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Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti Former Ekiti State Deputy Governor, Dr. Sikiru Lawal, has warned President Muhammadu Buhari against re-presenting his Special Assistant, Mrs. Lauretta Onochie, to the Senate as a Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saying doing so would be insulting to Nigerians. Lawal in a statement issued in Ado Ekiti yesterday commended the Senator Ahmed Lawan-led Senate for the outright rejection of the nomination. He said the rejection of the special assistant to the president would sanitise the polity and uphold the integrity of INEC as a true...

Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has congratulated former Governor of Ogun State, Aremo Olusegun Osoba, on the occasion of his 82nd birthday anniversary. Fayemi in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, said the highly revered veteran journalist has lived his entire life serving the people and the country as a celebrated journalist, politician and statesman. The chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) hailed the former Ogun State governor for being a loyal party man and exemplary leader, whose commitment to the All Progressi...

By Victor Ogunje The Ekiti State Government yesterday warned its residents that the Delta Variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was deadlier and more infectious, noting that the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) had already confirmed the case of the new variant in the country. Consequently, the state government urged the residents to always use their facemasks in public places and ensure social distancing to avert the spread of the deadlier, more infectious and transmissible virus in any part of the state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Oyebanji Filani and Coordinator of the Ekiti State CO...

Victor Ogunje The Ekiti State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has denied the allegation raised by former Minister of Works, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye, that those loyal to the National Leader of the APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, were prevented from attending party’s meetings. Adeyeye, who is the National Chairman of the Southwest Agenda (SWAGA) 2023 for Tinubu’s Presidential Candidacy, averred that prominent members of the group were prevented from attending the stakeholders’ parley that was held in Ado Ekiti on July 2, 2021. But a statement that was signed yesterday by the APC ...

Deji Elumoye, Chuks Okocha, Adedayo Akinwale, Udora Orizu in Abuja and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti More people and groups yesterday joined the crusade, revived by the Southern Governors’ Forum, for the South to produce the next president with endorsements from Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum; Taraba State Governor, Mr. Darius Ishaku, and senators from the region. The senators stated that rotating the presidency to the South would end secessionist agitations, a position the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the National Assembly also supported. The party’s legislators also...