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The newly inaugurated Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji has made his first appointments hours after he was sworn in on Sunday in Ado Ekiti. In a statement by the Ekiti State Head of Service, Mr. Bamidele Agbede, he disclosed that Mr. Yinka Oyebode has been appointed as Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. Oyebode served in the same capacity to the immediate past governor, Kayode Fayemi. READ ALSO: APC Knocks Atiku, Describes His Statement As “Repulsive Act of Desperation” Breaking:Oyebamiji Takes Oath of Office As Governor of Ekiti State Fayemi Pulls Out of Office; Says His Govt Has…

The International Press Institute (IPI) Nigeria has condemned the order by the Zamfara State government for the closure of some media organisations operating in the state. Gov. Bello Matawalle, on Saturday ordered the immediate shutdown of some public and private media organisations, for allegedly allegedly violating government order and journalism practice. The affected media houses included the federal government owned Radio Nigeria’s Pride FM in Gusau, and the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Gusau. Others are Gamji Television, Vision FM, and Al Umma Television. A statement signed earlier by the state’s Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Dosara announced the shutdown. Dosara said…

Nine Ghanaians have reportedly sent to jail by the federal high court sitting in Lagos for an attempt to smuggle cannabis into the country. They were said to have been sentenced to eight years imprisonment each Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson of the anti-narcotic agency, NDLEA disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday. The convicts according to the spokesman are identified as Victor Wuddah, Freeman Gazul, Adotete Joseph, Sottie Moses, Sottie Stephen, Christian Tette, Kanu Okonipa, Daniel Koyepti. and Kanu Natte. They were all sentenced on Friday. According to him, the convicts had attempted to smuggle 10,843.95 kilogrammes of cannabis…

Not fewer than Eleven(11) suspected cultists have been arrested by the men of Ogun State Police Command in Sango-Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, said to be members of a dreaded cult group, were apprehended on October 11. In a statement released by the state’s spokesperson of the force, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects as: Moshood Owolabi, Ibukun Adeoye, Yomi Samson,Faruk Salami, Olukunde Isaac, David Nwuzor, Olayemi Arukudu, Yusuf Olajide, Nwanah Samuel, Ogunrinde Ganiyu and Chukwuemeka. Oyeyemi said they were arrested following information received at Sango-Ota divisional police headquarters that the suspects, responsible for series of…

The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye has been advised to thread the path of one of his predecessors, Adejare Bello by not making any attempt to impeach Sen. Ademola Adeleke after swearing in. A People’s Democratic Party loyalist in Osun State, Akintunde Bello Sheriff (popularly called ABS) said that some of the loyalists of the outgoing government in the state have been making impeachment threat as an escape route for their illegality. Akintunde reminded the Speaker and APC lawmakers how Adejare was pressurized by the PDP-led Federal Government under former President Goodluck Jonathan to remove Ogbeni…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) described the statement credited to the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar as a decisive attack on the country’s national unity. It added that the statement was, however, not surprising coming from a desperate and serial failed candidate for the office of President. Atiku had on Saturday at the Arewa town hall policy dialogue at the weekend in Kaduna, said, “What the average Northerner needs is somebody who is from the North … he doesn’t need a Yoruba Candidate or an Igbo candidate.” Reacting in a statement issued Sunday by…

The Independent Peoples of Biafra on Sunday described as wicked attempt by the Nigerian Army to always attribute killings in Anambra and other parts of the South-East to its members. Emma Powerful, spokesman of IPOB, said in a statement Sunday that the Army have devised a means of creating more bad image for the group because of its hatred for the Igbos and leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. At least four soldiers were killed in Enugu recently by people described as unknown gunmen. The statement by Powerful reads: “In view of the recent alleged murder of four Nigeria soldiers…

The newly elected Governor of Ekiti State, Biodun Oyebanji has been sworn into office. He too his oath of office today in Ado Ekiti, the state capital. He took over the baton from former Governor Kayode Fayemi. The inaguration was held at Ekiti kete pavilion, located along new Iyin road, in the state capital. First to take the oaths of office and allegiance was the Deputy Governor, Mrs Monisade Afuye and was followed by Oyebanji, who was accompanied by his wife, Dr. Yemisi Oyebanji, who is a Lecturer at the University of Ibadan. The oaths were administered by the Chief…

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi says his administration in the last four years has fulfilled his electoral promise of reclaiming Ekiti land and restoring its values by making the state a place of pride among the committee of States in the country. Governor Fayemi, stated this during a pulling out ceremony organized as part of activities marking his last day in office as Ekiti State Governor on Saturday. The event which was an emotional moment for the people of the State, was the first of its kind in the State. Dr Fayemi, who also inspected the last guard…

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has questioned the veracity of the claim by the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party Atiku Abubakar, that he is the unifier that Nigerians need. Wike was reacting to the comment made by Atiku in Kaduna on Saturday where he told members of the Northern Elders Forum that they don’t need to look for any other candidate in Yorubaland or Igboland telling them he is the presidential candidate they need. Atiku stated this as his his response to a question posed to him by the spokesman of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Hakeem…