President Mohammadu Buhari Wednesday renamed the Abuja National Stadium after acclaimed winner of 1993 General Election Chief Moshood Kashimawo Abiola. The honour is coming 26 years after that historical election adjudged to be the fairest since the country’s independent in 1960. The President had earlier signed into the law the recognition of June 12 as…
Former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, on Wednesday recalled some of the ugly memories he has about the June 12 struggle. He said the late Moshood Abiola, by his struggle and death in the course of holding on to his mandate, paid the price of the 20-year-uninterrupted democracy Nigeria enjoys today. Osoba spoke…
The Oyo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has admitted results from 495 polling units and wards in 26 Local Government Areas as exhibits tendered by the governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress, Adebayo Adelabu. Adelabu is challenging the victory of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Seyi Makinde, in the March 9 governorship election…
Yobe North lawmaker, Senator Ahmed Lawan, has emerged the President of the ninth Senate with 79 votes defeating Ali Ndume of Borno-South senatorial district who polled less than 28 votes The National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC met with governors and members of the National Assembly elected on the platform of the party on…
A Federal High Court in Lagos, has fixed June 28, for re-arraignment of an embattled former Governor of Ekiti, Ayodele Fayose, facing charges of N6.9billion fraud. Fayose was arraigned on Oct. 22. 2018, before Justice Mojisola Olatotegun, alongside a company, Spotless Investment Ltd, on 11 counts bordering on fraud and money laundering offences. He is…
•As Davido congratulates the new speaker The Popular Hip hop singer, David Adeleke who also known as Davido has described the newly emerged speaker in Oyo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin as his boy. Davido who took to his Twitter page to congratulate the new speaker of the house said three years…
The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has signed June 12 bill into law. Presidential aide on National Assembly matters, Senator Ita Enang informed the state house correspondents that with the assent to the amendment, May 29 is no more a public holiday. Buhari assented to the Public Holiday Amendment Act, declaring…
Pandemonium said to broke out on Saturday as fully armed policemen swooped on women observing the bimonthly prayer meeting founded by wife of immediate former governor of Oyo State, Mrs. Florence Ajimobi. It was gathered that the bimonthly prayer meeting organized by Women’s Intercessory Network which was founded by the former First Lady was disrupted…
It is now apparent that the member representing Ibarapa East state constituency in the Oyo state House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin is the Speaker of the ninth Assembly to be inaugurated today. The determinant factors for the 32-year-old Ogundoyin’s emergence is a combination of his party he belongs, zoning consideration and experience. For the…
The Chief of Staff to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, Chief Bisi Ilaka on Saturday alleged that the immediate past governor of the state, Senator Abiola Ajimobi left office with eleven newly purchased vehicles belonging to the state government. Chief Ilaka also alleged that Commissioners and other top political appointees in the Senator Ajimobi’s…
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