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Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, will officially present the staff of office to the Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Ghandi Olaoye, on Saturday, December 16, The PUNCH exclusively learnt, on Monday. This was as state High Court sitting in Ogbomoso, on Monday, granted a stay of execution of the October 25 judgment, which ordered the removal of the monarch. Recall that a prince, Kabir Olaoye, filed a suit marked HOG/27/2022, alleging irregularities in the process that led to Oba Ghandi’s emergency as Soun of Ogbomosoland. Justice Kareem Adedokun ruled in favour of the plaintiff and sacked Oba…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Ondo State Deputy Governor has asked the state house of assembly to transmit powers to him as acting governor of the state. Aiyedatiwa reportedly informed the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly after the meeting between political stakeholders in Ondo State and President Bola Tinubu on Friday. It was reported on Saturday that President Tinubu had during the meeting asked the assembly to appoint Aiyedatiwa as acting governor following Akeredolu’s absence for over five months. The president, however, secured commitments from Aiyedatiwa to continue to look after Akeredolu and not sideline him. As…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan There was pandemonium at Papa Eleye, Zone 2, Oluyole local government,  Ibadan, when a self-acclaimed prophet, Gbenga Idowu Ogundijo, allegedly smashed his eleven-year-old grandson, Keji Ogundijo, skull with a heavy stick. The incident which happened last week Saturday according to the statement sent to this reporter by Olusegun Idowu, who is the commandant of Oluyole Security Network, said the noise coming from the room of Ogundijo drew the attention of neighbors to the place. He said “on getting there, they met the door closed, but they had no other option than to break the door in.…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has approved the application for stay of execution on nullification of the appointment of Oba Gbandi Afolabi Olaoye as Soun of Ogbomosoland. Oba Olaoye’s appointment as the Soun was nullified by the court over procedural flaw in his nomination. Issuing the order Monday (Nov 27), in suit no HOG/27/2022, presiding judge, Justice Kareem Adeyimika Adedokun, directed all the parties to maintain status quo ante pending the hearing and determination of the appeal already filed by the defense of Oba Olaoye and the Oyo state government. Recall Oba Olaoye who was…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Some supporters of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, on Sunday, converged at the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Ibadan, Oyo State to pray after which they  staged a peaceful protest to press home their demands for the maintenance of the status quo in Kano State. DAILY MONITOR reports that the Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment of the Kano State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, which overturned Yusuf’s victory and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Nasiru Gawuna, as the winner of the election. This newspaper recalls that protests had last week broken out in Kano following…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Adeyemi Josiah Afolayan was a film actor, director, and producer who was born in 1940 in the Nigerian state of Kwara. He is the brother of the actress Toyin Afolayan and the father of the actors Kunle Afolayan, Tayo Afolayan, Gabriel Afolayan, Moji Afolayan, and Aremu Afolayan. Afolayan joined Moses Olaiya’s theatrical group in 1966; he later departed to form his own drama company, which produced comedy pieces in 1971. He first made an appearance in Ola Balogun’s 1976 film Ajani Ogun, and later produced and featured in Balogun’s 1979 film Ija Ominira. The first film he…

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the last general elections, Peter Obi, has joined his alma mater, Christ the King College in Onitsha, to celebrate its 90th Founders Day. The former Anambra State governor shared this in a post on his X handle on Sunday, November 26, stating that the college has stood as a beacon of discipline, knowledge, moral integrity, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Obi’s tweet read, “The College has, since its inception, produced the first two Nigerian Cardinals of the Catholic Church, several bishops, both catholic and Anglican, four supreme court justices and…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Egypt, Qatar and the US are pressing for four-day truce to be extended. Netanyahu, addressing Israeli forces in Gaza, says: “Nothing will stop us.” He also told Biden he would extend the truce by one day for each further 10 captives released. Hamas releases 13 more Israeli captives as well as three Thais and one Israeli-Russian. Meanwhile, 39 more Palestinian prisoners released as part of the third prisoner captive exchange were greeted by celebrations in the occupied West Bank. More than 14,854 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 7. In Israel, the official death toll stands at 1,200.

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan It has been observed that many Nigerians seek the help and services of some unscrupulous and dubious elements in processing written complaints or petitions, which has hindered the smooth attention such petitions deserve and denied many justice, National Association of Online Security News Publishers, NAOSNP can report. The Nigeria Police does not have agents to take and process petitions from Nigerians. These elements charge and dupe people of huge amounts under the pretence of processing their complaints with such monies and denting the image of the Police and our Senior Officers. This is improper and unacceptable. Nigerians…

The Osun chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared that Governor Ademola Adeleke is missing from government activities in the state. The APC stated that Governor Adeleke has been vacationing in the United States for the past two weeks, contrary to claims made by his spokesperson that he is on an official trip to Europe and Asia for partnership deals. The Osun State APC chairman, Sooko Tajudeen Lawal, made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday. Lawal insinuated that Adeleke’s absence from the state during the imminent celebration of his one-year administration might…