Ondo Speaker, Deputy Impeached Over Alleged Frauld

Less than four weeks to the inauguration of the Ondo State governor-elect, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, members of the State Assembly have suspended the Speaker of the House, Jumoke Akindele, and her Deputy, Akin Olotu, over allegation of N15 million fraud.

The suspension of the Speaker was effected by 15 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and five member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) around 6p.m. yesterday at the Assembly Complex along Igbatoro Road, Akure.

Consequently, an Acting Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Malachi Coker and Ayodele Arowele, respectively, were hurriedly elected, while Olamide George was elected as the Majority Leader, as the lawmakers adjourned after the brief sitting.

FUTA Council Inaugurates Crisis Resolution Committee

In its bid to resolve the lingering disagreement between non-academic staff unions and management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, the Governing Council has inaugurated a Crisis Resolution Committee. 

Addressing members of the committee at the Inauguration at the Council Chamber on Friday December 16, 2016 , Chairman, Governing Council, Dr. Mohammed Shata said the Committee is not expected to focus on the current impasse alone, but to look at how critical stakeholders (staff and students) can work in harmony to move the University forward. 

FUTA CLASS OF 2016 BEGINS PRE DEPARTURE CEREMONY (+Photos)

Final year students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure have begun a pre-departure ceremony from the institution.

The students of the class of 2016 have taken out time to unwind and celebrate their last lap at the Institution. The two week affair comprising various activities like traditional attire week and a bonfire night kicked off with a photo shoot. They dotted the campus adorned in their attires befitting each event, beaming with smiles and satisfaction. 

Speaking on behalf of the students, former President of the Students’ Union and final year student of the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Mr. Ashaolu Oluwaseun Daniel expressed gratitude to God for the successful completion of their University education. 

Ex-SGF, Olu Falae, admits paying ransom to kidnappers

A former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Olu Falae, on Monday confessed that his family paid ransom to his abductors before he was freed on Thursday.


According to him, the kidnappers only freed him after they received payment, adding that he trekked for 15 kilometres before he was picked up by the police in Owo, several kilometres from Akure, the Ondo State capital.

Olu Falae’s disclosure has put a lie to the claim by the Nigeria police that no ransom was paid before his release.

Details of Mr. Falae’s speech today will come shortly.

EKITI ELECTION RIGGING STRATEGIES OF PDP

Nasir El-Rufai

Soldiers hold Governor Rotimi Amaechi hostage in Ondo state

Just learnt that the planes of Governors Kwankwaso and Wammako were also prevented from landing in Akure to join the APC campaign train today.

We can also confirm that another flight of cash and PDP rigging material is scheduled to depart from Lagos at about 6pm for Akure, even though the Jonathanian military has unlawfully, illegally and unconstitutionally down the airport.

It appears that the Jonathanian military shall open the airport specially to receive the thumb-printed ballot papers and cash when the movement of everyone has been restricted!

This wanton disregard of constitutional rights, electoral laws and standards of decency shows the extent the Jonathan's administration is willing to go to subvert the democratic rights and wishes of Ekiti voters.

The Jonathanians have forgotten the history of the Western Region when a sitting government tried rigging the 1964 general Elections. They have forgotten what happened to the NPN in 1983 in the old Ondo State which includes the Ekiti State of today.

Ekiti 2014: Nigerian military orders shoot at sight

The Nigerian military has ordered soldiers to shoot “whosoever is caught with any offensive weapons” in the buildup to the June 21 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State. This is as the military announced that it arrested three persons with a truck laden with out-dated election materials on Thursday in the state.

The run-up to the election has been characterised by violent clashes with the major political parties pointing accusing fingers at one another. Matters got to a head last Sunday when mobile police officers shot at the governor of the state, Kayode Fayemi, and his supporters during a rally in the state capital, Ado-Ekiti.

Nigerian Soldiers Arrest Three With Truck Loads Of Ekiti Election Materials

Nigerian soldiers on Thursday arrested three men conveying a truck load of election materials meant for the gubernatorial elections in Ekiti State. NAN reports that the men were arrested at Itawure Junction near Efon-Alaye, in Efon Local Government Area of the State.
Brigade Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, Brig.-Gen. Aliyu Momoh made the disclosure on Thursday night at media briefing. He said his men, at a checkpoint in Itawure, stopped the men who could not provide satisfactory answers to questions posed to them by the soldiers.

The arrested men were Olufemi Ose, Segun Akanbi and Biodun Erinfolami. NAN reports that the men were said to be driving a Mercedes Benz truck marked Lagos APP 952 XL which has the inscription of Adewole F Odunayo Enterprises on its sides.

Materials found in the vehicle included ballot papers, rubber stamps, ink pads, reflective jackets bearing Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

APC ward congress: One killed, four arrested during Ondo state - Police

Four suspected political hoodlums have been arrested over the killing of a middle-aged man, simply identified as Bosun. Bosun was a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Bosun was allegedly shot on the head by the hoodlum during today’s APC ward congress at Ajipowo ward two in Akure South.

Trouble started when two chairmen emerged for the ward and none of them was ready to step down for the other. It was learnt that the suspected hoodlums were sent by a faction of the APC who were against the party arrangement of the congress.

The faction was led by one Alaba Ogundele who is also a member of the APC.

Already the remains of the late Bosun have been removed and deposited in an undisclosed mortuary.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Wole Ogodo confirmed this, saying security operatives have taken over the situation.