#EndSARS protesters have blocked the Alausa Secretariat expressway which serves as a major route for commuters. The youths barricaded the highway, chanting solidarity songs, which crippled vehicular and human movements, causing gridlocks on the highway. The protesters, who carried placards with various inscriptions, called for disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) over alleged harassment […]
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APC, PDP, ZLP hail exercise An election monitoring group, YIAGA Africa, has faulted Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s use of members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, to distribute sensitive materials. It said the partisan background of some members of the union was worrisome. The body said politicians could use the partisan […]
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INEC Chairman By Banji Ayoola The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has refuted the allegation that it appointed the Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, a kinsman of the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as the returning officer for the Saturday Governorship Election in […]
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Voting materials move to registration centres INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said its commitment to free, fair and credible governorship elections in Ondo State was unwavering, assuring that successes in the exercise would surpass that of Edo State. Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Oluwatoyin Akeju, said that all arrangements […]
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The Port-Harcourt -based lawyer Paulette Bisola Ajayi, who was kidnapped last Sunday, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her abductors. She said she would have been killed if not for police rescue operation. Ajayi, a 25-year-old lawyer, was violently whisked away by gun-wielding marauders dressed in military combat fatigue, on October 4 at […]
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The three leading candidates Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Agboola Ajayi, Eyitayo Jegede with INEC boss Mahmood Yakubu Ahead of Saturday governorship election in Ondo State, the Transition Monitoring Group which is a coalition of over 400 civil society organisations, has condemned the ‘invasion’ of the state by some governors. The Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, […]
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Cardinal John Onaiyekan, Prof. Attahiru Jega and other civil right actors have called for the convening of a National People’s Conference to address Nigeria’s political structure. The coalition under the umbrella of the Nigeria Working Group on Peace building and Governance made the call in a communiqué following a convening of civil society actors meeting […]
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The hope of a possible reopening discussion with organised labour or any group on the contentious hike in electricity and fuel tariffs may have been dashed if the declaration by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday while presenting the 2021 N13.08 trillion budget, is anything to go by. The unionists recently ‘suspended’ their planned protest to […]
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Voter distribution Akoko S/West 87,351 Ese-Odo 66,481 Akoko N/East 66,290 Idanre 64,438 Ose 63,568 Akure North 60,744 Akoko N/West 58,505 Irele 57,651 Ifedore 54,640 Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo 54,391 Ondo East 40,496 Akoko S/East 32,763 At least 1,478,460 voters will decide Saturday’s governorship election in 203 electoral wards across 18 local government councils in Ondo State. The State […]
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Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has pardoned Nollywood actress Funke Akindele and husband, Abdulrasheed Bello. The Governor also granted pardon and approved the release of 56 inmates from various correctional Centres in Lagos. Akindele-Bello and her husband were on April 6 convicted by a Lagos Magistrate Court for violating COVID-19 lockdown regulations. They were sentenced to […]
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