Report reaching newsmen says the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Oyewole Adeyeye on Wednesday escaped death when he sustained mild injury after a section of his office in Ado Ekiti suddenly collapsed. Though no life was lost, it was gathered that the CJ was wounded and rushed to the hospital for treatment. The CJ…
…..29-year old pastor convicted to 2 years in prison for stealing chemicals An Ondo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a pastor, Friday Okeneji, to two years in prison for unlawfully breaking into a chemical shop and thereby stole some chemical substances worth N130,000. Mr Damilola Sekoni, the Court’s Magistrate, said that Okeneji…
The Chairman, Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure, Ondo state, Justice Rose Soji has reserved judgement in a petition filed by People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate Architect Gbenga Kolawole against the victory of All Progressives Congress, APC and its candidate, Hon Adegboyega Adefarati for Akoko South West/South East Federal Constiency of Ondo State….
The Director-General of the Ondo State Performance and Project Monitoring Implementation Unit (PPIMU), Babajide Akeredolu, has declared that he is not aware of any court order regarding the grading of cocoa farms in Oluwa Forest Reserve of Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, noting that he has not been served such court paper. This…
RE: COURT CAN NOT ENFORCE JUMBO PAY FOR LEGISLATORS – PITIABLE IMAGINATION OF ONDO STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL My attention has just been drawn to an online report written by the Ondo State Attorney General with the caption above. As a politician of high pedigree who has occupied wide range of political offices dated back to…
COURT CANNOT ENFORCE JUMBO PAY FOR LEGISLATORS — ONDO ATTORNEY GENERAL The issue of the various Jumbo payment and claims by legislators came to the fore yesterday before Ondo state High Court in the Garnishee proceedings instituted by the former Deputy Speaker of Ondo state House Assembly, Hon. Deji Iroju against Ondo state House of…
The one year imprisonment of a former councillor of Ero Ibuji/Mariwo ward in Ifedore local area of Ondo state, Hon Moses Bolarinde, by a Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, with an option of fine has been described as a mere politically motivated suit. He was convicted on Tuesday 20th June, 2023, for alleged malicious damage…
A petition has been submitted to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Commissioner of Police, by a rice merchant in Akure, Ondo state capital, Folorunso Afolabi, over an alleged conspiracy, theft, malicious damage, criminal conversion of his J-Boxer vehicle in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo state The…
Akoko Reps Seat: Arch Gbenga Kolawole Testifies Why INEC Erred For Not Declaring Him Winner, Lawmaker Elect As Tribunal Adjourns For Apc And It’s Candidate Adefarati To Open Defense On PDP’s Petition Ondo state election Petitions tribunal sitting in Akure, the State Capital has adjourned for defence on the petition filed by the People’s Democratic…
The Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Akure, has dismissed another petition filed by the candidate of the New Nigerian Peoples Party (NNPP), Ondo North Senatorial District, Dr Olusegun Phillips-Alonge, challenging the victory of the senator-elect in the district, Pastor Jide Ipinsagba. Recall that the tribunal at the last adjournment date, had struck out…
