COLLECTION OF PERMANENT VOTERS CARDS (PVCs) AT WARD LEVEL IN ONDO STATE Over a period of five days (17-21 October 2024), the Commission made the Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) from the last Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) in Ondo State available for collection in all the 203 Wards across the State. The Commission is pleased to announce that at the end ... Read More »
Author Archives: seun
Farouk Lawan Released After Completing Five-Year Jail Term for $500,000 Bribe from Femi Otedola
A former member of the House of Representative, Farouk Lawan, who was jailed for bribery in 2021, has been released from Kuje prison. Lawan was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe from a prominent businessman, Femi Otedola. Otedola was then Chairman, Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited. The Supreme Court also early this year upheld ... Read More »
INEC Prepares for Ondo State Governorship Election: 10 Out of 13 Milestones Completed
Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Chairmen and other Leaders of Political Parties National Commissioners The Secretary to the Commission Other Senior Officials of the Commission Members of the INEC Press Corps Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of the Commission, I welcome you all to this meeting. You may recall that about two months ago on Thursday 29th August 2024 ... Read More »
Supreme Court Holds Judgment on 19 States’ Constitutional Challenge Against EFCC
Imo, Bauchi, Osun, Taraba in as Anambra, Adamawa, Ebonyi withdraw The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, reserved judgment in the suit filed by 19 states challenging the constitutionality of the laws establishing the EFCC and two others to a date to be communicated to the parties. The plaintiffs, in the suit marked: SC/CV/178/2023 had argued that the Supreme Court, in Dr. ... Read More »
Sir Kesington Adebutu at 89: A Beacon of Hope, Love, and Cultural Preservation. – Akintunde Oyekoya
The COVID-19 pandemic had just arrived in Nigeria, and the world witnessed what looked like an apocalypse. “Stay at home to stay alive” became the popular slogan. My office had paid me a month’s salary in arrears to stay away from work. The market square was in a state of panic, and families struggled to get foodstuffs. Then, I heard ... Read More »
Lagos Assembly To Hold Second Public Hearing On LG Administration Bill
– invites Attorney-General for interpretation of Supreme Court judgement The Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday agreed to conduct another public hearing on a bill that seeks to review the Local Government Administration law of the state. The House also invited the Attorney-General of the State, Lawal Pedro, for an interpretation of the recent Supreme Court judgement on financial ... Read More »
ONDO GUBER: SANWO-OLU, S’WEST GOVS, APC LEADERS CHARGE MEMBERS ON AIYEDATIWA’S VICTORY
…We must get more than 85 percent of votes, Lagos Governor tells party faithful Lagos State Governor and the Chairman of the South-West Governors Forum, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged leaders and members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State to unite and work for the party’s success in the forthcoming November 16 gubernatorial election. He appealed ... Read More »
“They Are Political Jesters,” Fayose’s Aide Dismisses Recommendation For Expulsion From PDP
Recommendation for the expulsion of former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by the Dare Adeleke led Caretaker Committee, has been described as “a political comedy by a committee of jesters led by a man with penchants for overpricing and over-bloating himself like a toad.” In a statement on Monday, Fayose’s Aide, Lere Olayinka, challenged ... Read More »
AFRIMA President Mike Dada Mourns the Loss of His Beloved Wife, Modupe Temitope Dada
The African Music and Entertainment Industry have been put into a sad moment as The Executive Producer and President of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, Mr Mike Dada, has lost his beloved wife, Mrs Modupe Temitope Dada, to the cold hands of death. Dupe Dada, Nee Baruwa, born on May 5, 1976, in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria, died peacefully ... Read More »
No Appointment of Acting COAS, General Lagbaja on Leave – DHQ Clarifies
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) wishes to clarify that it has not announced the appointment of any senior officer as the acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), contrary to speculation by certain media outlets. For the record, no such appointment exists within the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN). The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, is currently on a ... Read More »