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. In a phone call placed earlier today, Agbaka Dr. Afolabi Obasuyi of the Action People's Party extended his heartfelt congratulations to Adeniyi Adegbonmire (SAN), who emerged as the winner of the just-concluded senatorial election. During the call, Obasuyi commended Adeniyi Adegbonmire for running a strong campaign and for his commitment to serving the community. He expressed his optimism for the future of the senatorial district and assured the people that he would continue to work towards its growth and development." I want to extend my congratulations to the people of best wishes on your victory in the senatorial election,"  said during the call. "I am confident that he will serve the people of this district with distinction, and I look forward to working with him to achieve our shared goals." Despite not winning the election, Obasuyi reiterated his commitment to serving the people of the senatorial district and to working towards its growth and development...

The Southwest Director Social and Humanitarian, APC presidential campaign council, Chief Dr Alex Ajipe has described the victory of the all candidates of the All Progressive Congress in the just concluded general election in Ondo State as a testament to the acceptability of the party and performance of the State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ajipe in a statement by his media Aide, Solomon Adewoye in Akure, said the party had a successful outing by winning all the National Assembly seats and Presidential election due to the achievements of APC government in Ondo State According to him, the outcome of the election won't have been favourable if the governor has not done well in the last six years. Ajipe also congratulates the state party chairman, Engr Ade Adetimehin for keeping the party members together. The MD and CEO of klick konnect Network International particularly congratulate the Ondo North Senatorial Candidate Pastor Jide Ipinsagba saying his victory at the poll ...

A former Commissioner for Information and Orientation in Ondo State, Hon Donald Ojogo of the APC, has won the Ilaje / Ese-Odo Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives . Ojogo polled 26,291 votes to defeat Akinjo who had 22,489 in the result collated but official declaration is being awaited from INEC. Ilaje/Ese-Odo 2023: Our Collective Victory Won’t Be Taken For Granted-Ojogo A while ago, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), pronounced me as duly elected and returned me as winner of the February 25, 2023 election into the House of Representatives. This is a win for all, a solid foundation for harmony and great leap beyond foisted artificial boundaries. The road to this Fresh Path had been replete with political intrigues, laced with challenges and coloured in various paints of interests. All contestants had traversed the entire Federal Constituency in high hopes. We made trips not as tourists or adventurers but as apostles of the developmental gospel w...

The current economic and political state of Nigeria is worrisome and stripped us of every possible  hope of the future development, Nigerians with all tendencies have lost hope in all our Leaders at all levels.  Rhetorically, I had asked myself questions of what could have been wrong with some of them who are stoned hearted and lack compassion for the suffering masses. Do we really have good Leaders in Nigeria? Are they all corrupt? Moving forward, it is important to understand the word of God in the Bible that says "Either make the tree good and his fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and his fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by his fruit" I want to believe there might be a statement like this in the Holy Qur'an as well.  It becomes like a mirage when we expect good leadership from people with abominable and polluted mind. Our predicament is not from the few that became corrupt through political inducement but those who became polluted through unnatural affectio...

All appears set in the ancient town of Ayede Ogbese in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, as the Alayede of Ayede Ogbese, HRM Alayeluwa Oba Ajibola Olayeye Oluyede, Ise Oluwa II is set to celebrate his one year coronation anniversary.  The coronation anniversary is scheduled to commence on Saturday, March 4, 2023 at the Royal Ranch of the town by 12.00pm.  Newsline NG recalled that the coronation anniversary celebration was earlier scheduled to hold on Friday, 30th December 2022, but was postponed due to some unforseen circumstances.  It will also be recalled that the Governor of Ondo State, His Excellency Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN had earlier presented the Instrument of Appointment and Staff of Office to Oba Oluyede personally on December 18, 2021.  The Presentation which was an unforgettable, magnificent ceremony with eminent personalities from far and wide, was described by Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as a honour to a long-ter...

