OsunDecides2022: Victory is close, we’ll dance in the rain, don’t move – Davido to voters

Nigerian music star, David Adedeji Adeleke, has expressed optimism that his uncle, Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State, would win the race. Davido, in a series of tweets, urged voters to remain at the polling unit as counting continues despite heavy downpour. According to the singer, the stolen mandate of …

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#OsunDecides2022: LP Did Not Collapse Structure To Support PDP —Party Chairman, Spokesperson

A few hours after insinuations arose that the Labour party (LP) candidate, Hon Lasun Yusuf has collapsed his structure to support the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the state chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Adebayo Bello described the story as a ruse. The chairman, who maintained that such a development can never happen, said Labour Party cannot …

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Breaking: Lagos Assembly Service Commission Boss Sacked As Onafeko Is Appointed Clerk

In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the Lagos State House of Assembly voted for the sack of the chairman of the State House of Assembly Commission, LAHASCOM, Wale Mogaji. Mogaji’s sack was approved after a voice vote by members of the House at plenary. The lawmakers appointed Mrs. Folashade Raulat Latona as the new Secretary of the Commission. Latona replaces …

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He was always checking time, wife narrates how Lagos ex-Speaker died

Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly, led by Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, on Thursday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Speaker of the State, Rt. Hon. Abayomi Kinyomi, with the deceased’s wife, Chief (Mrs) Oluyinka Abeni, revealing his last moment. According to Mrs. Oluyinka, her husband, days before his passing, was constantly checking …

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Alleged $111,500,000 Fraud: Absence of Defence Counsel Stalls Stanley Okafor’s Trial

The trial of one Stanley Okafor alongside his company, Larbrador Shipping Services Limited, for an alleged $111,500,000 fraud before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on an amended nine-count charge bordering on attempt to obtain money by false pretence, forgery, and possession of document containing false pretence could not continue on Wednesday, July 13, …

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Three Convicted for Internet Fraud in Kaduna

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the EFCC, on Wednesday, July 13, 2022 secured the conviction of Peter Darshewa Felix, Benjamin Johnson and John Jacob before Justice A. A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court. The trio were all arrested in a sting operation for their alleged involvement in cybercrime.  They allegedly assumed the identities of foreigners to defraud unsuspecting …

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Ezeigbo Ghana, HRM Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu gets international recognition
 
 
 
 

The management of Champion Newspapers Limited, Nigeria, has honoured HRM Eze Chukwudi Jude Ihenetu, the Ezeigbo of Ghana as the newspaper’s 2021 Most Outstanding Diaspora Personality of the year. The award, which is a product of painstaking selection of the newspaper’s Board of Editors, is aimed at recognizing leaders in both public and private sectors as well as in politics …

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Osun Guber: Oyetola, Adeleke, Others Sign Peace Accord

No fewer than twelve governorship candidates yesterday signed a peace accord towards a peaceful conduct of the July 16 Osun State governorship election.  Some of the candidates who signed the accord include those of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Action Alliance (AA). Among those who did not show up are candidates of the …

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Obasa, Lawmakers Mourn As Ex-Lagos Speaker Dies At 82

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has described the death of Abayomi Kinyomi, a former Speaker in the State, as a great loss. Dr. Obasa said this in a statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele, on Wednesday, adding that the former Speaker would be sorely missed for his contributions to the …

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