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September 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 IFMNEWS

INEC Fixes Date For Edo, Ondo Gov Polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed the date for off-cycle governorship polls in Edo and Ondo states.

INEC disclosed this in a statement on X, saying the Edo poll will be held on the 21^st of September, 2024.

The statement, signed by the Chairman of the INEC Voter Committee, Sam Olumekun, also announced that the governorship election in Ondo is slated for the 16^th of November, 2024.

The electoral body said party primaries would be held between the first and the twenty fourth of February, 2024 while the submission of the list of nominated candidates via the online portal would start at 9 am on the fourth of March, and close at 6 pm on the 26^th of March, 2024.

It stated that according to some provisions in the Constitution, the latest date for Election to the office of Governor, Edo State, is 12th October 2024 while that of Ondo State is 24th January 2025.

May 9, 2023

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023 IFMNEWS

BREAKING: Supreme Court Affirms Ademola Adeleke As Governor Of Osun State

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of Nigeria declared Ademola Adeleke as the Governor of Osun State.

The verdict came after the Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the governorship election, with 403,371 votes, defeating incumbent governor Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress, who got 375,027 votes.

However, Oyetola and the APC rejected the result and challenged it at the tribunal.

The tribunal, led by Justice Tertse Kume, annulled Adeleke’s victory and declared Oyetola as the winner of the poll in January 2023.

December 16, 2022

December 16, 2022 IFMNEWS

Oyetola Left N407bn Debt, Took N18bn After Electoral Loss

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has disclosed that the state is indebted to the tune of 407.32 billion naira, including 76 billion naira debts on salaries and pension.

Adeleke said his predecessor, Gboyega Oyetola took a N18.04 Billion FGN Bridge Finance Facility loan after the July 16th, 2022 election which the former Governor lost and that there is no information on the repayment terms.

The governor made this revelation in an address he delivered at a meeting with the Osun State Traditional Rulers in Osogbo, saying the amount owed contractors is yet to be determined.

Shedding more light on this on a monitored programme later, the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Olawale Rasheed said after the payment of November salary, the state’s account is now in red.

However, on the same programme, the Chief Press Secretary to the former Governor, Ismail Omipidan, refuted all the claims that his principal left the state in debt.

October 31, 2022

October 31, 2022 Inspiration 92.3 FM

President Buhari Says CBN Has His Backing To Redesign Naira Notes

President Muhammadu Buhari has said the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has his backing to redesign the naira notes.

According to the president, Nigeria has a lot to gain from the change in naira notes.

He added that he did not consider the period of three months as too short for the change of the notes.

President Buhari said, “People with illicit money buried under the soil will have a challenge with this but workers, businesses with legitimate incomes will face no difficulties at all,” end of quote.

Reacting to the controversy that has ensued since the announcement of the development by the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, a political economist and former presidential hopeful, Kingsley Moghalu said the CBN is an independent body.

The former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria said it is odd that the finance minister would say she was not aware of the move, considering that the ministry’s permanent secretary is on the CBN board.

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