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    PHOTO NEWS: Tinubu, wife visit late Kemi Nelson’s family

    Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Monday, paid a visit to the family of late former Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in Lagos State, Chief Mrs Kemi Nelson who died on Sunday. Tinubu visited the family in company of his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu.

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    Revenue House will be ready September-Sanwo-Olu

    Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday, led an on-the-site inspection of the ongoing renovation work at the eight-storey building formerly known as Elephant House, promising that the building would be open for use fully by September. Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, and some members of the Executive Council joined the Governor on the inspection. The Revenue House is a multi-department office…

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    Oyo Assembly approves Lawal’s appointment as new deputy governor

    The Oyo State House of Assembly on Monday approved the appointment of Adebayo Lawal as the new Deputy Governor, following the impeachment of Rauf Olaniyan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the approval followed the nomination of Mr Lawal to the lawmakers for consideration by Governor Seyi Makinde as a replacement for Mr Olaniyan. NAN reports that Mr…

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    BREAKING: Oyo Assembly impeaches deputy governor

    The Oyo State House of Assembly has impeached the Deputy Governor of the State, Rauf Olaniyan. Olaniyan was impeached by the Assembly at plenary on Monday following misconduct and a series of allegations levelled against him. The deputy governor had recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the All Progressives Congress. Details later…

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    Ekiti APC, governor-elect begin thank you tour, road show

    Ekiti State Governor- elect, Mr. Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji and the deputy governor- elect,  Chief ( Mrs) Monisade Afuye will on Monday, July 18,  begin a ‘thank you tour’ to all the 16 local government areas of the state to express their gratitude to the people of the State for their support in the June 18 governorship election. The tour will kick off…

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    ‘We shall never forget you,’ Tinubu mourns Kemi Nelson’s death

    Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has mourned the death of Chief Mrs Kemi Nelson. WesternPost had earlier reported that Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson, who served as Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in the Tinubu’s administration between 1999 and 2003 died on Sunday aged 66. In a statement on his Facebook page on Sunday,…

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    Sanwo-Olu mourns Kemi Nelson

    Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has mourned the passage of Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson, a member of the Governance Advisory Council (GAC), the apex leadership body of the Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC). Nelson, a former Executive Director of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) and ex-South-West Zonal Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress, died on Sunday at the age…

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    Nelson quit when her political experience highly needed-Abiru mourns

    Chairman, Senate Committee on Industries and the Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial District, Tokunbo Abiru, has mourned the passing of a front line politician and member of the prestigious Governor’s Advisory Council (GAC) in Lagos, Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson. Abiru, in a statement issued by his media aide, Mr. Enitan Olukotun on Sunday in Lagos, described the death of Chief…

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    Former Lagos commissioner, Kemi Nelson dies at 66

    At former Commissioner for Women Affairs in Lagos State, Chief (Mrs) Kemi Nelson is dead. WesternPost learnt that she died Sunday morning after a protracted battle with cancer. She was aged 66. Born February 9, 1956, she attended Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ijebu-Ode for her secondary education, before proceeding to the School of Nursing in the University College Hospital Ibadan…

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    Oyetola asks supporters to remain calm after losing reelection

    …urges security operatives to ensure law, order Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyetola has urged his supporters to remain calm after losing his re-election bid. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for the 2022 Osun State governorship election and the Vice Chancellor of University of Lagos, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe declared Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party the winner…

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