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Akeredolu’s quit directive to officials contesting 2023 polls: Adefarati, Ojogo, Ategbole resign

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022Olabanji AyoolaLeave a Comment

Ondo State Commissioner for Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr Adegboyega Adefarati, may resign from government today in line with the directive of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, that political office holders interested in seeking elective offices through the forthcoming 2023 elections, should resign their appointments latest by Thursday, April 14. Government had in a circular issued on Tuesday […]

Osinachi’s death: I am innocent – Husband

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Husband to the late popular gospel music superstar, Osinachi, Mr Peter Nwachukwu, has denied allegations of domestic violence of battery and assault leveled against him as cause of her wife’s death. Nwachukwu, who has made headlines for days now for allegedly beating his wife and popular gospel singer, Osinachi to death, who spoke from police […]

Ondo asks business owners to pay statutory levies

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Ondo State Government has charged Business owners and haulers operating in Ondo State have been asked by the state government to pay their statutory levies and haulage fees. It gave the charge through the Commissioner for Commerce, Industries and Cooperative Services, Mrs Lola Fagbemi at a stakeholders’ meeting in Akure, the state capital. She urged […]

Easter: Ondo govt warns against increase in prices of commodities

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As the Easter celebrations get close, Ondo State Government has warned market women and men in the state against any increase in the prices of commodities. It warned through the Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperative Services, Mrs Lola Fagbemi, at a meeting with heads of markets, saying “it is callous and arbitrary for market […]

Osinachi was ill before death, husband says, police visit home

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Police officers from the Federal Capital Territory Command on Tuesday visited the residence of late gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu, in the Lugbe area of Abuja. It was gathered that her husband, Peter, was brought in handcuffs to the house as part of ongoing police investigations. Osinachi died on Friday in an undisclosed hospital after being […]

Osinachi: Seek judicial reprieve from abusive marriages –Lawyers urge woman

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Worried by the rising spate of domestic violence in the society, some female lawyers in Nigeria on Wednesday, urged victims to seek timely judicial reprieve from abusive union in order to stay alive. They made the call in an interview in reaction to the recent death of popular Nigerian gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu. Osinachi, 42, […]

Insecurity, leadership and the people

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Iwollo burnt police station By Matthew Agboma Ozah Once upon a time, no speech of President Muhammadu Buhari was complete without a promise to defeat the bandits or insurgents, now christened terrorists through sheer pressure from every quarter in the society for government to declare them as one. President Buhari’s other promises to reposition the economy […]

PDP consensus suffers setback as zoning panel submits report

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The Peoples Democratic Party presidential aspirants are facing a tough battle in agreeing on a consensus arrangement among them, it has been learnt. It was gathered on Tuesday that the consensus moves by some top presidential aspirants were heading for the rocks and that the party might have no option but to adopt either direct […]

INEC clears 15 candidates for Osun governorship election

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the July 16 governorship election in Osun state. In a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, Festus Okoye, INEC national commissioner and chairman, information and voter education committee, said under section 32(2) of the electoral act 2022, any party that observes that […]

PDP’s no zoning verdict is in bad faith

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By Luke Onyekakeyah A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George (left); former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido; Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi; Hon Ndudi Elumelu; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom; former Katsina State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahin Shehu Shema and Taraba State Governor, Darius Ishaku during the PDP screening committee meeting, at […]