For unsavoury reasons, the story of the immediate past governor of Kogi State, Mr Yahaya Bello has literally seized the media space in the country, week-in, week-out. The hide -and seek game between Bello and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), blew open a forthnight ago when the anti-graft agency decided to “catch” Bello right in his house at the Wuse district in Abuja. The agency had barricaded the street forbidding even residents from entering or exiting the street. The planned arrest turned a fiasco as the sitting Kogi State governor, Governor Usman Ododo was alleged to have nestled…
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The All Progressives Congress, APC, will present the winner of the Ondo governorship primary election, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, with his certificate of return today Monday. The party’s Deputy National Organising Secretary, Nze Duru, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday. “Yes, the presentation of the certificate to Governor Aiyedatiwa will take place tomorrow (Monday) at the national secretariat in Abuja,” he told our reporter. Duru did not, however, state whether it will take place before, during or after the meeting of the National Working Committee, which will also be held on Monday.
The Ondo State Police Command announced on Sunday that it had initiated an inquiry into the demise of Alaba Abe, a ward campaign coordinator for Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Funmilayo Odunlami, the Police Public Relations Officer, affirmed the incident, stating that the command was actively investigating the circumstances surrounding his death. The PPRO said, “The command is aware of the incident at Supare; investigation is ongoing to unravel all that happened.” The Ondo APC Publicity Secretary, Alex Kalejaiye, described the incident as unfortunate and sad. “It is very sad and unfortunate that one of our party men was killed but we…
Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) on Sunday decried the gruesome murder of one of its ward coordinators in Akoko Southwest Local Government area of Ondo State, Mr. Alaba Abe Excel, with an appeal to the police authorities to protect its members against implacable opponents. In a statement issued by the State Information Director of the organisation, Mr. Kayode Fasua, the late Excel was a resourceful coordinator, campaigning for the election of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa until he was gruesomely murdered, as he was shot in his Supare home on April 27. Fasua quoted the LACO-FSIC Director of Information and Online News for…
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Osun command, says two persons lost their lives in an accident on the Gbongan-Ibadan expressway in Osogbo. The acting sector commander, Medinat Akanbi, told journalists in Osogbo on Saturday that the deceased victims were a commercial motorcyclist and his passenger. She said a Sports Utility Vehicle with Abuja number plate KUJ 417 DH had a head-on collision with a commercial motorcycle with number plate SGB 708 UH, leading to the death of the two persons. “The accident occurred around a Mobil filling station when a Toyota Jeep ran over a motorcyclist riding against traffic…
Segun Oyebolu has won the Social Democratic Party (SDP) ticket for the November 16 Ondo State governorship election. Mr Joseph Achille Abu, the chairman of the party’s governorship primary election committee, stated this at the end of the polls on Saturday. Mr Achille said Mr Oyebolu scored 53 out of 64 votes in the primaries and emerged as the winner. He said 64 delegates drawn from the state’s 18 local government areas (LGA) participated in the primaries. Mr Achille expressed satisfaction with the turnout of party delegates across the state, saying the turnout was impressive and showed the party’s readiness…
Stakeholders in the electoral process are calling on the federal government to restructure the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for improved efficiency ahead of the 2027 general election. This call was made during a national multi-stakeholders forum on electoral reform priorities convened by youth electoral reform priorities. In a communique issued on Sunday, the stakeholders emphasized the need for the National Assembly to swiftly complete the amendment of the Electoral Act and the review of the Constitution, ensuring that all changes are comprehensively understood by stakeholders and the Nigerian populace. They noted a shortfall in the processes leading up to…
Former Vice President of Nigeria and Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar congratulates Chief Agboola Ajayi for his victory in the hotly contested primaries for the ticket of the party in the forthcoming governorship election in Ondo State. Atiku, in a press statement signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe said that the decision of the stakeholders of the PDP to elect Ajayi to fly the flag of the party is a wise decision of the PDP to win the election and add Ondo to the states controlled by the PDP. Atiku remarks…
Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has urged the residents of the state to accept the outcome of the ongoing local government election in good faith. Mr Makinde stated this on Saturday shortly after voting at exactly 10.21 a.m. at Polling Unit 1, Ward 11, Abayomi area of Ibadan North-East Local Government. He advised the residents to approach the appropriate authorities with any complaints arising from the exercise, promising they would be dealt with. He said reports reaching him, however, showed that the exercise was hitch-free, saying that grass-roots democracy had come to stay in Oyo State. According to him, the…
A Don, Prof. Israel Afolabi, on Saturday, suggested that deliberate use of the dietary approach could help in crime control at the national and global levels. Mr Afolabi, who is of the Department of Biochemistry, Covenant University, Ota, gave the counsel while delivering the 31st inaugural lecture of the institution. He said: “I believe that the level of crime will be reduced if the community is given adequate diet and nutrients, especially at the childhood level. “The current insecurity crisis experienced in our nation may be attributed to poor access to good nutrition, as food and nutrients are programme software…