The Ondo State chapter of the Pan-Yoruba sociopolitical organisation, Afenifere, has congratulated Dr. Taiwo Fasoranti over his appointment by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the Secretary to the State Government, SSG. At his inauguration on Monday, the Governor announced the appointment along with others. In a statement on Thursday by its spokesman, Comrade Eric Oluwole on […]
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As govt signs MoU with investors, consultants on agriculture, revenue generation Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has approved the upgrade and conversion of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo to a University of Agriculture and Agribusiness. This came after a review of the initial proposal for the upgrade of the polytechnic to a university of […]
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By Banji Ayoola The effects of the inexorable Law of Sowing and Reaping are playing out today in the experiences, the weal and woe of human earthly wanderers. We have committed so many juridical crimes in the past. Many heroes and heroines in history, human beings endowed with, and wielding earthly powers that cut deeply […]
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The Osun State Independent Electoral Commission and its chairman, Mr Hashim Abioye, have filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, at the Federal High Court in Osogbo over the alleged illegal detention of the commission’s staff and the sealing of its office. Also joined in the suit, numbered FHC/OS/CS/41/2025, is the […]
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Lagos State is on the verge of political implosion. Since the impeachment of the former Speaker of the Lagos House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, representing Agege 1 Constituency, by 36 members, and the installation of Mojisola Meranda, representing Apapa 1 as the new speaker, tremors have impeded lawmaking, a fulcrum of democracy and representation. On […]
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The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council, has expressed delight with Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa’s decision to reappoint Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan as his Chief Press Secretary (CPS). Adeniyan is a former Ondo State Secretary and former National Officer of the union as well as the Publisher, Trace News Magazine. In a statement signed […]
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Agbeyegbe tasks ex-military ruler on public apology Group tags confession betrayal of trust He should be jailed for life, says Aborisade Fani-Kayode urges Nigerians to appreciate confession Former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd), has been urged to issue a public apology to Nigerians over his confession that the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate, […]
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June 12: ‘I was outflanked by more formidable forces against civilian rule’ ‘Annulment was to save Abiola, Nigeria from another civil war’ ‘Elected governors, corrupt politicians should as well take the blame for June 12 saga’ Admission is an afterthought, Nigerians, activists react Contrary to the decades-old perception that General Ibrahim Babangida (retired) ushered in […]
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On Monday, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa was inaugurated as the Governor of Ondo State, kicking off his first full four-year term. The new Governor was the Deputy to the departed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who passed on in December 2023. Shortly after his principal’s passage, Aiyedatiwa took over as the Acting Governor as stipulated by the Constitution. […]
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Former military President, Gen Ibrahim Babangida, says Nigeria failed to maximise its oil boom years due to what he described as a nationwide “profligacy” and “conspicuous consumption” that undermined the economy’s long-term development. He also justified the spending of the $12.4bn oil windfall by his government. “What I have done is not unusual in this […]
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