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14 Lawmakers Pass Vote Of Confidence On Ondo Speaker

…Dissociate Themselves From Impeachment Plan Fourteen lawmakers of the Ondo State House of Assembly have passed a vote of confidence on the Speaker, Hon Olamide Oladipo, worsening the crisis over the leadership of the Assembly. The 14 lawmakers asked the people of the state to discountenance the call for the removal of the Speaker over...
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Oyebanji Celebrates Ex-Gov. Fayose At 65

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has congratulated a former Governor of the State, Dr Peter Ayodele Fayose, on his 65th birthday. Governor Oyebanji, in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Yinka Oyebode, hailed Fayose’s remarkable contribution to the development of Ekiti as a two-term Governor of the State. Oyebanji described Fayose...
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Court Compels PDP to Allow Lamido Contest

Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja has compelled the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to include the name of the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, to contest its chairmanship position in its Forthcoming national convention. Justice Lifu, in a judgment delivered on Friday, compelled the party to create an opportunity...
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Fuel Tariff Reversal: Tinubu Govt Confused

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said the reversal of the 15 per cent import duty the Federal Government imposed on petrol and diesel is evidence that the Bola Tinubu administration is not sure of its decisions and is merely experimenting with governance. ADC, in a statement issued on Friday by the National Publicity Secretary,...
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Court Adjourns Ruling On Jurisdiction Objection To Dec 8

…Insists interim order restraining defendants from disrupting convention subsists The Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan again on Friday adjourned ruling on a preliminary objection challenging its jurisdiction in a suit filed by a member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Folahan Adelabi, on the party’s national convention scheduled for Saturday, 15 November,...
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Zamfara Receives Over 1trn From FG In Two Years

…Assures End of Banditry Soon Former Zamfara State Governor and Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, has said the state under Governor Dauda Lawal’s administration has collected over one trillion naira, ranging from monthly statutory allocations and bailouts meant for the development of the state and the fight for poverty and hunger. Matawalle...
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No Plan To Impeach Ondo Speaker

The leader of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Chief Olatunji Oshati, has dispelled insinuations of uneasy calm in the house over the plan to impeach the Speaker of the Assembly, Olamide Oladiji. Twelve lawmakers, led by Hon Temitope Akomolafe, in a resolution issued on Thursday night, invoked Section 92(4)(c) of the 1999 Constitution (as...
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Ibadan Convention Crucial For PDP’s Rebirth, Must Hold

A chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Laja Adeoye, has urged the party to resist any attempt to suspend or postpone its Saturday National Convention in Ibadan, Oyo State. Adeoye, in a statement on Friday in Lagos, described those pushing for postponement as selfish and anti-party elements acting against the collective interest of...
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