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BREAKING-NEWS:5G: NCC grants MAFAB five- month extension to roll outMafab Communications, one of the two telecommunication firms that won the 5G spectrum licences in December 2021, has been issued a five-month extension for
Your Blackmail Won’t Upturn Oyebanji’s Victory…APC Chieftain Knocks Segun OniYour persistent blackmails against the Ekiti governor elect, Biodun Oyebanji and the Independent National Electoral won’t earn you undeserved victory at the Election Petition Tribunal.This is the word of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State, Hon. Adesola Gold Adedayo to the Social Democratic Party’s governorship candidate, Engr Segun Oni.Adedayo said it sounded spurious, hypocritical and demeaning for the Segun Oni’s legal team to be concocting lies and making incendiary comments against Oyebanji and the All Progressives Congress, claiming that they were allegedly planning to tinker with the election materials at INEC to pervert justice.The Osun -Ekiti born former Senior Legislative Assistant at the National Assembly, condemned such vituperations, saying Oyebanji won the June 18 poll and needed no shady help from INEC to triumph over Oni and SDP on their ruinous voyage at the Tribunal.Segun Oni’s campaign organisation and legal team, through a senior Lawyer, Owoseeni Ajayi, had last week accused Oyebanji, APC and INEC of planning to secretly inspect some materials at the commission to alter some records and put Oni in a disadvantaged position in the prosecution of his case.Disproving the claim by urging Oni to stop acting like “attack dog” in the prosecution of his case, Adedayo, in a statement, on Sunday, posited that no amount of blackmail would sway the judiciary to award unmerited victory to the former governor .The APC stalwart said Oni lost scandalously even in his Ido/Osi local government in the last election, which he said confirmed how acceptable the APC’s candidate, Biodun Oyebanji was to the electorate.Adedayo added that Oyebanji’s winning streak and margin of victory was not only stunning, but enigmatic in the election trajectory in Ekiti, describing these as suffice to inform Oni and his ilk that they were only embarking on a voyage of futility .The Aviation expert said: “Let Segun Oni and SDP handlers, who erroneously shared the views that propaganda can earn them backdoor victory in this judicial battle to study the trajectory of election and draw their inferences .“The June 18 election had the highest margin of victory in the history of Ekiti. Hon Biodun Oyebanji trounced Segun Oni with a total of 105,000 votes. This had never happended in Ekiti since 1999.“Again, Biodun Oyebanji recorded the highest number of spread winning in 15 out of 16 local governments . Let those who are about constituting themselves into troublers of Israel to also check their election records and confirm whether any contestant had ever beaten this enigmatic record.“It was shameful that Segun Oni even lost in his Ido/Osi Council , which confirmed how rejected he was. Even the candidate of the PDP, Bisi Kolawole, who came distant third manifested high level of acceptability, by winning in his base at Efon Local Local Government.“It was lucid and well amplified by the margin and spread of victory that Oyebanji was the choice of the Ekiti electorate and he has no reason to engage INEC in any shady deal to pervert or subvert justice in this matter”.Adedayo counseled Oni and SDP against spewing blackmail and propaganda to sway the Tribunal members, saying election petition is won based on the quantum of evidence provided, which he said Oni lacks in this matter.A good litigant, who is well armed with avalanche of evidence that have probative values won’t be relying on propaganda as Oni and SDP had been doing.“Their recent outbursts indicated that they were only out to cause confusion in the system and discredit the election, and not to upturn Biodun Oyebanji’s victory, because they lack the evidence to substantiate all their claims”, he said.
CULTUREDeji Of Akure Orders Closure Of Markets, Shops To Observe Annual ‘Aheregbe’ FestivalPublished 4 hours ago on August 21, 2022By treasurenewspaperSHARETWEETA first class Yoruba Traditional Ruler, the Deji of Akure in Ondo State,Oba (Dr.) Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun II has ordered the immediate closure of all markets and shops in Akure Kingdom to enable the people of his Kingdom observe the popular annual ‘Aheregbe’ Festival for this year 2022.In a statement made available to Treasure Newspaper on Saturday evening and signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Palace of Deji and Paramount Ruler of Akure Kingdom, Prince Adeyeye Michael urged the residents of Akure that all Markets and Shops in Akure will be shut on Monday 22nd August, 2022 for the Annual ‘Aheregbe’ Festival to take place unhindered.According to the Deji Of Akure, he said, “the closure becomes necessary as part of the age longed tradition in observance of the Annual ‘Aheregbe’ Festival”.The Chief Press Secretary to the Palace, Prince Adeyeye Michael used “the opportunity to inform the residents that no trading or opening of shops under any guise will be allowed during the festival”.Adeyeye added that it is imperative to clarify that ONLY Pharmacy shops and Patent Medicine Stores will be allowed to open during the festival.The statement also enjoined residents, Market Women and shop owners to ensure they fully comply with the directive.Prince Adeyeye however concluded in the statement that, the festival will not restrict both human and vehicular movement while the festival last
England’s Leon Edwards has knocked out Kamaru Usman to claim the UFC welterweight championship title. Pound-for-pound No.1 Usman was looking to make the sixth defence of his title in a rematch against Edwards, seven years after the pair first met in the early stages of their UFC careers. Since outpointing Edwards in that 2015 meeting, Usman had won 13 consecutive fights whilst the Brit was unbeaten in 10 fights….
