By Banji Ayoola Ondo State’s immediate past governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, said on Sunday that he would respond to the allegations leveled against him by his successor and incumbent Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu when the campaigns for the October 10 governorship election begin. He spoke in his Ondo city home while hosting the state’s Deputy Governor […]
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Republican president-elect Donald Trump hugs his brother Robert Trump after delivering his acceptance speech CREDIT: Getty US president’s sibling and ‘best friend’ passed away in a New York hospital at the age of 71. “It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight,” Trump said in a White […]
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Ahead of the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has expressed concern that the Coronavirus pandemic might lead to voter apathy in the forthcoming poll. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC, Mr. Festus Okoye, spoke on Friday at a workshop on the commission’s communication policy, […]
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By Ogbuagu Anikwe Enugu Metro checks show that politics, not nepotism, influenced yesterday’s approval of four Supreme Court Justices by President Buhari. The four justices approved by the President in yesterday 14 August appointments are replacements for justices that left the Court. Before the appointments, the court had only 12 of its 16-member Justices left to […]
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By Banji Ayoola The All Progressives Congress, APC said on Saturday that the incumbent Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, would win the October 10 governorship election in the state. Chairman of the party’s National Campaign Council for the election and Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, gave this assurance at the council’s inauguration in Abuja. […]
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Uncompleted Faculty of Science Building. This is one of the over 20 uncompleted Building Projects at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, OAUSTECH, Okitipupa By Banji Ayoola Irked by the high number of uncompleted infrastructural and building projects dotting the landscape of the Olusegun Agagu University, OASUSTECH, Okitipupa, formerly Ondo State University of Science […]
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By Banji Ayoola The future of Ondo State’s economy lies in the Southern Senatorial District of the state, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared. He made this declaration at the ground-breaking ceremony of the Alape Garden City in Ilaje Local Government area of the state, a location of less than one hour to Lekki, Lagos state. […]
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says he is not for PDP alone Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has promised to accommodate all those having genuine interest in his candidature, regardless of their political parties. A statement by the Head, Media Research, Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation, EJCO, Mr Samuel Fasua, said that he […]
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A member of the Bauchi State House of Assembly representing Baraza Dass constituency, Musa Mante, was killed by suspected gunmen on Thursday night at his residence in Dass. Confirming the incident, police public relations officer, Bauchi State Police Command, DSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil said: “Two of his wives and a son were kidnapped by the […]
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Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffery Onyeama, has described how he contracted and survived the COVID-19 infection for three weeks. He spoke on Thursday in Abuja at the joint national briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19. The minister, who was confirmed positive on July 19 after his fourth COVID-19 test, joined the list […]
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