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Ogun LG Polls, Peaceful, Orderly

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Feranmi Daniel, Abeokuta The ongoing local government polls in Ogun State got off to a good start on Saturday. This newspaper can exclusively report. Election into chairmanship and councillorship positions are currently ongoing in the 20 local government councils of the state, with the major political parties, including the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP) and the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) saying that they will have a good showing. In the polling units surveyed in major cities such as Abeokuta, the state capital;…

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Abiodun Meets Tinubu Over  Awujale’s GCON Honours

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Feranmi Daniel, Lagos  Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun has expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for conferring the highest honour in the land, the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger (GCON) on the Awujale of Ijebuland, Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr) Sikiru Kayode Adetona. Prince Abiodun, who visited the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday evening, also commended the President for directing the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos, to take over the operations and management of the Sikiru Adetona School of…

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Supreme Court Affirms Governor Abiodun’s Election

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja  The Supreme Court has affirmed the election of Governor Adedapo Abiodun of Ogun State. A five-member panel of the court, in a unanimous judgment a moment ago, dismissed the appeal by Oladipupo Adebutu, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in Ogun State. Justice Tijjani Abubakar, who read the lead judgment, held that Adebutu and his party failed to prove their case. Justice Abubakar resolved all the issues raised for determination against the appellants and held that the appeal…

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Akeredolu’s Widow Fumes, As Woman Advertises N10,000 ‘Aso Ebi’ For Burial

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David Olayinka, Ondo  Former Ondo State First Lady and widow of the immediate past state executive of the Sunshine State, Arabirin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has disowned the Aso Ebi’ (ceremonial cloth) allegedly being sold to those who wanted to attend her late husband, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu’s burial slated for next month. Akeredolu’s widow, in a post on her social media page had posted a screenshot of the Aso Ebi’s advertisement which read, ” Burial Aso Ebi N10,000 per six yards: Dankefo Enterprises, Wema Bank 0229074547 Call: 07025424432″ In a swift reaction…

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Ogun, Kogi Govs Celebrate Yemi Kolapo, New Iyalode Of Egba Muslims

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Daniel Feranmi, Abeokuta  Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun and his Kogi State counterpart, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, have described the installation of the publisher of The Point Newspapers, Alhaja Lateefat Oyeyemi Kolapo as the Iyalode of Egba Muslims as as a well deserved honour. They also noted that her installation is a testament to her life of service as a devoted Muslim marked by strong morals. Abiodun and Bello stated this at the Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta, during the installation ceremony of Alhaja Kolapo, who is also the first female…

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Ondo needs leader who will galvanize natural endowment for economic growth – General Ohunyeye

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja  A former Director of Finance at the Nigeria Defence Academy, Brigadier General Olamide Ohunyeye(retd) has revealed that residents of Ondo state must look out for an experienced and selfless leader who would engineer the socio-economic development of the state. He explained that the state has the needed natural and human resources to compete with other oil producing states of Rivers, Akwa Ibom and the rest, saying a leader with genuine interest for the people would tap into these potential in the overall interest of the people. Ohunyeye…

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Ogun Assembly Passes N703.02bn 2024 Appropriation Bill

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…Reviews Estimates Of 18 MDAs, Others Daniel Feranmi, Abeokuta  Ogun State House of Assembly has passed the Year 2024 Appropriation Bill of N703,028,013,431.64 earlier presented to it for consideration by Governor Dapo Abiodun. The Appropriation Bill was  presented about four weeks ago, with a review in the capital and recurrent expenditures as well as projected revenue of 18 Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs). The Bill was titled: “A Bill for a Law to authorise the issue and Appropriation of the sum of Seven Hundred and Three Billion, Twenty-Eight Million, Thirteen…

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Tinubu: I Mourn My Fearless Brother, Rotimi Akeredolu 

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja President Bola Tinubu went poetic on Wednesday while mourning the late Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu. In a statement personally signed by him, the President said, “It is a difficult task to have to pen a tribute and sing a dirge for a departing soul” He said, ” It is a more difficult job in our African culture when one is compelled to do so for a younger person. Here I am with the difficult job of singing a dirge for Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, my…

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Orji Kalu Commiserates With Ondo Government Over Akeredolu’s Demise

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Olasunmibo Aboluwade, Abuja  Former Governor of Abia State who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization, Dr Orji Kalu has described the death of the late Governor of Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu as a huge loss to the country. Kalu said  the late politician was bold, courageous, fearless and selfless, adding that he was an accomplished Nigerian, who was well known in the legal profession and political circle. The former governor noted that the late Akeredolu contributed immensely to nation building through various platforms. He urged the Akeredolu family…

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Let’s keep hope alive, Abiodun challenges Nigerians at Christmas 

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David Olayinka, Abeokuta  Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has urged Christians and Nigerians not to allow the current economic challenges to dampen their spirit, saying that there is hope of economic turnaround. Prince Abiodun, in his Christmas message on Sunday, also urged Nigerians to imbibe the spirits of love, peace, and goodwill. The governor in a Statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, said the current hardship in the country occasioned by double digit inflation will soon give way as governments at the federal and state levels fashion…

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