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Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has announced three days of mourning in Ondo State to honour late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, former Ondo governor. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Akure by Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor. According to Aiyedatiwa, this period of mourning, with fasting and prayer, takes effect …

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Hyatt Hotel in Coralville, Iowa, on December 13.Scott Olson/Getty ImagesCNN —  When news broke that a top aide to Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was joining former President Donald Trump’s campaign last month, Trump advisers were livid, believing the aide was promoting himself, without permission of the campaign’s top brass. Senior Trump campaign …

The Management Committee Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State, yesterday, said 148 people were killed in the Christmas Eve attack in the council. This came as the death toll in the massacre in three local government areas of the state rose to 195. Of the number, 148 were killed in Bokkos Local Government Area, 19 in Mangu …

The Special Adviser to the  late Ondo state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Union Matters and Special Duties, Dare Aragbaye and the Chief Press Secretary  Richard Olatunde, have resigned from their appointments. Aragbaye in a letter addressed to the Secretary to the State Government  (SSG), dated December 27, said he was resigning because of the death of Akeredolu. The letter read: ” l write …

DENVER — The Colorado Republican Party on Wednesday appealed that state’s supreme court decision that found former President Donald Trump is ineligible for the presidency, the potential first step to a showdown at the nation’s highest court over the meaning of a 155-year-old constitutional provision that bans from office those who “engaged in insurrection.” The first impact of the appeal is to extend the stay of …

The Acting Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been sworn in as the governor of the state. The swearing-in was held at the Cocoa Conference Hall in the governor’s office in Akure, the state capital and was administered by the chief judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola at 5:18 pm. Read full speech below: BEING AN ADDRESS BY THE NEWLY SWORN-IN …

The Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, died in Lagos on Wednesday, December 27, in Germany. He was 67 years old. Akeredolu had reportedly been battling with Leukemia. Leukemia is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal blood cells. These blood cells are not fully developed and are called …

A former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Na’Abba died on Wednesday in Abuja at the age of 65. An aide of one of the presiding officers of the National Assembly, who was already working on a condolence message for his principal, confirmed his death. Na’Abba, it was gathered, battled an undisclosed ailment for a long time before passing …

Three Nigerian ministries will next year spend N9.4 trillion on costs of running their operations, if the 2024 appropriation bill receives legislative approval. The three ministries are finance, budget & economic planning as well as industry, trade & investment. The estimated amount is 27.5 per cent or N2.02 trillion higher than 2023 figure, an amount almost six-and-a half times the …

Aiyedatiwa became the number one citizen of the Sunshine State following the demise of his former principal, Rotimi Akeredolu, who died in the earlier hours of Wednesday, December 27, in Germany. In his speech, the new governor said it was with a heavy heart he took over the reins of the governance of the state after the death of Akeredolu. …