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Court to deliver judgement in Ogun PDP guber crisis suit December 1
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, on Thursday, fixed December 1 for judgement in a suit filed by Jimi Lawal, an aggrieved governorship aspirant in the May 25 Ogun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s primary election. Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after counsel to the parties adopted their processes and presented their arguments for and against the suit.…
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Afe Babalola, Olanipekun, Falana, others wade into Ekiti Assembly crisis
…say impeachment of Speaker unconstitutional Seven Senior Advocates of Nigeria from Ekiti State have condemned the impeachment of Gboyega Aribisogan as Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, describing it as unconstitutional. The SANs, Aare Afe Babalola, Chief Wole Olanipekun, Dele Adesina, Olu Daramola, Femi Falana, Dayo Akinlaja and Gboyega Oyewole made their positions known in a statement they…
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Ikirun kingship tussle turned bloody as one killed, palace razed
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Pandemonium broke out in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government area of Osun State on Wednesday with a middle-aged reportedly shot dead as a result of the lingering dispute over the appointment of the Akirun of Ikirun. The deceased, identified as Luqman Omoola, was shot when some persons engaged security personnel at the entrance of the palace in…
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It is unconstitutional to be involved in Ekiti assembly crisis – Oyebanji
Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji said he refused to be involved in the crisis which rocked the state House of Assembly from the beginning. Oyebanji who was speaking in his office when he received the leadership of the Assembly, led by the Speaker, Bunmi Adelugba on Tuesday, said he didn’t get involved in the crisis because it was unconstitutional to…
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Osun Tribunal: INEC fails to produce Adeleke’s certificates
…as witness insists he forged them Osun State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) has told the Election Petition Tribunal that the state office of the commission was not in custody of the certificates of Senator Ademola Adeleke. The electoral officer made this declaration on Tuesday at the resumed hearing of the petition filed by Governor Adegboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives…
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Osun APC chairman, Famodun is the new Owa of Igbajo
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State government has approved the appointment of the Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), in the state, Prince Adegboyega Famodun as the new Owa of Igbajo in Boluwaduro Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Funke Egbemode, after Monday’s State Executive Council…
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Al-Mustapha can’t change history, ordered our mum’s murder – Kudirat Abiola’s children
Children of the late Kudirat Abiola have accused Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, Chief Security Officer to late Head of State General Sani Abacha of trying to rewrite history regarding their mother’s murder. The children in a statement signed Khalifa Abiola insisted that Al-Mustapha who is now the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance, ordered Kudirat’s murder. The statement was a reaction…
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2023: Don’t elect people with nothing to offer, Fayemi admonishes Nigerians
…inaugurates network of roads in Osun By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has urged Nigerians not to elect those who have nothing to offer in 2023. Fayemi made the call on Monday in Osogbo, Osun State, at the inauguration of the reconstructed 10-kilometer Osogbo (Lameco)- Okinni- Ilobu -Ifon with spur to Olobu’s…
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Election results, BVAS report established over-voting for Adeleke, expert tells tribunal
As tribunal strikes out INEC’s application to stall Adeleke’s certificates presentation An expert witness, Isiaka Olanrewaju, told Osun State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal that he established irregularities in the results used to declare the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ademola Adeleke, as the Governor-elect by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). He said he came to that conclusion…
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New Ekiti Speaker accuses Fayemi of trying to impeach him
The newly elected Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Gboyega Aribisogan has accused former Governor of the State Kayode Fayemi of plotting to remove him from office. Aribisogan was elected speaker on Tuesday to fill in the void left by former Speaker Funminiyi Afuye who had died. The House was however shut by the Police on Wednesday after…
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