By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa The governorship election in Ondo State is scheduled for Saturday, October 10, 2020. There are similarities and differences in the Edo and Ondo elections and lots of lessons to learn by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. With technology, we should never have a situation of ballot snatching and manipulation of election […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo Two persons have been dragged to court by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly stealing a Techno T661 phone valued #8,500 and cash of #48,000, property of one Mrs Alleluia Leticia. Prosecution alleged that the two accused persons aged 26, male and another one, 30, female, names withheld, conspired together to […]
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By Banji Ayoola There were tears, wailing and cursing on Tuesday by members of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure as the founder and popular cleric, Prophet Alfa Babatunde was being marched to prison following his sentence by an Akure High Court to life imprisonment over the disappearance of a boy in his church last year. […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo Banking activities were on Tuesday paralysed in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital and other notable towns in the state. This followed a rumour of possible repeat of last Friday attack by suspected armed robbers on an old generation bank in Iyin-Ekiti, Irepodun/Ifelodun local government area of the state. Many of the commercial banks […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo An Akure Chief Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded the suspected killer of a Ghanaian at Owo Correctional Centre. The suspect, Wale Hassan, who claimed that he used cutlass and hand file to stab the deceased whose name and age are yet unknown to the prosecutor. He was accused according to the charge […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the National Assembly informing lawmakers that he would present the 2021 budget at a joint sitting on Thursday, October 8, 2020, by 11 am. In a letter read by Senate President Ahmed Lawan on Tuesday at the resumption of plenary, President Buhari requested the audience of lawmakers in both […]
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By Banji Ayoola Founder of Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Akure, Ondo State, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, was on Tuesday jailed by an Akure High Court over his involvement in the disappearance of a male toddler, Gold Kolawole, in his church. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the court which was presided over by Justice Olusegun Odusola. Also jailed with him were […]
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Ahead of the Governorship election holding on Saturday in Ondo State, the National Peace Committee led by former Military Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, retired, and other stakeholders in the exercise have called for a free, fair and credible poll, urging political parties and their supporters to shun violence. They include the state’s House […]
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By Banji Ayoola Candidates participating in Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State have pledged to shun violence or any act likely to disrupt or truncate the exercise. These were the main terms of a peace accord which they signed in Akure the state capital on Tuesday. The signing of the pact was witnessed by the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, mourned an actor, Jimoh Aliu, who died at the age of 80. In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled “President Buhari mourns popular dramatist, Jimoh Aliu,” Buhari said the deceased would be missed by al lovers of good drama. The statement read, “President […]
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