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ONDO 2024: THE BATTLE LINES
By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. It is a known fact that, around October, 2024, Governorship election will hold in Ondo State. While the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is yet to officially release…
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End Of An Era With Tofowomo: My Sincere Apology
By Akinrinlola Olumide In 2018, I started my political journey with Senator Nicholas Tofowomo who was then a Senatorial Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo South Senatorial District of…
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Ondo politicians cash in on Akeredolu’s ill-health, step up 2024 poll game
While the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is battling an illness, politicians in the ruling All Progressives Congress and the opposition are in deft moves to make political capital out of it,…
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Dear Akeredolu, call Amotekun to order
By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei In the last two weeks, the excesses of the Ondo State Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun has drawn tears from the eyes of several families in Ondo…
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With 35 days to go, Buhari leaves Nigerians with failed promises
Given his campaign promises in 2014 and 2018, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has reneged on several fronts in the eight years he served, leaving Nigerians with many unfulfilled expectations,…
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BBOL Collaboration With Sen Tofowomo And The Effort To Restore Electricity To Ondo South
By Akinrinlola Olunide More than two years ago, I updated the public when electricity was partially restored to Ode Aye community and a few areas in Okitipupa and Igbokoda towns respectively. When…
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Fallout of Presidential Election: My message for Tinubu, Atiku and Obi — PDP Chieftain
Let me start by congratulating Sen Bola Ahmed Tinubu following his declaration as the President-elect by INEC. I also congratulate the entire APC family in Nigeria. I advise my party, the PDP,…
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Our unserious Supreme Court
By Abimbola Adelakun When the news story that the Supreme Court had gone rogue on critics of its recent judgments was first shared with me, my initial thought was that it had…
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2023: Outgoing herdsman, incoming Bala blu
By Tunde Odesola Are dogs clairvoyant? People in the market square believe so. Mouths ajar, traders watched as over half a dozen village dogs barked and wagged their tails menacingly against the…
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Bello Kirfi And The Price Of Insubordination
By Suleiman Abbah It is an established custom that emirs and key traditional title holders should only be seen and not heard. Some Emirs and title holders however violate this important tradition…
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Letter To President Buhari About Nomination of Executive Director Project on NDDC Board
By Obayelu Igbekele It is important to appreciate the Nigerian Senate, its President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and all other Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with special accolades to our Ondo…
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2023 Election: Why Nigerians Do Not Need Bola Tinubu of APC As President
By Akinrinlola Olumide With the election of President Muhammadu Buhari on the platform of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) as the nation’s president, Nigeria has become more divided along ethnic, socio-economic,…