*WNFF/ Taiwo Ogunjobi Memorial U-15 Football Tournament – Unlucky Ekiti Bees fail to sting against Team Oyo.*-By Olamide Awoyinfa The Ekiti State Football Association U-15 boys suffered a 1-0 defeat against Oyo state in the second group stage match at the ongoing WNFF/Taiwo Ogunjobi Memorial U-15 Football competition this afternoon.After a balanced opening minutes into the game, Oyo state capitalized on a sloppy defending by the Ekiti Bees defence to score in the 24th minute and Oyo went into the half-time break with the lead. The Coach Femi Kumuyi tutored boys came back into the second half stronger, creating series of scoring chances but could not put any behind the net for an equalizer.Late in the game Pelumi Afeni and Olatunji Olamilekan missed a couple of begging chances to secure at least one point for the Bees.Ekiti Bees will face Lagos state in an all important last group game tomorrow in which a win will secure the semi final ticket both sides.
EKITI: Chieftaincy Tussle: Ikole-Ekiti Chiefs Accuse Fayemi’s Deputy Of Unruly Behavior, UnfairnessChief Bisi Egbeyemi, the Deputy Governor of Ekiti State…The Council of Chiefs in Ikole-Ekiti has berated the state’s Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi over his alleged role in the chieftaincy saga that rocked the different factions in the Ikole kingdom, accusing him of being partisan.Speaking on behalf of the council in a statement in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, the Olotin, Chief Sayo Okunola, and the Aremo, Tunde Ogunleye described the actions of Egbeyemi as disdainful and unruly.The statement read in part, “The Olotin who is the most ranking Chief of Ikole was abruptly interrupted during his presentation by the Deputy Governor. He invited all the Ikole Chiefs and the Executive Chairman to appear before his panel of enquires with documentary evidences but did not allow the same documents he requested to be tendered”.The council further stated that the Deputy Governor disrespected the chiefs by walking out on them during the meeting.
Strike: Students should ‘take ASUU to court’ – AdamuThe Minister of Education Adamu Adamu has said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government.Adamu said this on Thursday at the 47th Session of the State House Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja.He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments for the six months of no academic activities.
Dapo Abiodun sent out of Tinubu’s Meeting with ObasanjoThe Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, on Wednesday was sent out of a meeting in former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s home, NigerianEcho has learnt. Abiodun who had accompanied the Presidential Candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to Obasanjo’s home was asked to leave the venue of the meeting. Tinubu was in Abeokuta to meet with Obasanjo. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, former Governors; Gbenga Daniel, Olusegun Osoba and Bisi Akande also accompanied Tinubu to the meeting. Obasanjo who received the team later demanded that some people should leave the room as the meeting was about to begin. A source at the meeting informed NigerianEcho that when others were going out; Abiodun, who is the Chief Security officer of the State, was still on seat when Obasanjo told him to stand up as he was not part of the meeting. A bewildered Abiodun could not say a word but quietly left the room.. Even the guest, Tinubu, could not make a case for him to be at the meeting. However, former Governor Olusegun Osoba was part of the meeting as well as Gbajabiamila and Olubara of Ibara, Oba Omolade who is a close friend of Obasanjo. Governor Abiodun had to wait outside for three hours while the meeting lasted. He was visibly angry and made attempts to leave Obasanjo’s house. He was prevailed upon by his former Chief of Staff, Shuaib Salis, who is the Senatorial candidate of the APC in Ogun Central. He was made to realise that it was against protocol to leave. NigerianEcho reliably gathered that Abiodun was excused from the strategic meeting because he was part of the issues that were discussed. Governor Abiodun has been having issues with various sectors of the society including the Civil Servants and the traditional institution as well as the political class. Ogun State APC had not known peace since 2018. Some people who were denied tickets in the run off to 2019 elections left for another party; Allied People’s Movement, APM. These people who are loyal to the former Governor Amosun later went back to APC but still peace didn’t return. It was reported that the National Working Committee of the party waded in and proposed a sharing formula for the two camps. Governor Abiodun however rebuffed the intervention and insisted that Amosun and his team should be expelled from the party. Speaking on the matter, Tolu Odebiyi, Senator representing Ogun West said Abiodun is a rigid man who sees the party in the state as his property. He mentioned that all appeals for unity by leaders were ignored by the Governor. Tunde Oladunjoye, the State Publicity Secretary of the party however lampooned Odebiyi saying he was not fit to be a representative of the people. He accused Odebiyi of being economical with the truth. He said Abiodun was a man of peace who had brought development to the State. The crisis took a new dimension recently when Amosun told press men that Abiodun should be voted out. Former Governor Olusegun Osoba, at the 50th anniversary of Abeokuta Club, had alleged that ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo rigged him out of office in 2003 and that Amosun was in cahoots. Amosun while responding to this allegation said he was not aware of the issue raised by Osoba. Amosun however told the gathering that the current Governor of Ogun State, Dapo Abiodun, was a product of rigging in 2019. He added that those who perpetrated the act had apologised and he has forgiven them. The Governor is also not having it easy with some Obas in the State. Abiodun’s government had taken seventy five Obas that were installed towards the end of the last administration to Court. His predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, installed 75 Obas towards the end of his administration but Abiodun has been having a protracted issue with them. The Obas approached the Court and won at the High Court. The Government also lost at the Appeal Court when it sought for a stay of execution which was not granted. Abiodun has now sent emissaries to those Obas so that they can support his reelection bid. NigerianEcho learnt that the meeting with the Obas was held at the Palace of Olu Itori, Oba Akamo while former Commissioner of Local and Chieftaincy Affairs, Chief Jide Ojuko represented the Governor.
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