Ondo 2024: How Lucky will be lucky in November 16
By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. It is no longer news that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has set aside 16th November 2024 for the Governorship election in Ondo State. In an election that has been code-named “Battle of the former Deputy Governors”, Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, flag bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Alfred Agboola Ajayi, the standard-bearer for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will trade tackles. Both men served as Deputy Governors under the former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN of blessed memory. They are both from the same Federal Constituency in riverine
Police arrest man over attempt to steal tricycle
Lagos State Police Command has detained Samson Cletus for allegedly trying to steal a tricycle from an unconscious rider. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson, confirmed the arrest through his social media handle, @ben Hundeyin, on Sunday. The arrest took place in the Igando area of the state on the same day." “Upon receiving information about suspicious activities around a tricycle, a patrol team from Igando Division raced to the scene on Celestial Road, Igando. “The police found the tricycle rider unconscious, while the suspect was arrested trying to make away with the tricycle, ” he said. The image maker
EFCC denies release of list of former Governors under investigation for embezzlement
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) refutes circulating media report, dismissing claims of releasing a list of 58 former governors investigated for embezzling N2.187 trillion. Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, labels the report false and mischievous, urging the public to disregard the misleading information. “The report headlined, ” EFCC Releases Full List of 58 Ex- Governors that Embezzled N2.187 Trillion,” in one of the news outlets, is false and mischievous as the Commission neither issued the said list nor entertained discussions on investigation of ex-governors with any news medium. “This invariably means that the so-called list is
Kidnappers Sleep Off After Abducting Pastor’s Wife In Ondo
Some suspected kidnappers who abducted a pastor’s wife and two other persons in Ondo State slept off while conveying their victims. The police have subsequently arrested the kidnappers after their victims identified one of them. The suspected kidnappers are; Garuba Mumuni aged 27, Yusuf Tale aged 21, Kabiru Muhammed aged 16, Shaibu Umar and Adamu Mohammed aged 22. It was gathered that the effect of hard drugs taken by the kidnappers made them fall asleep. The suspects according to the Police were arrested by men of the Ofosu Division after the victims identified one of them. The police said: “A
UK Envoy reveals new rules for international students
The United kingdom, UK, has said that only international students coming in for their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies were eligible to bring in dependents to the country. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Richard Montgomery made this disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. He said that, the educational system policy changed earlier this year for international students in higher education not to bring dependents into the UK was to curb the increase of foreign student bringing in dependents. The envoy pointed out that the huge surge in dependence was putting
Soldier dismissed for having affair with colleague’s wife
The Nigerian Army has dismissed a soldier, Abdullahi Ismail after he was found guilty of having sex with his colleague’s wife. According to multiple sources, the Lance Corporal was dismissed during the week at 231 Battalion in Biu, Borno State. “The soldier was fired from the Nigerian Army for sleeping with his colleague’s housewife. We’re happy as this will serve as an example to others involved in this act now common in our barracks,” one of the sources said. Another source added, “Our colleague, Abdullahi has been dismissed at 231 BN Biu. He slept with his regular's wife. So sad.”
Court Jails Former Banker 121years for N112m
Justice S. N. Odili of the Anambra State High Court sitting in Onitsha, Anambra State, has convicted and sentenced a former manager with First City Monument Bank, FCMB, Onitsha branch, Nwachukwu Placidus, to a cumulative 121 years imprisonment for diverting fixed deposit funds of a customer to the tune of N112,100,000( One Hundred and Twelve Million, One Hundred Thousand Naira only) for his personal use. He was arraigned on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 on 16-count charges bordering on forgery, stealing, obtaining by false pretence and uttering, by the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. One
BREAKING: Sen Jimoh Ibrahim drags APC to court, seeks nullification of Ondo primary
—Hires 3 SANs, 5 constitutional Lawyers against Aiyedatiwa’s victory Ondo South Lawmaker in the Senate and a governorship Aspirant in the just concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) primary election in Ondo State, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, PhD, has approached a Federal high court sitting in Abuja to nullify the APC election that produced Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the Party’s Flag Bearer ahead of the State governorship election in November 16, 2024. It was learnt that the Plaintiff had before now expressed displeasure over the upshot of the election, citing irregularities. It would also be recalled that Starnews NG had exclusively reported
BREAKING: ‘No election held’, INEC Monitors submit report on Ondo APC guber primary
Local Government Electoral Officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) across the 18 local governments of Ondo State have started submitting their report to the State Resident Electoral Commissioner on the just concluded governorship primary election by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Starnews NG gathered that 11 out of the INEC electoral officers in the 18 local governments area of Ondo State who monitored the APC primary said that the election did not hold in their respective LGAs where they functioned as INEC monitors. According to INEC Electoral Officers in Ifedore, Ilaje, and Akoko South East local governments, elections
The Anatomy Of The Kingdom Of GOD
What is the Kingdom of God? The kingdom is a system, a set of principles. It could be a country, it could be a government and it could be a family. It was created as a result of the GOD mandate based on 2 structures. The earth and The world. The word EARTH is derived from the Greek root Kosmos, which simply means dirt structures or pillars. The word WORLD is derived from the Greek root Eon, which means a prevailing system, a way of thinking or a mandate. This explains why scripture says,“… And all that dwell upon the
