The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has ordered the immediate closure of the Ekiti State Broadcast Service, EKBS, for breaching provisions of the Broadcasting Code. According to the NBC, the Ekiti Broadcast Service breached the Electoral Act and Broadcasting Code by allowing Governor Ayodele Fayose to announce results in favour of his deputy and candidate of the […]
Continue ReadingINTRODUCTION We wish to refer to the clarion call made recently by Prof Kola Akeshinro and some salient contributions made individually by residents and non residents but indigenes of Ipetu Ijesa town on the above subject matter and wish to quickly draw attention of any interested person or group of persons to our submission. Various […]
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By Banji Ayoola At last, the bitumen project will take off in Ondo State before December; going by the assurance of the state government. The project has dragged since the Adebayo Adefarati administration which put it in the front burner of its programmes committing enormous human and material resources to its implementation. That administration went as […]
Continue Reading[masterslider id=”1″] The National Assembly has transmitted The revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill has been sent by the National Assembly to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. He had refused to sign the first version of the bill into law. A source in the National Assembly told journalists in Abuja that the bill was transmitted last week; saying: The […]
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That the African continent has been war-ridden in the past two to three decades is an inconvenient reality that has grossly added to the famed shame that has beleaguered its economic, energy, healthcare and political sectors, with attendant widespread poverty, acute deprivations, chronic unemployment rates and severe infrastructure gaps. Then, the refugee crises with the international […]
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Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States (U.S.) Embassy in Nigeria, Mr. David Young, has condemned the June 24, 2018 attacks in Plateau State that killed over 200 people, urging security agencies to prevent a recurrence. Mr. Young who visited scenes of the attacks and later the state governor, Simon Lalong, expressed concern by the […]
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The Senate has scheduled for debate and investigation allegations of human rights and constitutional violations by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The recent enactment of the controversial Executive Order No. 006 as a legislation, which permits security agencies to freeze assets of persons standing trial without recourse to the court, is one of the matters to […]
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The 21st edition of the world\’s most watched sports event which started on June 14 with 32 teams is now set for a pulsating end on Sunday July 15 in Moscow where the last two teams, France and Croatia will battle for the prestigious 24 carat gold World Cup. The casualties along the way to Sunday\’s […]
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By Banji Ayoola The efficacy of soursop or graviola leaves and fruits in curing cancer, tumor and prostate enlargement among other dreaded diseases, apart from boosting immunity, is sweeping across the Natural Health sector like a miracle, as an expert confirms. In fact, the Chief Consultant of Alayo Health and Wellness Centre, Abeokuta in Ogun State, Nigeria, […]
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The Action Democratic Party, ADP, Ekiti state chapter, has conducted its primary in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, in a peaceful and carnival–like atmosphere, producing Otunba Segun Adewale as the flag bearer of the party in the July 14 governorship election. Adewale, who polled 16,890 votes out of 17,600 votes cast at the poll, leaving […]
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