Son of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose, Joju, and his longstanding media aide Lere Olayinka are among those declared winners of yesterday’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives primary in Ekiti State. Joju, who won the party’s ticket for the Ekiti Central Federal Constituency I comprising Ado and Irepodun/Ifelodun, polled 69 votes to […]
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By Adegbenro Adebanjo There are many high points and key achievements that will be credited to the tenure of Prof Joseph Adeola Fuwape, the Seventh substantive Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA. But there will always be the consensus by all and sundry, particularly the chroniclers of higher education history in […]
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The size of banks may not be a competitive advantage in the new phase of centralised finance, Special Adviser to the President on Finance and Economy, Mrs. Sarah Alade, has said. Speaking at the Chartered Institute of Bankers of Nigeria (CIBN) Presidential Valedictory Address in Lagos at the weekend, she cautioned banks thinking size is […]
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… reject N1m ransom offer A cleric, Venerable Olu Obanla, and his son, have reportedly been abducted along Ifon, in Ose council area of Ondo state. A family source said that the clergyman and his son were travelling along Okeluse road when they were ambushed, dragged from their vehicle and marched into the forest. Meanwhile, […]
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Process skewed in Rivers, no delegates’ election in Benue – Factional leaders All Progressives Congress chapters in states including Rivers, Benue, Oyo and Sokoto are currently facing crises arising from last week’s election of delegates for governorship primaries holding on Thursday. Factional leaders and aspirants in separate interviews on Sunday alleged that elections were not […]
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An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in the Eket Local Government Area has dissolved a 13-year marriage over the allegation that the 36-year-old wife slept with a pastor of one of the new generational churches in the state. The husband is also said to also be a pastor. The presiding judge, Justice Pius Idiong, […]
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The victims There was pandemonium in the Amule area of Ayobo, Lagos State, on Saturday, when members of the Nigeria Automobile Technicians Association, Ayobo unit, reportedly engaged in a fight over land. It was gathered that a former chairman of the unit allegedly assaulted two panel beaters, Matthew Idowu, and Sunday Olowolaiyemo, over the land […]
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Embattled member of the House of Representatives Farah Dagogo has sued the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following his exclusion from the list of governorship aspirants in Rivers State. The lawmaker and governorship aspirant, who is being detained at the Port Harcourt Correctional Centre, is standing trial for alleged conspiracy […]
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Party picks senatorial candidates today With a lot of drama, clashes and upsets, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday held primaries across the states to pick candidates for House of Representatives and House of Assembly elections. There were upsets in Bayelsa and Ondo states, where, respectively, the daughter of former Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, Orode, lost the […]
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Immediate past Chairman of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Ondo State, Prince Dele Ogunbameru, has said he resigned his position to foster unity in the party. He had announced his resignation during the May 16 party congress. In an interview yesterday in Akure, he said: “We have witnessed a lot of bickering in the […]
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