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Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday, impeached their Speaker, Rt. Hon. Kunle Oluomo. Eighteen of the 36 members of State Assembly voted for Oluomo’s impeachment at plenary session on Tuesday. Oluomo was impeached for alleged embezzlement of funds, highhandedness and related offences.The Assembly immediately elected another member, Oludaisi Elemide, as the new Speaker. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on September 6, 2022, arraigned Oluomo before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos over an alleged N2.475bn money laundering.Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others: Oladapo Samuel, Adeyemo Taiwo, and Adeyanju Nimota Amoke (now at…
The 10th edition of the historic Okpekpe international 10km road race will hold on Saturday, May 25, 2024, according to World Athletics. The race, the first road running event in West Africa to get World Athletics recognition is among the 30 gold level road races listed in World Athletics’ worldwide calendar of global races for 2024.Overall, World Athletics has confirmed 167 road races for the year and Okpekpe race is the first gold level 10km road race that will hold in 2024.Zack Amodu, Okpekpe Road Race director says organizers of the race are happy to have consistently received recognition from…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborewori is still committed to be a governor for all Deltans, says Sir Festus Ahon, Chief Press Secretary to the Delta State Governor. Ahon who stated this during a Radio programme in Kpoko FM, Warri, monitored by our Correspondent, thanked the people of the State for their support during the elections and legal battles. He assured that the Oborewori’s administration would not take the support of the people for granted, noting that “the governor is fine and he is fast settling in for the business of governance, haven won 38 legal battles. Like he…
The AthIetics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) recently released reconstituted Committees tasked to seek for athletes welfare and good performance at future Games and events. This directive was handed down by the AFN President Chief Tonobok Okowa who insisted that their coming on board as committees heads and members was to seek for AthIetes welfare that would directly and effectively translate to better performance.He noted that members of the committees were selected based on merit and individual competence and hoped that such virtues would be deployed to the benefit of AthIetes.During a flash interview, Okowa said, Nigerians are expecting greater performance…
The familiar concrete walls of Lagos State public school halls again echoed with the voices of young minds, but this time, not singing hymns or reciting poems, it’s alive with the rapid-fire clicks of controllers and the triumphant shouts of gamers. That was the scene at Lagos City College, Yaba, recently, where seven public schools,eight dedicated teachers, and over 45 students from the vibrant Lagos State Education District IV faced off in an epic inter school Esports tournament hosted by Kucheza Gaming. The EA FC Tournament and the All-Female Mario Kart Racing Tournament took center stage, transforming the air into…
Governor of Delta State, Rt Hon Sheriff Oborevwori, survived a total of thirty eight criminal lawsuits, from party primary to post governorship election, making him the most fortunate and divinely anointed celebrant in the history of constitutional democracy in Nigeria. His political detractors fought him from all angles, pressed all manners of frivolous criminal charges, all in an attempt to stop him from becoming the governor, and when he eventually won the governorship election with a wide margin on March 18, 2023, Oborevwori’s traducers flooded the Courts with multifaceted lawsuits to remove him as governor, but all their efforts crashed…
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, Friday, said God ordained him to be Governor and expressed appreciation to Him and Deltans for his victory at the Supreme Court. Oborevwori said he survived 38 cases in various courts up to the Supreme Court from pre-election to post election to become Governor of Delta State. Speaking at a thanksgiving service at the Government House Chapel Asaba, the Governor who was joined by his wife, Deaconess Tobore, his Deputy Sir Monday Onyeme and wife, Catherine, immediate past Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa and wife, Dame Edith, Governor Oborevwori stressed that God ordained him…
Chief Press Secretary to Delta State Governor, Sir Fetus Ahon on Friday, said the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed Governor Sheriff Oborevwori as the winner of the March 18, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state, has restored the hope of Deltans in particular and Nigerians in general to the country’s democracy and judicial system. Sir Ahon pointed out that the apex court had with its judgment, affirmed the massive support freely given to Rt. Hon. Oborevwori in the last year’s election. Reacting to the apex court’s judgment, Ahon, in a statement, said the judgment which coincided with the first year…
Sheriff Oborevwori of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was this morning affirmed Delta governorship winner by the Supreme Court which dismissed the appeal by Ovie Omo-Agege, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the election held in March 2023. A five-member panel of the Supreme Court ruled Omo-Agege and the APC failed to prove the election was conducted without substantial compliance with the Electoral Act. The court is about to commence delivery of the judgment on the appeal by Kenneth Gbagi of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday, assented to the N2.2tn 2024 Appropriation Bill passed into law by the state House of Assembly last week. The signing of the budget was done at the Conference Hall of the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. The state House of Assembly, on Friday, January 5, passed into law the N2.2tn 2024 appropriation bill at a plenary presided over by the Speaker of the House, Mudashiru Obasa.