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... As Court Dismisses Suit With N6m Penalty The Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta has dismissed a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Hon. Adekunle Akinlade, Hon Oladipupo Adebutu and Peoples Democratic Party challenging the nomination of Hon. Adekunle Akinlade as the Peoples Democratic Party Deputy Governorship nominee and awarded a total fine of 6 Million Naira as cost in favour of the defendants. The APC through their counsel Barr. Abeeb Adewale Ajayi filled a suit with number FHC/AB/CS/149/22 claiming that Hon Akinlade was not duly nominated as the PDP Deputy Governorship candidate for 2023 election, the suit contained an affidavit signed by the APC Publicity Secretary, Tunde Oladunjoye.  APC prayed the court to compel INEC to disqualify PDP from presenting a candidate for the 2023 gubernatorial elections on the ground that Hon. Akinlade contested the APC primary before moving to the PDP.  However, the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta p

Advocacy for Advancement of Peace & Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has berated the Presidential candidate of the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar over his comment. The group in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Comrade Sulaimon Suberu said the recent statement credited to the presidential hopeful of the PDP, inciting a section of the country against candidates from other parts of Nigeria. ADAPHAI stated that the sectional sentiment and ethnic chicanery are not only primitive and parochial, saying it poses serious danger to Nigeria's fragile corporate entity and survival. “As a leading civil society organization with mandate to propagate peaceful co-existence and non-violent culture among communities in Africa, we were taken aback by a recent statement credited to the presidential hopeful of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, inciting a section of the country against candidates from other parts of Nigeria.” “Indeed, Nigeria as the l

One of the most instructive postulations of a celebrated political philosopher and leading thinker, Socrates, is that," A good leader must recognize problem before it becomes an emergency". A critical evaluation of the above thought simply implies that majority of political leaders around the world, especially in the third world countries, who ended up in irredeemable political oblivion were those with spontaneous response to issues without recourse to proper planning and empirical analysis of situation as a guide to logical conclusion and subsequent decision. In line with this thought of Socrates, the former Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, is one of the leaders with absence of requisite temperament to recognize problem before it becomes an emergency, he is a man with fire brigade approach out of self aggrandizement and egocentric tendencies. Suffering from chronic self-delusion, Ibikunle Amosun, completely failed to realize the dwindling trend of his

Our attention has been drawn to a story in one of the blogs in the state, alleging looting at the official residence of the Osun State Deputy Governor, Mr Benedict Alabi. We want to unequivocally state that this allegation is not only primitive and completely untrue, it is indeed a reflection of weak reasoning from a feeble mind. While we were not surprised by this type of cheap propaganda, being the trademark of a particular political bloc, it is pathetic that a section of the media could be so ductile to the level of becoming a mere instrument of smear campaign. To put the record straight, the Deputy Governor is a man of honour and dignity, with impeccable pedigree and history of integrity, who will never descend so low to that level of infraction. We, therefore, advise the general public to disregard this allegation as a mere work of fiction and a fallout of imaginary disorder. Olaniyi Ajibola, Senior Special Assistant on media to the Osun State Deputy Governor.

As part of the reunion programme of the 2001 set of Management & Accounting Department of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-ife, the association has renovated several classrooms and other facilities in the Faculty of Administration. The association, before commissioning of the renovated facilities on Saturday, paid royal homage to the palace of Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi. Speaking at the palace of Ooni during the visit, the outgoing President of the Association, Mr Tolulope Ogundipe, stated that it was imperative for heads of various Departments in Nigerian Universities to liaise with their former students towards assisting their alma-mater in different areas of needs, especially in the area of critical infrastructure on campus.  Ogundipe, disclosed that the association aims and objectives were to give back to the University that has served as the bedrock of their life accomplishments and gro

A Civil Society Organization, Advocacy for Advancement of Peace & Harmony in Africa Initiative (ADAPHAI) has called for restrain over the process of enthronement of a new king in Oluponna, in Ayedire Local government area of Osun State, following the demise of the former Olupo of Oluponna, Oba Emmanuel Onaolapo Oyebanji, Fadare II, on January 3, 2022. The group warned that the clandestine and lopsided path followed by some kingmakers in the town, in the process of selecting a new king through the back door would backfire and disrupt the peace of the sleepy town and Osun State at large. ADAPHAI, in a press statement signed by its National Coordinator, Sulaimon Suberu, the copy which was made available to newsmen in Osogbo, the Osun State capital on Saturday stated that there is palpable tension in the town as a result of resentment on the part of some royal lineages who felt shortchanged by the activities of the kingmakers and other stakeholders in the axis. The grou