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Gateman rejects house offer from employer, requests borehole for his community

Musa Usman, who hails from Giljimmi, a Fulani settlement in Birniwa Local Government Area of Jigawa State;

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For Wearing Skimpy Dresses, Court Sentence Two Women In Kaduna

The two convicts however pleaded for leniency saying they won’t repeat the crime.

The judge, Mallam Musa Sa’ad-Goma,

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I’m Not Sleeping On Duty, Buhari Replies Catholic Bishop

The cleric had, during an Easter homily he delivered in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, criticised..

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We Transmitted Election Results To INEC Servers, Presiding Officers Tell Tribunal

“I took part in the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) elections of 23rd February, 2019 where I served as the Presiding Officer (PO)..

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Tofowomo Commends Ekweremadu Over Productive Empowerment To Constituent

Tofowomo wrote: “This is what we call empowerment. I did not subscribe to the opposite where some Lawmakers are distributing ..

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Saraki, Dogara Padded Budgets For Four Years – Tinubu

Tinubu made the allegations in a statement made available to journalists

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Senate Leadership: APC Governors Move To Avert Divided House

The race for Senate President is being hotly contested by the Senate Leader, Dr. Ahmad Lawan;

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Breaking: Why APC NWC Suspends Governor Akeredolu

However, phone calls put across to the Chief Press Secretary of the Governor by our correspondent to get his reaction..

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Why Nigerians don’t have electricity meters after years of ‘crazy’ billings

Every day, many live at the mercy of the DISCOs who subject them to outrageous estimated billing..

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Buhari Does Not Oppose My Ambition of Becoming Senate President – Ndume

He described as “a spin from a well-known quarters,” the claim that his ambition to be the ..

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16 Grounds of Appeal of Justice Onnoghen That Keep Nigerians Talking

But in his appeal, Onnoghen rejected the judgement and asked the appellate court to set it aside.

Read below his sixteen grounds of appeal:

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Not Only Does Buhari Love The Poor, He Loves Extreme Poverty Too – Omokri

* Reno Omokri, other Nigerians react as Keyamo calls Buhari ‘friend of the poor’

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I’m More Qualified Than Atiku – Buhari Tells Tribunal

— Challenges Atiku to produce his academic credentials before the tribunal

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Tribunal:Atiku Presents Proof That Results From INEC Server Were Not Fabricated

Atiku and the PDP also alleged the INEC chairman “committed grave errors in the final collation exercise” for the election by “falsely crediting”

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Do You Have A WAEC Certificate? Reno Omokri Writes Buhari

He accused President Buhari of deceit over his School certificate.

The tweet reads:

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Do You Have A WAEC Certificate? Reno Omokri Writes Buhari

He accused President Buhari of deceit over his School certificate.

The tweet reads:

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Nigeria Is Safer Today Than It Was In 2015 — Lai Mohammed

Mohammed added that the banditry and killings in Zamfara and Kaduna have been ..

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Senate Presidency: Borno Governor Disowns Ndume, Supports Lawan

Messrs Ndume and Shettima are political allies in Borno State.

Mr Shettima made his stance ..

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You do not even need a WAEC certificate to become President of Nigeria. – Keyamo

— As Segun Sowunmi tackles Keyamo on the citizenship of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar

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Take the insults and send back senses . Very simple

It’s just a mere prayers sought by FG in their written addresses

Convict Onnoghen Now, FG Tells Code of Conduct Tribunal

The positions of the two parties are contained in the final addresses of their counsel submitted to

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House Speakership: North-East APC Dumps Gbajabiamila, Aligns With South-East

“It is in line with all above that we the forum of APC Public Relations officers of the North East

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You Are Cameroonian, You can’t Challenge My Victory – Buhari Bombs Atiku At Tribunal

The APC’s reply to the petition, filed by its lead counsel, Lateef Fagbemi faulted the candidacy of Atiku in ..

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Details of National Assembly’s 2018 Budget Hits Public Domain

See the break down below in the above table

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Allow Court To Determine Merits Or Otherwise of Your Petition Against Buhari — FG Tells Atiku

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated

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APC South-East Group Opposes Gbajabiamila Over Speaker’s Position

The group’s convener, Chris Onyemechara, made the call at a press conference in Abuja..

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Fuel Tanker Rams Into Moving Caterpillar In Anambra

“A tanker carrying 40,000 litres of PMS collided with a Caterpillar that lost control from opposite direction at ..

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IMF worries over Nigeria’s repayment capacity of N24.39tn debt

“Nigeria has been borrowing in international markets but we worry.

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Declare Failed Exam Inconclusive, Hold Supplementary Exam — Melaye Tells Nigerian Universities

In what look like a mockery of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) following the rate of inconclusive elections across Nigeria, Senator Dino Melaye has ..

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Ondo 2020: It’s Time For Ilaje To Produce Next Governor

By Olumide Akinrinlola

From the creation of Ondo state, the emergence of gubernatorial candidates for any governorship elections being produced by various political parties are being considered rotationally within the three senatorial districts of the state.

Though, the gentle man arrangement is not known to any law of the land. But ever since it started in 1999, it has become a tradition adopted by various political parties to produce their gubernatorial candidates without any truncation.

In 1999, late governor Adebayo Adefarati was produced from the northern part of the state as the executive governor of Ondo-state. He was not so lucky when he sought re-election in 2003, he was defeated by late governor Olusegun Agagu from Ondo South.

