Category: Politics

Mr. Jegede, SAN. By Editor. One of the major contenders of the Ondo State governorship election on October 10, 2020, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), has rejoiced with Nigerians on the occasion of the country’s 60th Independence anniversary, but urged them to learn the mistakes of the past years in order to build the future they all desire. Jegede in a statement in Akure, said while the country had passed through various trying periods…

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President Buhari. By Editor-in-chief.Where a government founded on the pillars of the rule of law under known principles of democracy, decides to abandon the constituents that make up the country and pursues its own agenda for whatever reasons it deems fit, the same government should not turn around to blame the people for flouting laws and disobeying constituted authorities, if the people decide to express themselves in their own way to drive their message home to the political leaders…

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Adegboruwa, SAN. OPINION. By Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa. ALL things being equal, governorship elections will take place in Edo and Ondo States, come September 19 and October 10, 2020respectively, according to the time table released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC). There are similarities and differences in both elections. In both States, the governors are battling for their second terms in office, with political intrigues between the incumbents and their opponents. In Ondo State however, the race is between three…

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Governor Obaseki of Edo State. OPINION. By Chief Gabriel Edeoghon This year’s election cycle in Edo state has garnered nation-wide attention not only because of the controversy surrounding the primaries but also because it features two prominent Edo South  sons locked in a bitter rematch battle to decide whose vision will control the affairs of the State for the next four years. Post the dynamic Governor Ogbemudia and Alli, the state has struggled to find that enduring, invigorating leadership…

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Senator Nwaoboshi. By Editor. The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has sent a letter to Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, a sitting senator and the chairman of the senate Committee on NDDC, demanding refund of ₦2,552,305,600.00 being payment for unexecuted projects awarded to him in 2017 under the 2016 budget of the Commission. NDDC in a letter signed by the Director, Legal Services, Peter Claver Okoro, Esq., said that in 2017, the Commission awarded contracts to certain companies for the production…

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Agboola Ajayi, Esq, Ondo Dep Gov. By Editor. The rumours making the rounds that the Ondo State deputy governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, a lawyer, has crossed over to join the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) to further his interest, is not true after all, as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has come out clear and clean to deny the rumours flatly, saying that “Agboola Ajayi remains a valuable and respected PDP member”. In a statement issued by the state chapter…

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Dr. Agbakoba, SAN. By Editor-in-Chief. Before its official declaration as a political party, the new advertised political movement, National Consultative Front, (NCF), congregating prominent professionals and influential Nigerians of like minds who denounce the present political quagmire in the country, has already started witnessing cracks within its ranks as one of the big names paraded last Wednesday, July 1, 2020, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, (SAN), a foremost human rights lawyer and ex-Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, has distanced himself from…

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Yomi Adebayo (media strategist). By Editor. The leading governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo state and the Executive Director (Engineering and Technical Services), Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, IfeOluwa Oyedele, FNSE, has appointed Abayomi Adebayo (@Yomisaint), as the Director of Media and Publicity for the IFEOLUWA OYEDELE  Governorship  Campaign Organisation. Abayomi, an astute Digital Media Strategist and Publicist, was a Media Assistant in charge of both Traditional and New Media in the Office of the…

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OPINION. By Olisa Agbakoba, SAN. Nigeria is a country of so many ethnic nationalities and so has been striving to evolve a workable framework that harmonises the often conflicting interests of these nationalities. As a result of our large population and territory, the most effective political system is federalism because it enables us to have diverse ways of organising ourselves. Many people say the 1963 Republican Constitution was the best ever because it allowed the different regions to express…

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Governor Umahi of Ebonyi State. Charles Onyekwere, AbakalikiGovernor David Umahi of Ebonyi state over the weekend presented a budget estimate of N178.136bn to the State House of Assembly for 2020 fiscal year. The budget which is christened”Budget of Growth, Consolidation and Transformation”, according to the governor, promised that the state government has made provisions in the budget for the payment of the new minimum wage next year.“Our commitment towards minimum wage for our Civil servants is unwavering. We shall…

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