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Appeal Court fines Makinde N50m for disobeying court order
…orders governor to pay remaining N3.4bn judgement debt to ex-council chiefs The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, upheld the Federal Capital Territory High Court judgement of April 27, 2023, which directed Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde, to pay the remaining balance of N3.4 billion from the N4.9 billion debt stemming from a Supreme Court judgement of…
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Ondo commissioner alleges forgery of Akeredolu’s signature
Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources in Ondo State Razaq Obe has alleged that the signature of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu is being forged on official document in the state. Obe, in a letter her addressed to Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, said the forgery occurred in a document he sent to the governor for approval which was sent back to him.…
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Osun set to wage war against open defecation, announces monthly environmental sanitation in 2024
As part of its renewed efforts to rid the state of dirts and indiscriminate dumping of refuse, Osun State Government has read a riot act on the readiness to arrest and prosecute anyone found culpable in this regard. As a step towards achieving these objectives among others to be later unfolded, the State Government has announced its resolve to reintroduce…
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Late Alaafin of Oyo’s son, Abdulfatai, dies
One of the sons of the late Aláàfin of Oyo, Prince Abdulfatai Adeyemi, popularly known as D-Gov, is dead. According to reports he died in the early hours of Friday of diabetes at the University College Hospital, Ibadan a day before his 47th birthday. He was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP for the Oyo Federal Constituency in…
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NJC declines Adeleke’s request to remove Osun CJ
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has declined the request for the removal of the Chief Judge of Osun state, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo, by Governor Ademola Adeleke and the State House of Assembly. This was contained in a post on the council’s site by the Director of Information of NJC, Soji Oye, on Thursday. He stated that the council considered and…
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Stop promotion of foreign goods says Ooni
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja 11 has appealed to Nigerian leaders to stop promoting foreign commodities saying the actions are killing indigenous companies. To this end, the monarch called on the National Assembly to promulgate laws that will promote indigenous products/materials. Addressing journalists at his eighth coronation anniversary in Ile-Ife, Oba Adeyeye noted that if the leaders…
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Power Minister, Adelabu, dumps Accord Party, announces return to APC
Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu has announced his return to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Accord Party. Adelabu announced his return to the APC in a letter dated December 6, 2023, addressed to the Oyo State chairman of the party. Adelabu had dumped the APC to contest the 2023 governorship election in Oyo State on the platform of…
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Ooni denies visiting ex-CBN governor, Emefiele in prison
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has denied viral media reports that he visited the former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, in Kuje prison in Abuja. There were several reports on social media that the Oba Ogunwusi had visited Emefiele who was in the correctional facility on Tuesday. According to the report, the monarch in…
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Adeleke kicks off multi-billion naira infrastructure plan, set to dualise Osogbo, Ede, Ile-Ife roads
Governor Ademola Adeleke has launched road dualisation construction activities at Ede and Osogbo while documentation processes are almost completed on planned flyovers across the three senatorial districts. The roads which is a total of 11.17km is part of the multibillion naira Osun infrastructure development plan of the Governor Adeleke administration which is expected to be completed within the next one…
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Ooni, wife secure release of five inmates in Abuja
The Convener, Hope Alive Initiative for Africa, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, alongside his wife, secured the release of five inmates from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday. Ogunwusi, according to a statement signed by the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, FCT Command, Adamu Duza, said the payment of fine for…
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