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Court orders PDP, INEC not to recognise Adeleke as Osun governorship candidate
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-Jesa, has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) not to recognise Senator Ademola Adeleke as the party’s candidate for the July 16 governorship election in the state. The court ordered the INEC and PDP to recognise Dotun Babayemi as the valid candidate…
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Stop fighting each other, learn from PDP’s failure, Buhari warns APC leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari has cautioned leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to learn from the “now enfeebled and adrift” Peoples Democratic Party and guide against using disunity to scatter the party. In a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the president warned them to desist from name-calling and backstabbing ahead of the…
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Abiodun sets up four-man committee to probe Ogun building collapse
Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has ordered an immediate investigation into the collapse of a building under construction at Iperu in Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. The one-storey building along Ogere Road in Iperu collapsed and killed two people on Thursday while undergoing an alleged illegal construction by the owners. A statement in Abeokuta by…
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EXCLUSIVE: NEC, Convention: APC waits on AGF Malami
With the objections raised by the Independent National Electoral Commission over arrangements by the new APC leadership in respect of the March 17 National Executive Committee meeting and March 26 National Convention, the leadership crisis rocking the party may have returned full circle. Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee and Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, claimed to have…
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12 burnt beyond recognition in Ilorin-Ogbomoso road crash
An accident, involving a white 18-seater Toyota Hiace passenger bus and a DAF truck on Saturday claimed the lives of 12 passengers on the Ilorin/Ogbomoso road. The accident occurred at about 7am in Kwara State section of the road when the bus, heading to Lagos had a head on collision with the truck and immediately went up in flames as…
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Obasanjo’s media aide, Akinyemi slams Ohuabuwa on 2023 comments
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta The Special Assistant on Media to the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Kehinde Akinyemi has taken a swipe at the publication made by Mao Ohuabunwa, which indicated that the former President has endorsed him for the 2023 presidential race. Akinyemi in a reaction to the story on Saturday, noted that if that was the way the…
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Premier League board disqualifies Chelsea owner, Abramovich
Roman Abramovich has been disqualified as a director of Chelsea by the Premier League board but the sale of the club is expected to progress with Government oversight. The sanctioning of Blues owner Abramovich by the UK Government on Thursday saw the Russian-Israeli billionaire’s UK assets frozen, including Chelsea, which stalled proceedings. Chelsea have been handed a new licence to…
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FG shuts illegal online banks, freezes business accounts
The Federal Competition Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC), National Information Technology Development Agency, and the Nigerian Police Force, have raided some illegal financial institutions operating on Opebi Road, Ikeja, Lagos. Among the financial institutions affected were, GoCash, Okash, EasyCredit, Kashkash, Speedy Choice, Easy Moni. The raid which took…
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