Author: Olumide Akinrinlola
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Tinubu approves process of appointing Permanent Secretaries in 8 states
The Federal Government, through the Office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, has commenced the process of appointing new Permanent Secretaries to fill vacancies in eight states. A memo from the OHCSF, signed by the Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Didi Walson-Jack, on October 7, 2024, indicated that officials currently…
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ONDO IS NOT LUCKY PART 4: Embarrassing heaps of refuse littering everywhere under Aiyedatiwa
By Kennedy Peretei The media minders and information strategists of Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa have struggled unsuccessfully to do damage control on their pay master’s scorecard which l put in the public domain since l began these series. Unfortunately, they have been reactionary, leaving out the main issues in question to reel out what…
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Why Lagos State won’t obey court order stopping arrest, fines by VIO — Commissioner
The Lagos State Government has clarified that the recent Federal High Court ruling in Abuja, which bars the Directorate of Vehicle Inspection Services from stopping vehicles, impounding them, or imposing fines on motorists, does not apply in Lagos. The judgment, delivered on October 2, 2024, by Justice Evelyn Maha, stemmed from a fundamental rights enforcement…
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Exclusive: Crisis looms in Ondo community over killing of goats
There is strong indication that violence may erupt in Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, following the killing of goats in the agrarian community. Starnews NG exclusively learnt that hundreds of goats were killed while the perpetrators of the act consumed the slain goats without the knowledge of the…
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Leaked Audio: Aiyedatiwa’s Aide in N30m Bribe Scandal
A brewing scandal is unfolding in Ondo State, with timber traders alleging that Adeboye Taofiq Ewenla, popularly known as Adedibu, a Special Assistant to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Forestry (Ondo Central), demanded a N30 million bribe before they would be allowed to operate. The accusation has sparked outrage among the traders, who are now gearing…
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Senate laments Brain drain in varsities, seeks budgetary increase
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday lamented the increase in the menace of brain drain rocking Nigerian universities and other critical sectors of the country. To tackle the trend, it called on the Nigerian government to increase its yearly budgetary allocations to solve infrastructural decay and enhance monthly enumerations of lecturers. It also mandated its relevant…
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Fubara Is PDP’s Leader In Rivers, Not Wike – Bode George
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Bode George, has called for reconciliation between Governor Siminalayi Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike so that peace can return to Rivers State. There has been political tension in the state with a series of disturbing events since both men fell out politically. The latest is the…
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Police reply Fubara’s allegations over Rivers crisis
The Nigeria Police Force, NPF on Monday vowed not to engage in a media tussle with Governor Fubara over the political crisis in the state. The police, however, faulted the allegations by the governor and said they were only conforming to a court order barring the force from participating in the LGA elections. The police…
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Ondo Guber: APC chieftain defects to PDP, cites hardship under Aiyedatiwa
Yusuf Abdulateef, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Odigbo council area of Ondo State, has announced his defection to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), attributing his decision to the prevailing hardships under the current administration. In a statement made in Akure, Abdulateef revealed that despite pleas from Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for…
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Fubara raises alarm over planned violence at LG Headquarters
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has alerted the public to potential violence planned by suspected gunmen at the 23 local government headquarters across the state today. During a swearing-in ceremony for the newly elected local government chairpersons at the government house in Port Harcourt, Fubara urged the officials to adopt a peaceful approach to…