The logo of the Labour Party is missing on the ballot papers sent to Ondo State. This was noticed barely 24 hours to the presidential election scheduled to hold Saturday. Candidates of the party are complaining over the omission by INEC, describing it as unacceptable. It was gathered that the Labour Party logo in the ballot paper sent to Ondo State for Senate and House of Representative was omitted.  They said the action of  the electoral body is a  deliberate act to disenfranchise our supporters. The urged the Independent National Electoral Commission to postpone the upper and lower chamber election until the needful is done. News track

The Southwest Director, Social and Humanitarian of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Chief Dr Alex Ajipe has urged people of Ondo state to come out and vote for the presidential candidate of the party, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Saturday . Ajipe said this on Thursday in Owo while leading other APC chieftains in the Local government to campaign for all the candidates of the party. Ajipe said that Tinubu had demonstrated the necessary capacity to be elected President of the country. He said "Tinubu possesses the required standard in education, exposure and experience to move Nigerians out of her present challenges and provide Nigerians a new lease of life in line with his campaign slogan, ‘Renewed Hope,” “Tinubu and our party, APC, is conscious of the depressing nature of our country and, if elected, is more than determined to right the wrongs and bring genuine relief to the victimized and marginalized Nigerians as well creating an enabling environment fo...

By Eleniola Bamidele, Ekiti The Management of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti has said it has taken a giant stride in E- Learning for students of the institution.  This was made especially for the period of three weeks break for the general election. Newsline NG learnt that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Sunday Abayomi Fasina and his team in their wisdom had considered the period wasted on the 8 months ASUU strike.  The Vice Chancellor, Prof Sunday Fasina said, the e-learning was planned in order to avoid interrupting its academic calendar, and has successfully conducted academic, training and other regular activities on the University’s online platform, with student enrolment on the e-learning platform  His words, "To achieve excellent service delivery, academic staff have undergone  a two days training sessions both at Oye and Ikole campus  in order to gain a mastery of teaching and assessment tools available on the e-learning platform. "The institution’...

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko, Ibadan A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mrs Oluyemisi Bamgbose, has urged female lawyers to always balance their roles as women and lawyers . Bamgbose said that female lawyers should not allow any of their roles to negatively affect the other. Bamgbose, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Ibadan, gave the advice on Thursday in Ibadan during a seminar organised by the Nigerian Bar Association Women Forum, Oyo State Chapter. The seminar  had the theme:  ‘Female Lawyers: Balancing the Roles And Career Progression’. The SAN, who was the lead discussant, urged female lawyers to discharge all their roles  effectively. She advised them to earn respect and dignity and share their problems with trusted people. “When you are in a position especially as a female, do everything possible to make it conducive for those around you. “The way you behave and talk can make or mar a life, but please make sure you make an individual and not mar a life,” she sai...

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko, Ibadan  As Christians begin this year’s lent with Ash Wednesday, the Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Rev. Gabriel Abegunrin, has urged Christians to vote wisely during the forthcoming general elections. Abegunrin, who made the call in his lent message on Wednesday in Ibadan, enjoined politicians and youths to avoid all forms of political violence during the election. According to him, as the elections falls into the time of lent, Nigerians should use the opportunity to pray for a peaceful electoral process. “Ash Wednesday calls for sober reflection and total repentance from individuals and the country. That is why we usually have ashes sprinkled on our foreheads as a sign of repentance. “In Nigeria, we need to repent, because unless the Lord has forgiven us of our failings, our voting will mean nothing. “Having ashes on our foreheads is just symbolic. It is the Lenten observance that is the most important, which include fasting, praying and giving alm...

The Kogi State Government has called the Nigerian public's attention to what it described as the ridicule the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has made of the fight against corruption in Nigeria with its "disgraceful fixation on the State in the pursuit of desperate political interests of its Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa and his godfathers."  The Commissioner for Information and Communications in the state, Kingsley Fanwo, said in a statement on Wednesday that Bawa had shown, like many honourable Civil Society Organisations had pointed out, that his mandate at the EFCC was to bring down perceived enemies of those who planted him there at the expense of the nation's integrity.  He said the fact that the EFCC could send out a press statement, titled, "Court Orders Interim Forfeiture of 14 properties linked to Kogi State Government", showed clearly that uninformed minds had been picked to oversee the affairs of an agency as important as the EFCC, adding ...

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko, Ibadan As some Christian faithful mark Ash Wednesday, the Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Oyo, Most Rev. Emmanuel Badejo, has urged them to desist from all forms of criminality, including selling and buying of votes during the elections. Badejo gave the advice in his Lent message titled ‘Nigerians knocking on Heaven’s Door’, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ibadan. He stressed that the three pillars of Lent which were prayer, fasting and alms-giving must go together, adding that praying and fasting without good works amounted to hollow religion. “In the election period, Christians must resist selling and buying of votes, lying, thuggery and all criminality,” he said. According to him, lent is a 40-day season of great hope for Christians, leading up to Easter; it calls for repentance, mobilisation of all human, material, and spiritual resources to attract God’s mercy and favour on our personal lives and that of our country. “This ...