Agagu too was not lucky when he sought re-election in 2007. Though he was declared winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but he was removed by the court after spending two years in office.

On that note, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko was declared winner and duly elected governor of the state by the law court. He took over from Agagu as the governor of Ondo-state after he was sworn in 2009 based on the court judgment.

The Ondo born politician, Mimiko, who is from Ondo Central, went on to win re-election in 2012, beating his closest challenger, Olusola Oke of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), thereby, breaking the record to become the first governor of Ondo- State who spent 8 years in office.

However, luck ran against him when he attempted to truncate the aged long political zoning arrangement in 2016 in his plan to produce a successor by imposing Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) from Ondo Central senatorial district as the gubernatorial candidate of PDP against the wishes of party leaders and followers in the other two senatorial districts of the state.

The defilement of this traditional zoning arrangement by Mimiko did not go down well with some notable leaders of the party in Ondo North and Ondo South.

This led to a serious political gang up and conspiracy by party leaders who were sufficiently aggrieved that the other two senatorial districts were shortchanged by the former governor.

Aggrieved leaders like chief Jimoh Ibrahim and many political appointees under Mimiko sabotaged and frustrated Jegede through the court and anti-party activities.

Many PDP leaders, members of the party, and the electorates in Ondo South and North voted against Jegede. They did not vote against him because he wasn’t qualify for the job but he was rejected by the electorates because he was from thesame Ondo Central with the then governor Segun Mimiko, who already spent 8 years as the governor of the state.

That was the major reason Jegede of the PDP lost the election to the present incumbent governor of the state, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) because the people of Ondo South and North cannot wait for another likely 8 years before they could produce the governor despite the obvious that both senatorial districts suffered a major set back of infrastructural developments that took place under Mimiko which was believed to have been over-concentrated in Ondo Central.

With Akeredolu as the incumbent governor now, the seat of power has returned back to Ondo North. It means, Akeredolu will complete the 8 years the late governor Adefarati from Ondo North could not complete.

Meanwhile, the governor is also likely to seek re-election as it stands. But that will be determined by his party, APC.

Having said this, we must not shy away from the fact that the agitations by the people of Ondo South and Central to produce the next governor in 2020 have begun.

The people of Ondo South have started the agitations on social media, saying it is their turn to produce the next governor for the sake of fairness, justice and equity especially to balance the political equation in view of the aged long political arrangement in the state.

But some people from Ondo Central were of the views that Jegede must be allowed to contest again to try his luck for the second time. They argued that Akure city, the state capital, where Jegede hails from, has never produced the governor since the return of democracy.

Though, reactions gathered across the three Senatorial districts from the peoples of the state indicate that the above argument is baseless.

Majority argued that candidates are not being produced anywhere in Nigeria based on the factor mentioned above. They said it’s either the position is zoned to any of the senatorial districts or a primary election is conducted by political parties involved in the race.

The popular opinions were of the view that if sentiments were removed, and the aged long arrangement respected, Ondo South is the right senatorial district to produce the next governor of the state.

To avoid a repeat of failure, I join the well-meaning citizens of Ondo-State to take a position that the next governor of the state must be produced by Ondo South most especially under the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

And the best local government to produce the governor under Ondo South is ILAJE LOCAL GOVERNMENT of the state.

Apart from the fact that Ilaje Local Government contributed 60% of the total revenues of Ondo State government, we must remind ourselves of the fact that the incumbent senator in Ondo South is from Irele Local government. The incoming Senator is from Ileoluji-Okeigbo local government, the current deputy governor is from Ese Odo Local government. Our current federal minister is from Okitipupa Local government, thesame local government with the late former governor Olusegun Agagu, while Odigbo Local government seems not to show interest in the race as at now. And any local government that does not take action cannot see God and the people in action.

So, I stand with ILaje local government in view of Ondo 2020.

Ilaje Local government is a goal oooo..

Olumide Akinrinlola is from Okitipupa Local government of Ondo - State.

Thank You Ondo South

On behalf of myself, my family, and the entire family of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo-State, I sincerely, from the bottom of my heart, appreciate the good people of Ondo-South who elected me as distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria during February 23, 2019, Presidential and National Assembly Elections while you all repeated the same thing on March 9, 2019, supplementary elections that were held in 56 units of Ondo-South.

If it had not been the Lord on our sides, the enemies would have truncated the expression of your wishes through the ballots.

The mandate is yours. It is not for my family or my local Government, it is indeed the mandate of the good people of Ondo South expressly given to me by all of you across the six Local Governments of Ondo-South to represent your interests at the red chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.

I promise to represent you as a Senator representing Ondo South and not a senator representing PDP, nor a particular tribe or religion. I am going to be a distinguished Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria for Ondo South.

With the spirit of patriotism in me, I will enhance the unity of Ondo South regardless of our tribes, religions or political parties. Therefore , be rest assured, that, I will not kowtow in nepotism.

I will give you productive-quality representation at the senate. Count me out of docility. I will surpass my targets (agenda) which I already published online so that you can all have a copy for my appraisal throughout my tenor as your senator.

Thank you so much for your support. I am grateful!

God bless Ondo South!
God bless Ondo-State !
God bless Nigeria!

Signed:

Olumide Akinrinlola,
For : The Senator-elect,
Otunba Nicholas Tofowomo