Akeredolu (left); and his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, during the tumultuous welcome to celebrate his Supreme Court victory in Akure…yesterday Wild jubilation erupted yesterday in Akure the Ondo State capital over the verdict of the Supreme Court, which upheld the victory of the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) at the October 10, 2020 governorship election. The […]
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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old woman for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old daughter with a broken bottle to death. The woman also stabbed another of her children with a broken bottle in the hand which led to the victim’s hospitalisation. The spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has hailed the judgement of the Court of Appeal, which upheld its state executive in Anambra State ahead of the November 6, 2021 elections in that state. In a statement issued by Kola Ologbondiyan, National Publicity Secretary, on Friday, the party described the judgement as a victory for democracy and […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has observed that with the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Ondo state gubernatorial election the All Progressives Congress (APC) has become technically invalidated and now lacks the statutory structure to operate as a political party in our country. The main opposition party made the declaration in a statement issued […]
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Key stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC) have continued to give divergent opinions and legal interpretations to the pronouncements by Supreme Court Justices on the eligibility of the Yobe State governor and chairman caretaker and extraordinary convention planning committee, Mai Mala Buni to hold both elective and party positions. On Thursday, two of President […]
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A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, issued a fresh order on the Director-General of the Department of the Security Service (DSS) to produce before it 12 detained aides of the alleged Yoruba secessionist leader, Sunday Igboho. The fresh order followed the refusal of the security agency to make them available for bail consideration […]
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Since last December when the Delta strain of the coronavirus was identified in India, it has swept rapidly across other several countries including the United States, United Kingdom, and Nigeria, fuelling fresh anxiety among medical experts and people who initially thought the pandemic was receding with the arrival of vaccines. Instead, the Delta, a highly […]
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Youth and Sports Development minister, Sunday Dare on Friday saved the situation after he intervened to calm frayed nerves following a protest by Nigerian athletes in Tokyo, venue of the 2020 Olympic Games. The athletes staged a protest in Tokyo after 10 of them were disqualified from taking part in the track and field events […]
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DSS paraded suspects from the raid on Sunday Igboho’s house Pelumi Olajengbesi, counsel for the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho, detained by the Department of State Services has lamented the “sorry situation” of his clients in the custody of the secret police. According to the lawyer who said he […]
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