The Senate on Wednesday asked its committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission to screen Prof Mahmood Yakubu as INEC Chairman for another five-year tenure. President Muhammadu Buhari had requested the red chamber to screen and confirm Yakubu for the fresh appointment. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at plenary on Wednesday, gave the Senator Kabiru […]
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Nine members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have rejected the purported removal of Rt Hon Ogundeji Iroju as the Deputy Speaker of the assembly. The lawmakers who are against the alleged planned impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, are also against Tuesday’s Ogundeji’s purported removal. They are Rasheed Elegbeleye, Suleiman Jamiu […]
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By Banji Ayoola The crisis rocking the Ondo State House Of Assembly got messier on Wednesday as Hon Festus O Akingbaso, representing Idanre State Constituency, rejected his purported appointment as the new deputy minority leader. His appointment followed the impeachment of the former deputy speaker, Hon Iroju Ogundeji on Tuesday. Akingbaso’s rejection was contained in […]
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ss MPC retains policy rate, other parameters Food inflation to moderate as harvest starts, says Emefiele We must avoid blind speculation, Adedipe warns Nigeria is grappling with additional challenges, including a faster rate of inflation, as the gap between official and parallel segment of the foreign exchange (FX) market continues to widen. As of yesterday […]
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Ondo state’s estranged deputy governor, Hon Agboola Ajayi, has alleged that the successive removal from offices of the state;s attorney general, Kola Olawoye Esq and assembly’s deputy speaker, RT Hon Iroju Ogundeji was to pave way for his impeachment. He made this allegation in a statement by his Media Adviser, Comrade Allen Sowore, titled “Akeredolu’s […]
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Rt Hon Samuel Aderoboye representing Odigbo Constituency 2 has been elected the new Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly This followed the impeachment of the former occupant, Rt. Hon Iroju Ogundeji .Ogundeji, in a parliamentary resolution presented by Hon Tomide Akinrogunde, had been accused of alleged of gross misconduct inimical to the […]
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By Banji Ayoola Again, suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday night invaded the farm of Afenifere chieftain, a former Chairman of Social Democratic Party, SDP, a former Presidential candidate and ex Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae. This was conveyed in a terse message today by his Personal Assistant, Capt Moshood Adekunle Raji, who wrote […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has declared its support for Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde’s leadership of the party in the South West. it made the declaration on Tuesday in a statement by its state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, titled “Ondo PDP is united and in full support of the leadership […]
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‘Oyetola is good because he is ahead of us’ ‘Things are not Okay with local governments generally’ ‘My role in completing Osun Bridge and stewardship as Ayedire LG Chairman’ The Chairman of Ayedire Local Government of Osun State, Alhaji Adeboye Mukaila Oladejo has revealed the major reasons that led the Gboyega Oyetola administration to reverse […]
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insists restructuring is the way forward “The way forward is for him to restructure the country now. And you don’t entertain anybody asking where the presidency will go. It is a diversion. When we restructure the country and have an acceptable constitution agreed to by all the federating units, and not the one imposed on […]
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