the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, on the serious incident involving an Air Peace flight from Lagos to Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The report on the incident involving a Boeing 737-524 aircraft, with nationality and registration marks 5N-BQQ, operated by Air Peace Limited, occurred on 13 July 2025 at the Port Harcourt International Airport.

It stated that the aircraft, with about 103 persons on board, landed long on runway 21 after an unstabilised final approach and then touched down 2,264 metres from the runway threshold before coming to a final stop 209 metres into the clearway.

A statement signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Bimbo Oladeji, stated that all passengers and crew disembarked safely, and no injuries were reported.

It, however, stated that the initial toxicological tests conducted on the flight crew revealed positive results for certain substances, including indicators of alcohol consumption, with a cabin crew member testing positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive component in cannabis.

The results, according to the statement, are being reviewed under the human performance and safety management components of the investigation.

The NSIB said it has issued immediate safety recommendations for Air Peace Limited to strengthen crew resource management (CRM) training, particularly in handling unstabilised approaches and go-around decisions, and to reinforce internal procedures for crew fitness-for-duty monitoring before flight dispatch.

It added that the final report will present detailed conclusions and additional recommendations to enhance aviation safety in Nigeria.

But in a statement on Friday, posted on its X handle, the Airline said that the NSIB has not officially communicated its findings to it on the incident.

It said the reports were misleading, and that over one month after the incident, neither the Airline, nor its crew has received any confirmation of the NSIB’s alleged preliminary report which indicated its crew members.

Said the Statement: “To date, we have never received any official communications from the NSIB on such findings over a month after the incident and after the testing of the crew for alcohol which took place in less than an hour of the incident.

“As a responsible airline, we place utmost priority on safety, transparency, and compliance, and it is important to set the record straight.”

According to the Airline, its immediate response to the Port Harcourt incident, was to ground the Captain and relieved him of his flying duties because he disregarded standard go-around procedures and failed to observe Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles.

But the statement, also, emphasised that its action against the Pilot was not related to alcohol or substance use since no such test results have been formally communicated to it by the NSIB.

The statement said: “Following the incident, we took immediate and decisive action: The captain of the affected flight was immediately grounded and relieved from further flight duties to date for failure to adhere to Crew Resource Management (CRM) principles and for disregarding standard go-around procedures as advised by his co-pilot but not for testing positive to breathalyser test as the result was not communicated to us by NSIB to date.

“If he was involved in drug or alcohol use, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority would not have cleared him to resume flight duties.

The Airline assured that if the NSIB report is confirmed, it would increase the frequency of its crew testing and intensify its strict Fitness-for-Duty checks.

Ondo Hands Over Teaching Hospital To FUTA

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Ayodele Oni

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September 12, 2025

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Ondo Hands Over Teaching Hospital To FUTA

By Ayodele Oni

As a preclude to the take off of a College of Medicine at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, (FUTA), Ondo State Government has approved the transfer of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital complex in the state capital to the University.

The decision was taken at the State Executive Council meeting, presided over by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

Briefing journalists after the meeting, the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka, said the approval followed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s earlier consent for FUTA to set up a College of Medicine and a Teaching Hospital.

Dr. Ajaka explained that the transfer covers the hospital infrastructure, equipment, and staff, who will all be absorbed into the FUTA Teaching Hospital system under the Federal Government.

He described the move as a win-win for the state, noting that it would not only boost FUTA’s transition into medical sciences but also strengthen healthcare delivery for residents of Ondo State.

“This handover is a strategic alignment to fast-track the takeoff of FUTA’s College of Medicine, while ensuring continuity in healthcare delivery,” Ajaka said.

Also addressing the press, the Commissioner for Agriculture and Forestry, Engr. Leye Akinola, announced that the Council approved agroforestry practices and mapping systems to help farmers comply with the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR).

He warned that by December 2025, crops not traceable to mapped farms risk rejection in the EU market.

The Council further endorsed a review of tariffs across agricultural produce and timber, harmonizing Ondo’s framework with other Southwest states.

On infrastructure, Commissioner for Information, Mr. Idowu Ajanaku, said each cabinet member would nominate a road project in their local government to ensure equitable development across the 18 LGAs.

The Council also ratified the appointment of Joseph Ilésanmí as the monarch of Sosan in Akoko South-East Local Government Area.

Detention Of Journalist: Kebbi Gov. Idris Orders Suspension Of Commissioner

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Ayodele Oni

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September 12, 2025

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By Ayodele Oni

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, has ordered the immediate suspension of the Commissioner for Health, Yanusa Isma’il.

The decision follows the Governor’s directive for the Commissioner to provide satisfactory justification against allegations of negligence of duty and disregard for his official mandate.