The Chairman of Fresh Nigeria Limited, Dr Yinka Ayefele, has described as disheartening, a Tik Tok video widely circulated on Tuesday, claiming that he is dead. The video, which was hugely watched across the globe, was made with his pictures and that of his triplet with a dirge in one of gospel singer Tope Alabi’s tracks. The video made by one David, has lead to reactions from his fans around the world as Dr Ayefele’s phone was busy throughout Tuesday.  Speaking with journalists on Tuesday night, Ayefele wondered what those behind the video wanted to gain by spreading rumour of his death. “I will not die but live to declare the works of God.  God knows the people behind this very dastardly act and will punish them. What will they gain from spreading rumour of my death? “On Fresh FM, Ibadan this evening, I did my programme called Let’s Talk about It jointly with Enitan Olusegun Bamidele (EOB). My phone kept ringing while on the show and Whatsapp messages have jammed by phone as...

Team Okitipupa has emerged winner of the first edition of Ondo South Unity Football Tournament sponsored by the standard bearer of All Progressives Congress, APC, for Ondo South Senatorial District, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR. The final match was a tension soaked tackle played at Ore Mini Stadium along Ore- Aye-Okitipupa Road, Ore on Monday. The soccer encounter was watched by a large crowd from the six local governments of Okitipupa, Odigbo, Ile-Oluji /Oke-Igbo, Irele, Ilaje and Ese Odo, and it was a testimony that there are highly skilled footballers in Ondo South Senatorial district whose skills are being brought to the fore courtesy of the soccer enthusiasm of The Araba of Ikaleland, Dr.Jimoh Ibrahim. The first half of the match ended in a barren draw. Much as there were no goals delivered at full time, the Okitipupa side demonstrated supremacy from beginning to the end. Respite however came their ways as they were able to convert four penalty kicks while the opponents managed to score...

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko, Ibadan The Anglican Bishop of Ibadan North in Oyo, Rt. Rev. William Aladekugbe, has urged youths and Nigerians to use the Lenten season to desist from election violence, political thuggery and vote buying. Aladekugbe gave the advice in his Lent Season message, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Ibadan. Aladekugbe urged all especially youths to cast their votes peacefully and prayerfully while trusting that God’s will would be done. “This season requires that we trust the Lord to lead and direct us in all our activities as we seek to have His will enthroned in our lives and our nation especially in the days ahead. “In this critical time, we should watch and pray. We call on all Christians to get involved in the general elections and ensure that those to be elected to lead the nation and states are men and women with proven integrity and capacity. “We appeal to all who are qualified to vote to cast their votes wisely and prayerfull...

By Olalekan Olu, Akure Ace Gospel Minister, Adeola Testimony has dropped a new single titled Otito Akoko Adeola while speaking with Newsline NG said the New single is done to celebrate his birthday  His words "Sometimes When our strength is weak in the place of prayer because of the burden in our heart. "We expressed our supplication and petitions in songs until we see the travail of our soul….  "OTITO AKOKO is a song that will ignite the spirit of prayer in men that listen to it.  "God can do all things but there are things He won’t do because men fail to ask. This song reaffirms the hope that the only One to run to is God.  "When all hope seems lost for Hannah, She cried unto God and her situation was turned to laughter. Listen and Download here https://osworld1.com/otito-akoko-adeola-testimony/

By Leye Igbabo The good people of Odigbo Local Government Area, came out today in their large numbers to embrace the PDP  as the Ondo State Atiku/Okowa Campaign Train stopped at Araromi Obu and Ore town to preach the gospel of uniting and rebuilding the nation through Atiku/Okowa Presidency. The State Chairman of the Party Hon. Fatai Adams, Vice Chairman of the Atiku/Okowa Campaign Organization Balogun Eyitayo Jegede SAN, and other Campaign Deputy Directors harped on the terrible state of the nation as people continue to groan due to scarcity of fuel and cash insisting that APC must be shown the way out of governance in the Feb 25 and March 11 general elections. Party Candidates were thereafter presented to the people; Alhaji Atiku Abubakar for President of Nigeria, Agboola Ajayi for Ondo South Senatorial seat, Julius Olatunji Felder for Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo and Odigbo Federal Constituency seat, and Olorunyomi Bashir and Falolu Olumoyegun for Odigbo State Constituency 1 & 2 respe...

