Author: Olumide Akinrinlola
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Two okada riders killed in Akoko, Ondo
Two commercial motorcyclists were at different locations killed in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. One of the victims known as Dada Jatto from Iyani Akoko in the council area was said to have been missing for the past three days before his lifeless body was found beside the road on Tuesday.…
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Guber Poll: INEC releases Edo, Ondo final voter registers
The Independent National Electoral Commission has released the final voter register for the upcoming Edo and Ondo governorship elections. The decision followed a meeting held by the commission on Tuesday, as contained in a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun. The Edo State governorship…
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Tinubu Appoints Former Governor Masari As TETFund Board Chairman
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Rt. Hon. Aminu Masari as chairman of the Board of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). LEADERSHIP recalls that Masari was the immediate-past governor of Katsina State and one-time Speaker of the Federal House of Representatives. According to a statement by Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, on Tuesday…
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PDP suspends ex-Gov Ortom
The Peoples Democratic Party’s State Executive Committee, SEC, in Benue, has ratified the suspension of former Governor Samuel Ortom and three others for anti-party activities. The SEC, comprising the State Working Committee, SWC, state assistant officials and local government area party chairmen, affirmed the suspension of Ortom and three others at an emergency meeting of…
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Guber poll: Ondo Reps declare support for Aiyedatiwa
Barely three months to the governorship election in Ondo State, eight out of nine members of the House of Representatives from the state have declared their support for the state governor and candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa. This was contained in a statement issued by the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on…
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Former Ondo lawmaker, Adebusoye dumps PDP for APC
A former member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olaniyi Adebusoye, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC). Adebusoye was elected to the Ondo Assembly in 2007 to represent Okitipupa Constituency 1 on the platform of the PDP. Frontfrank reports that the former lawmaker received the APC broom from…
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Six prominent Nigerians who died in july
Famous musical icon, Onyeka Onwenu, passed away on Tuesday, July 30 at the age of 72. According to reports, Onwenu reportedly collapsed after her performance at the 80th birthday party of Stella Okolie, Chief Executive Officer of Emzor Pharmaceuticals. She died after being rushed to Reddington Hospital. Here is a list of six prominent Nigerians…
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Account For Over N400billion COVID Intervention Fund, Falana Tells Governors
Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has called on the state governments to account for the sum of N438billion disbursed to revitalise businesses following the COVID-19 pandemic. In his nationwide broadcast on Sunday, Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, revealed that the government disbursed over N400billion to states. Falana demanded for accountability from the state governments in…
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Naira crashes to N1,600/$ in parallel market
The Naira yesterday depreciated to N1,600 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,590 last weekend. However, the Naira yesterday appreciated to N1,607.15 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. Data from FMDQ showed that the indicative exchange rate for NAFEM fell to N1,607.15 per dollar from N1,617.08 per dollar last week…
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Why fuel importers will frustrate Dangote – Obasanjo
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that those benefiting from the lucrative business of fuel importation are going to make efforts to frustrate the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Obasanjo stated this in the wake of allegations by the President of the Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, that some ‘mafias’ were making efforts to frustrate the $20bn…