This directive is coming days after a journalist in Kebbi State, Hassan Mai-Waya Kangiwa, was detained for releasing a video showing the poor conditions at Kangiwa General Hospital, Kebbi.

Critics condemned the detention, accusing State Authorities of attempting to silence reporting, rather than address the systemic neglect highlighted by the video.

According to Governor Idris, the Health Commissioner stands suspended from office until further notice.

The footage, which circulated widely on social media, depicted patients lying on bare metal beds without mattresses, sparking public outrage and renewed scrutiny of the State’s healthcare system.

Dan Bello, a human rights advocate, stated on X in a video that the arrest, reportedly ordered by Governor Nasiru Idris, represent “a new wave of tyranny ” and called for Kangiwa’s immediate release.

Governor Idris, who was earlier accused of ordering the detention, was reported to have ordered the release of the Journalist on Friday and approved payment of compensation for his detention.

Gunmen Invade Burial Ceremony In Anambra, Kill Four, Injure 15

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Suleiman Anyalewechi

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September 12, 2025

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By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The Anambra State Police Command said it has began moves to track down those behind the gruesome killings of no fewer than four persons in Ezi Community Ogidi ,Idemili Local Council of the State at a funeral ceremony.

Some criminal elements had, on Thursday night, September 11, 2025, stormed a burial ceremony in Ezi Village, shot sporadically, and when they stopped, four mourners lay dead.

Over 15 others, according to reports, sustained varying degrees of injuries.

A statement on Friday, September 12, 2025, by the Spokespersons for the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that Police Operatives who were immediately mobilized to the scene, recovered over 16 expended cartridges.

According to the Police, preliminary findings linked the incident to a cult gang rivalry in the area.

“Some armed persons stormed a burial event in Ezi Village ,Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government on Thursday evening September 11th 2025, and opened fire on guests killing four persons on the spot, while 15 others sustained serious gunshot injuries.

“Police operatives from Ogidi Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, swiftly mobilised to the scene, restored normalcy, and immediately evacuated the injured victims to hospitals for medical attention”

” Further developments will be communicated in due course” Ikenga noted .

Meanwhile, the State Police Commissioner, CP Ikioye Orutugu,has directed a full scale investigation with a view to unraveling the actual circumstances surrounding the incident, as well as hunt down the perpetrators.

Obidients To Jonathan: Support Obi For President

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Tosin Olatokunbo

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September 12, 2025

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The National Coordinator of the Obidients Movement Dr Yunusa Tanko has appealed to Goodluck Jonathan, a former president to shelve his reported presidential ambition, and support Peter Obi for the 2027 presidency.

Dr Yunusa made the appeal on the heels of the closed door meeting between Jonathan and Obi in Abuja, the nation’s capital on Thursday.

According to him, Jonatha should remain as the statesman he’s and support Obi, because the two leaders have been ‘friends” for a long time.

Tanko: “They have been friends for a long time. The meeting was for them to fraternise and discuss how to rescue Nigeria. But for us in the Obidient Movement, it would be great if Jonathan remains the respected statesman he is known for. He has done his best as President, he is respected, and this is the time for him to support his brother,” Tanko said

Both leaders met amid suggestions about President Jonathan’s 2027 presidential ambition. The former leader has yet to speak on the issue, but his close associates said he’s still undecided on whether to throw his hat in the ring.

Sources also said Jonathan is consulting with some leaders in the country as pressure continues to mount on him from his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to run for the nation’s highest office in two years time.

The magazine reported that he recently met with former Military President, Ibrahim Babangida, in his Minna, Niger state Hilltop home, even though the two former president did not make their discussion public.

The Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum, and Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed recently disclosed that he will step down for Jonathan if he’s ready to vie for the position of President and Commander-in-Chief.

Meanwhile, Obi has disclosed that the meeting he had with Jonathan was about how to move the nation forward.

“Today in Abuja, I met with my very dear elder brother, statesman, and leader, former President Goodluck Jonathan,” Obi wrote. “We had a fruitful closed-door meeting and discussed the state of our dear nation.,” he shared on his verified X handle on Thursday few hours after the meeting.

Ekiti Gov. Election: Three APC Aspirants Submit Nomination Forms

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September 12, 2025

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Three APC Aspirants Submit Nomination Forms in Ekiti

By Ayodele Oni

As the countdown to the Governorship Election Primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti approaches, three aspirants have submitted nomination forms to participate in the exercise.

They are incumbent Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, Chairman Governing Council of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Kayode Ojo and the only female,

Abimbola Olajumoke Olawumi.

The National Secretariat of the APC played host to the aspirants in the week during which they submitted their nomination forms to the leadership of the party.