A Socio Cultural/Political organisation, Atunluse Initiatives has said they are ready to work with any political party that has people oriented programmes in its plan as the  2023 General Election draw nearer. The position was taken at the organization's leadership meeting held in Akure, the state capital on Sunday 19th Feb, 2023. The Atunluse Initiatives is a big umbrella with members cut across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). In his welcome address the Chairman of Atunluse Initiatives, Otunba Akinsola Akinbobola , explained that the organization stands for building a better Nigeria, where masses would have access to affordable health care, qualitative education and other basic amenities that bring comfort to human life Akinbobola said that the leadership of the organisation will recognize and work with any political party that respects what Atunluse stands for, which is a birth of a New Nigeria that will recognise the need for a better society where human l...

The need to preserve pangolin from total extinction in the ecosystem formed the bases of a day lecture organized by a Pangolin Conservation Guild, PCG, Nigeria. Newsline NG correspondent, who was at the University of Ibadan Zoology lecture theatre reports that the event provided avenue for secondary school students and other key stakeholders to  bear their minds on the highly valued animal. According to report, pangolin is one of special wild life animals characterized by scales, feeding on varieties of insects while also folding itself when under threat. The animal aside reproducing it's kind through birth,  have market value through its sales of its scales that has become transborder trading hub. The rising demand for their scales, a widely used constituent in traditional Chinese medicines  has dramatically increased their exportation in the last decade. The decline in pangolin population in Asia according to report had made Africa especially Nigeria to face increasing...

By Chidinma Ewunonu-Aluko, Ibadan The Bishop of Ibadan Anglican Diocese, Most Rev. Joseph Akinfenwa on Monday urged the Church and Nigerians to keep their peace and not to lose hope at the approach of the 2023 elections . Akinfenwa gave the advice in his pastoral message to the Church and to country in Ibadan where he noted that the past few weeks had been quite traumatic for most Nigerians. He blamed the trauma on fuel and cash scarcity. “In several places nationwide, the frustration has boiled over, and outbreaks of violence have been the consequence. “As we approach general elections, however, we hereby appeal to all Nigerians to please remain calm in the face of all provocations. “As a people, we have been through a lot in times past, and we have always proven ourselves to be a very resilient people. Time has come for us to demonstrate that resilience once again. “Let us encourage one another to eschew violence, to keep the peace, and to resist every machination or manipulation to ...

Fresh from vacation, interim government campaigner and former Presidential candidate, Rev Chris Okotie has reminded Nigerians ahead of the general election in a few days that his Restructuring proposition, which he has christened, The Okotie Option, TOKO, remains the best option for the country, moving forward. According to his media adviser, Ladi Ayodeji, Okotie decided to name his change mantra TOKO to give it a strong sound bite. He said regardless of the outcome of the forthcoming election, his principal remains committed to his beliefs that only a properly restructured Nigeria under the auspices of an interim government could create the enabling environment for anyone seeking elective office to successfully implement their manifesto. According to Rev. Okotie: "The present system of governance has become inimical and subversive to the Nigerian cause. Only an interim government with a philosophy of aboriginal democracy can salvage Nigeria from the cusp of an imminent catastroph...

POBSEQUIES: MAMA LUCIA OLAGBENKE GOES HOME ETERNAL, AS GBENGA AKINBIYI, FAMILY ROLLS OUT BURIAL ARRANGEMENT. The entire family of Akinbiyi, both home and abroad in Okeigbo has lined up the burial arrangement of their lovely Wife, Grandmother and Mother, Prophetess Lucia Olagbenke Akinbiyi, (Nee Adegbakinro), the late mother to Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi, the Senior Pastor of Promisedland Prophetic Ministries.  The one-week burial arrangements will on Monday 10th and Tuesday 11th of April, 2023 have a revival & prayer by 5pm at Oke Igbo, Ondo state. And service of songs and commendation service on Wednesday 12th April, 2023 at her residence, 10, Oduduwa Street, Oke Igbo, Ondo state by 4pm. Similarly, there will be testimony night at her residence on Thursday 13th of April, 2023 by 10am while her body will be leaving Tony Mortuary, Ondo Town, for Lying-In-State and Christian Wake Keep at her residence by 4pm. And on Saturday 15th April, 2023, burial and interment follows at Health Ce...

