Peace has taken flight from Ekiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), following some stakeholders’ desire to take over party structure at all costs, without giving room for compromise. The state chapter of PDP has been embroiled in intractable crises since 2017 during ex-Governor Ayodele Fayose’s era, which have refused to abate, as […]
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By Martins Oloja The report of the 2012 Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies also known as the Oronsaye Panel Report, is a significant public document, which neither time nor event can obliterate from my memory as a document-minded, public affairs journalist. I would like to declare with […]
Continue ReadingThe number of novel coronavirus cases recorded worldwide surpassed four million on Saturday, according to an AFP tally based on official sources, as of 2145 GMT. There are now at least 4,001,437 cases of coronavirus around the world, with 277,127 deaths. The United States has been the hardest-hit country, with 1,305,544 cases and 78,618 deaths. […]
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Not Yet Uhuru, EFCC Ready For Fresh, Immediate Re-Trial ‘Judgment Unfortunate, Technical Ambush Against Trial’ Case Has Precedent, Says Lawyer In a judgment that has a precedent, the Supreme Court, yesterday, nullified the Federal High Court judgment that convicted and handed down 12 years jail term on the former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu No doubt, Corona Virus (COVID-19) violently storms the world, some human beings have observed that Corona Virus (COVID-19) has come as a blessing in disguise to awaken men to learn and then live better. These few wise men see Corona Virus eruption as a cleansing sieve in the world so filled with […]
Continue ReadingThe remains of the late Highlife maestro, Sir Victor Abimbola Olaiya, were laid to rest yesterday at the Vaults & Garden Cemetery, Ikoyi, Lagos. The funeral was attended by select family members and very few friends of the late music legend. He was laid in state briefly at a hall to enable guests pay their […]
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A new board has been appointed by the six owner South West states for Oodua Investment Limited. The Chairman of the Forum and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, disclosed this in a statement issued in Akure by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojogo. He said the newly inaugurated board was […]
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Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital Ondo, on Friday staged a peaceful protest over non-payment of five months salaries The doctors threatened to embark on indefinite strike action if their salaries are not paid within one week. They said some arrears in 2019 were yet to be […]
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa has said that the Supreme Court’s judgment, which quashed the conviction and 12-year imprisonment of former Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor-Kalu, will affect more cases. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a seven-man panel led by Justice Amina Augie, voided Kalu’s December 2019 trial for stealing […]
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A governorship aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo state, and daughter of former Governor Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Mrs Jumoke Anifowose, has distanced herself from a reported agreement that some aspirants in the Unity Forum have agreed to cede the governorship to Ondo North senatorial district. The Unity Forum […]
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