Governor Oyebanji, accompanied by retinue of aides, leadership of unions and Traditional Rulers was first to submit his particulars during which he expressed confidence that with his performance in the state, he was confident of getting the party’s ticket for the second term.

Ojo in an address, accused the National Secretary of the APC of turning himself to a megaphone of one of the aspirants.

“It is, however, concerning that our National Secretary has become a megaphone for Governor Oyebanji. By taking sides with a candidate, he has compromised his neutrality and cannot be trusted to participate impartially in the Ekiti primary election process.

“Tactfulness is a key attribute of a National Secretary, which the current office holder clearly lacks.

“The people of Ekiti and APC members in the State desire meaningful change. In the past three years, they have received the short end of the stick.

“Governor Oyebanji is a pretender and has no major developmental projects to his name, only propaganda. Records show that between November 2022 and June 2025, N292.24 billion was received as federal allocation, with

Internally Generated Revenue at N89.6 billion.

“Federal allocations to local governments exceed N150 billion, not including various Federal Government interventions and loans. In the hands of a competent manager, these funds could have transformed the state.

“Instead, under the current administration, the results are absent. We must ask: how many landmark projects has he commissioned in three years?

“Why has he not invited national leaders for project inauguration, as other governors have done? Even his daughter’s wedding was held in Ibadan, rather than Ekiti, due to embarrassment over the state’s lack of achievements. Despite these substantial resources, there is nothing tangible to show.”

ADC: Court Rejects Gombe As National Chairman

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September 12, 2025

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Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja has refused to grant an ex parte application seeking to stop the National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, and other officials of the party from parading themselves as leaders of the party.

The judge, while ruling in an ex parte motion brought by a former National Vice Chairman of the party, Nafiu-Bala Gombe declined the motion, saying he must hear the substantive matter first before making a decision.

Justice Nwite made the ruling on September 4 after Gombe filed the motion on September 2 in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1819/2025, thus dashing the hopes of the plaintiff to invalidate the positions of the mark-led ADC.

Named as defendants in the suit are the INEC, Mark, Aregbesola, as 4^th, 2^nd and 3^rd defendants.

The motion was filed by on behalf of Gombe by his lawyer, Michael Agber, according to checks from the court documents.

The coalition -party had recently approved Mark as the substantive National Chairman of the party, while Rauf Aregbesola, a former governor of Osun state who had earlier held the position of Acting National secretary was also substantiated as the party’s scribe.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has also approved the Mark-led ADC leadership, despite a recent declaration by Gombe that he’s the party’s National chairman.

On July 31, 2025, Gombe, a former ADC governorship candidate in Gombe state declared himself the party’s Interim National Chairman, saying he took the action in view of the leadership crisis rocking the party.

Gombe: “I, Honourable Nafiu Bala, a bonafide member and a duly elected National Deputy Chairman of our great party, the African Democratic Congress wishes to draw the attention of the entire members of our great party and Nigerians at large, to the ongoing acts of political hooliganism being perpetrated by some individuals who were hitherto entrusted with the leadership of the party.

“We are all living witnesses to the show of shame and acts of lawlessness being displayed by these unscrupulous leaders, who, without any qualm or sense of moral restraint, plunged our party into a needless crisis and leadership uncertainty. The idea of mortgaging the future of our great party, by abdicating the constitutional duties and responsibilities of all elected officers of the party, to some powerful outsiders who never belong to the party, is condemnable.

”Recently, the nation woke up only to be greeted by a shoddily rehearsed political melodrama, in which elected roles were switched with certain groups of political strangers in order to facilitate the complete takeover of the party structures and its political appurtenances.

“This total surrender and capitulation is without any known precedent in our democratic journey to constitutional order. We are therefore strongly resolved and collectively determined to challenge this affront and ensure that the party’s laid down rules and stipulated provisions are respected and strictly adhered to by all those who belong to it.

“In case these individuals choose to ignore our urgent calls to obey our constitutional guidelines and thus remain very obdurate and recalcitrant in their aberrant behaviour, we shall proceed with gusto to challenge these gross acts of impunity in the courts and bring them to justice.

“It gives us enormous pain to inundate you with these scandalous happenings in our party, but we have been left with no other option to take in defence of our inalienable constitutional rights, as evident by the prevailing situation we now find ourselves in the party. In the history of democracy all over the world, no party leader or any group of leaders have the power to arbitrarily transfer elected mandate or political authority to non-members who never belonged or contested for political office.”

The magazine had earlier reported that Dumebi Kachikwu, a former presidential candidate of the party rejected the ADC Mark-led leadership, accusing the former Senate President and others of plans to hijack the party.

The matter is still in court.