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Igbajo kingmakers to Adeleke: We don’t want crisis in our town
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Owa-In-Council and the kingmakers of Igbajoland have affirmed that the process that produced their traditional ruler, Oba Adegboyega Famodun, Famodun 111 followed all laid down guidelines in the Owa of Igbajo Chieftaincy Declaration. The kingmakers, in a statement made available to journalists in Osogbo on Tuesday urged Governor Ademola Adeleke not to do anything that…
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2023 elections: Sanwo-Olu charges media on high-level professionalism
Urges press to shun fake news, malicious reports, hate speechAs outstanding journalists receive NMMA merit awards As the 2023 general elections draw nearer, the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has urged the media to exercise a high level of professionalism and commitment to the ethics of the profession. He appealed to media practitioners to discard fake news, malicious reports,…
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Adeleke sacks three Osun monarchs
…reverses all appointments, promotions by Oyetola after July election By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has ordered that all appointments of traditional rulers made by the immediate past administration of governor Gboyega Oyetola be reviewed to ensure strict compliance with due process of chieftaincy declarations and native law, custom and tradition relating to such chieftaincies. This order…
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Adeleke replaces sacked APC LG chairmen with civil servants
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun has directed career heads of local government areas (LGAs) and area councils development areas (ACDAs) to take charge of their councils from the sacked council chairmen and councillors. The directive is contained in a statement issued by Mr Adeleke’s spokesman, Olawale Rasheed. The directive took immediate effect. “Governor Adeleke also directed the most senior career…
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BREAKING: Appeal Court rules against fresh PDP guber primary in Ogun
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, has ruled against an earlier judgement by the Federal High Court, Abeokuta, ordering the conduct of a fresh governorship primary for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State. Justice Folasade Ojo who delivered the judgement on Monday, declared that the lower court was wrong in its judgment as only the National Working…
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PHOTO NEWS: Atiku, Okowa, other PDP leaders attend Adeleke’s inauguration
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, his running mate and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, his wife, Titi Atiku and Director-General of his campaign council and Akwa Ibom State Governor, Udom Emmanuel and other party chieftains attended the inauguration of Senator Ademola Adeleke as the 6th Governor of Osun State on Sunday in Osogbo.
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Adeleke makes first appointments
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Alhaji Kassim Akinleye as his chief of staff. The governor also picked Alhaji Teslim Igbalaye as the Secretary to the State G(SSG), while Mallam Rasheed Olawale is the Chief Press Secretary. The appointments take immediate effect, according to the Governor.
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BREAKING: Court nullifies Osun council polls
A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo has nullified the October 15 local government elections conducted across Osun State. In a ruling on Friday, presiding judge Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel said the election – conducted by the Osun State Independent Electoral Commission – was held in contravention of Sections 29 & 32 of the Electoral Act, 2022. Details later…
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INEC chairman must produce Adeleke’s certificates – Osun tribunal insists
Osun State Election Petition Tribunal has issued a fresh order, directing the National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to produce the Certificates and other documents of the state Governor-elect, Ademola Adeleke used in the 2018 governorship election. The order followed the failure of the state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the commission to produce the certificates in…
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Lagos Assembly holds special session for late lawmaker
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Thursday held a valedictory session for their late colleague, Hon. Abdul-Sobur Olayiwola Olawale, Before performing the ceremonial removal of his name tag from his seat, the lawmakers, who held a minute silence in honour of Olawale, also urged Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to assist the two children of the deceased. Olawale died…
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