It was celebration galore as All Progressives Congress candidate for Ondo South senatorial district, Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim, CFR arrived the town with his Aseyori palliatives on Saturday. The expectant residents of the business potpourri went en masse to welcome the billionaire business mogul who has promised to attend to all the varying challenges of the communities in the 66-ward senatorial district through legislative intervention at the Senate. Ibrahim has touring the 66 wards in the district to interface with the people once again before the general elections next Saturday. He has been distributing Aseyori packages to the residents of each Ward he visited to ameliorate the impact of the economic crunch. The APC candidate has been canvassing votes for Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, himself and other candidates of APC immediately Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lifted ban on electioneering campaign. Converged at Caring Heart Mega School, Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area o...

  Over 120 frontline Anti-corruption Civil Society Organisations, on Friday, held a massive town hall meeting, in Lagos, to round off their week-long protest against what they called “Politicisation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Disobedience of Court Orders and Infringement on Human Rights of Nigerians” under the leadership of Abdulrasheed Bawa. The protesters, who began to have a large following on social and conventional media, since their first public protest last Friday, gave the Inspector-General of Police a seven-day ultimatum to effect the Court order that committed Bawa to prison for contempt, noting that the EFCC’s alleged desperate recruitment of “counter-CSOs” would not help the Commission. According to them, though the first phase of the protest ended on Friday, the CSOs would jointly and individually petition relevant international agencies, demanding sanctions against Bawa until he becomes law abiding and serves his jail term. Spokesperson for the T...

The Principal of Steallamaris College, Okitipupa in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo state, Mr Femi Boluwaji-Ebiwonjumi has tasked the Federal Government to make concerted efforts in discovering raw talents from schools . The principal, while speaking at the 54th Annual Inter-House Athletics Completion on Thursday in Okitipupa, noted that raw talents who could be nurtured to stardom and help reclaim the glory of the country in both local and international competitions abounded at the grassroots. He also said sporting activities had contributed greatly to the socio-economic development of many nations, with many sportsmen and sportswomen who had become millionaires and billonaires in different parts of the world. According to him, raw talents still abounds at the grassroots, and that if government helps to discover these talents, nurture them to stardom, they can help reclaim the lost glory of the country in sports. “The nurtured talents also have great impact on the socio-econom...

PRESS RELEASE The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria has been drawn to some fake and unauthorized messages quoting the CBN as having authorized the Deposit Money Banks to collect the old N500 and N1,000 Banknotes. For the avoidance of doubt, and in line with Mr. President’s broadcast of February 16, 2023, the CBN has been directed to ONLY reissue and recirculate the old N200 banknotes and this is expected to circulate as legal tender for 60 days up to April 10, 2023. Members of the public should therefore disregard any message and/or information not formally released by the Central Bank of Nigeria on this subject. Media practitioners are advised to PLEASE verify any information from the correct sources before publication. Signed:  Osita Nwanisobi Director, Corporate Communications Department.

The Central Bank of Nigeria has ordered banks to start collecting the old N500 and N1,000 notes from the public with immediate effect. It, however, pegged the maximum amount the banks can collect at N500,000. The CBN maintained that the old currencies were no more legal tender. A source from the bank said the CBN ordered the banks to collect the monies instead of going to the CBN office following difficulties encountered in getting access to the bank. A CBN official said, “Go to your bank but fill out the form before you go. Go with the reference code you generate. With your code, banks will collect it from you. But if it is more than 500,000, you will go to the CBN and deposit it.” Earlier, the CBN opened a portal on its website and made it mandatory for those willing to return old notes to fill and generate a code. On Thursday, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, ordered the banks to make the old N200 notes available to Nigerians. This was after the President Muhammadu Buhari said the...

Angry mob on Friday staged a protest in Ore, headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo state over the recent directive of President Muhammadu Buhari authenticating only the old 200 naira note as legal tender. The protest which started at the early hours of today caused gridlock along the overhead bridge in Ore. The Hope correspondent who visited the scene gathered that tyres were burnt along the ever busy Ore-Benin expressway. Some residents who spoke with our correspondent on the condition of anonymity said the masses are suffering with the new directive of President Buhari.   “We the masses are suffering, people are hungry, we are protesting to show our grievances, there is no vehicular movement here.” Details later… The Hope