A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has lost his elder sister, Mrs Victoria Moradehun Popoola (née Oyinlola) to the cold hands of death. Mrs Popoola died on Thursday, December 28, 2023. She was 87 years old. Mrs Popoola, a retired midwife, was Prince Oyinlola’s mother’sContinue Reading
Governors present at the Jerico Ibadan, Oyo State residence of the Akeredolus were Dapo Abiodun (Ogun), Abiodun Oyebanj (Ekiti), and Ademola Adeleke (Osun). Governors of the South-West region have paid a condolence visit to the family of the late former Governor of Ondo State Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died onContinue Reading
The Federal Government says a bomb blast killed one operative of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and destroyed three electricity transmission towers along Maiduguri-Damaturu road. The General Manager, Public Affairs of Transmission Company of Nigeria, Ndidi Mbah ,disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to TCN,Continue Reading
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved the release of 246 inmates from various correctional facilities across the state. A statement issued on Friday by the state Attorney-General for Justice, Mr Lawal Pedro, said the governor also commuted 39 inmates on death row to life imprisonment. AccordingContinue Reading
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has expressed shock over the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu. Adeleke, who said he was deeply troubled by the news of the demise of Akeredolu, described his death a a huge national loss. The Osun governor, in a statement byContinue Reading
The Comptroller of Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Aminu Shamsuddin, has cautioned men and officers of the command to stay away from any form of corruption.. Shamsuddin said that any corrupt personnel found engaging in bribery and corruption will be dismissed from the service. TheContinue Reading
Ondo Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has been sworn in as the State’s substantive Executive Governor following Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s demise. State Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odosola administered the oath of office at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s office in Akure. Present to witness the swear-in ceremony areContinue Reading
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State is dead. According to reports, Akeredolu died in Lagos on Wednesday The Ondo governor died at the age of 67. It was learnt that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad.Continue Reading
A grieving Governor Mutfwang, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, said the attacks were unprovoked and tasked security agents to unravel the sponsors of the “carnage” and their blood-thirsty foot-soldiers. “Just when we had finished preparations for Christmas, unprovoked attacks were unleashed on our communities,” aContinue Reading
