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Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Ondo State Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is to sign and submit an undated resignation letter to President Bola Tinubu. This was part of the resolution reached during the peace meeting brokered by President Tinubu on the political crisis in the Sunshine State. Ondo Speaker, Hon Olamide Oladiji, disclosed this during Tuesday’s plenary while presenting report of the resolutions reached at the Abuja meeting to the people of the State. Oladiji said three enforcers including Ondo APC chairman, Engr. Ade Adetimehin, Secretary to the State Government, Princess Catharin Oladunni Odu and himself were appointed to monitor compliance with the…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Nigeria now has one hundred and forty-seven private universities, following the recent provisional licences given to 37 more between January 1, 2023, and June 27, 2023, by the National Universities Commission (NUC). Naija News reports that the latest data was obtained from the official website of the NUC, the regulatory body for universities in the country. The increased number of private tertiary institutions across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory of the federation is said to have become necessary due to the quest for quality university education owing to industrial crises and issues of poor…

Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan Sule Lamido has claimed that Jonathan ruined his family and career because of his political interest. The former governor made the allegation during a chat with POSTREPORTERS Speaking on his political travails, Lamido lamented that he has been through all manner of persecution. He, however, stated that despite everything he has been through his focus is on Nigeria because the country has been very good to him. Lamido said, “People don’t see my contributions right from 1979 in the House of Reps; what I went through in terms of humiliation, persecution, suffering to the point that even…

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…