For the, Oba Olayinka Balogun, in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, the unexpected happened when hoodlums armed with guns and machetes stormed his palace. The strange visitors did not only storm the palace, but left indelible marks on the royal father who currently carries about plasters over wounds he sustained from the thugs. […]
The on-going feud between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has taken a new dimension. LEADERSHIP sources at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), office in Lagos revealed yesterday that the former president last Friday submitted a strongly worded petition loaded with weighty allegations against the governor. […]
The Peoples Democratic Party on Tuesday informed a Federal High Court in Abuja that a faction of the party in Ogun State loyal to former President Olusegun Obasanjo fraudulently secured the order that prevented the Independent National Electoral Commission from accepting a list of candidates from the group led by Governor Gbenga Daniel. The […]
THE Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun State, has called on security agencies investigating the murder of Otunba Dipo Dina, the gubernatorial candidate of the party in the 2007 election in the state to extend their investigation to Governor Gbenga Daniel. The party in a statement by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr. […]
Former military governor of the old Oyo State and erstwhile Sole Administrator of Ekiti State, Maj.-Gen. Tunji Olurin (retd.), on Monday said he was persuaded to join the governorship race in Ogun State by Governor Gbenga Daniel. Olurin, who spoke at hisresidence in Ikoyi, Lagos, said the Ogun State governor practically begged him to […]
A fresh attempt at ensuring that the Independent National Electoral Commission accepts the list of the Ogun State candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party submitted by the state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, has suffered another setback. The PDP and INEC had against an earlier position accepted the lists of candidates submitted for the forthcoming general […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) list of candidates from Ogun State, submitted on Monday. Rather, the INEC accepted the list produced by the Chief Dayo Soremi faction of the party which held a parallel congress at the Olusegun Obasanjo Library. With the new development, candidates such as […]
AS security men continue to make efforts to halt the fresh crisis that engulfed the city of Jos on Saturday, silent killings are still going on in some parts of the city while more houses were burnt in the early hours of Sunday. Nigerian Tribune learnt that after peace returned to Jos after about five […]
In spite of the stand of the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party on zoning, the controversial political arrangement still dominates politics in Ogun State, writes FRANCIS FALO There have been agitations among the people of the Ogun West Senatorial District to govern Ogun State and succeed the incumbent Governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, after […]
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) at an emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, shared $1billion from the Excess Crude Account. With the disbursement of the amount, the balance in the ECA account now stands at $3million. The meeting, which was held behind closed doors, lasted for only 29 minutes (11:10am and ended at about 11:39am). […]
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