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Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin, Peter Dada THE Christian Association of Nigeria has called on churches in the country to follow strictly COVID-19 protocols and additional directives by state governments as they prepare for the crossover night service. The organisation advised that where the government placed embargo on the crossover night service, churches might meet earlier to give God praises for the gift of life despite the pandemic and to place their requests for 2021 before God. The President of CAN, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, gave the directive in a statement issued o...

COVID-19: Ondo CAN, govt disagree over ban on cross-over services Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Government on Tuesday insisted that there would be no going back on the ban placed on church activities, particularly the cross-over services on December 31, 2020, following the outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus pandemic. The government, through the Ondo State Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19, had announced the ban last week and said the enforcement of the COVID-19 protocols would begin from January 1, 2021. But the state Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Joh...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A-yet-to-be-identified person was killed in a road accident involving the vehicle of a serving Deputy Inspector General of Police along Akure-Ondo Expressway in Bolorunduro, the headquarters of the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday. It was gathered the DIG, whose identity has not been revealed, was however not in the Toyota Land CruiserJeep involved in the accident but some of his aides were present. A source said a commercial motorcyclist was allegedly hit on the road by the jeep and was said to have died instantly while the ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Workers of Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions, on Monday, suspended their 14-day warning strike. The workers under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of the Ondo State Tertiary Institutions had embarked on the strike following non-payment of their salaries and allowances by the state government. The members of the JAC include the Joint Action Committee of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union, the Nigeria Association of Academic Technologists, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics The workers a...

Makinde, Fayose feud tears South-West PDP chairmen, top chieftains apart Our Correspondents The feud between Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has caused division among the state chairmen and other top party chieftains in the region. Fayose and Makinde have reportedly been at loggerheads over the latter’s role in the Ekiti PDP crisis as well as the leadership of the party in the South-West. The strife, which has lingered for some months, had even recently seen the aide...