A young man in his early thirties, Oluwaseun Olabode has lost his freedom as he was docked for the murder of his pregnant wife before an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure. Although he claimed that he never fought with his wife, the family of the deceased insisted in their petition and testimonies before…
The Ondo State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has nullified Igbara-Oke ward 1 councillorship re-run election. The Councillorship Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ojo Busola Emmanuel and his party had dragged the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, to the tribunal for declaring APC candidate the winner of the rerun Councillorship Election of…
By: Oluwatosin Adesola Hon. Justice D.I Kolawole of the Ondo State High Court, sitting at Okitipupa, has dismissed a suit filed by one Bayo Olusanya for himself and members of a group called Advocacy for Rule of Law, Transparency and Accountability, seeking to nullify the process for the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor for…
Following the intervention of leaders of the People’s Democratic Party(PDP), the suit filed by Bode Obanla challenging the leadership status of the former governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has been dropped. The litigant, Bode Obanla said the Elders Committee and State Working Committee(SWC) of the party had prevailed on him to withdraw the…
Here for public consumption is the summary of personal monthly incomes of an Akure-based Legal Practitioner, Barrister Femi Emmanuel Emodamori for year 2021. According to him, it is a voluntary practice for him to publicly published his yearly incomes on monthly basis. Emodamori noted that the action was not meant to impress anybody. “Since 2013,…
Hon. Oluwole Folahanmi’s lawyer has reacted to the statement credited to one DG Opomulero, Olasupo Olakunori Elerewe in an online news over the release of the former Owo Local Government Chairman from police custody consequent upon police investigation into the murder of late Tunde Ilori Elerewe who was shot and killed about two weeks ago…
Amidst royal rumble, the Court of Appeal sitting in Akure has fixed January 17 for the hearing of the suit challenging the qualification of Oba Oluwole Adetimehin Olufaderin for the throne of Jegun of Ile-Oluji in Ile-Oluji/Okeigbo Local Government area of Ondo State. The hearing of the appeal was coming five years after the first…
By: Ade Adeleke The Ondo State Local Government Election Petition Tribunal has commenced sitting in Akure on a petition filed by the Councillorship Candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Ojo Busola Emmanuel and his party against the outcome of the rerun Councillorship Election of Igbara-Oke ward -1 in Ifedore local government area. The Ondo…
AKEREDOLU’S MISRULE IN ONDO STATE (7): IT IS SHAMELESS TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM A UNIVERSITY, WHEN YOURS ARE UNDER LOCK AND KEY. By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. At the 12th and 13th Convocation ceremony of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Oyo State, Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu was honoured with a Doctorate degree in law. This event…
Press Statement Ondo APC to Akeredolu: Your doctorate award long overdue The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo views the conferment of Doctor of Laws (Honorary Causa) on the performing Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as long overdue. We are however, grateful to the management of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo in Oyo State, for spotting…
