Month: August 2020

Tricyclist bagged life imprisonment for raping teenager in Ondo

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Tricyclist bagged life imprisonment for raping teenager in Ondo

By: Oluwatosin Adesola The war against rape in the country received a major boost today when a Keke NAPEP driver in Ondo town, Blessing Kingsley, bagged a life imprisonment for raping a teenager. Kingsley is to spend the rest of his life behind bars for raping a 14-year-old girl and infecting her with Hepatitis B. Justice Bode Adegbehingbe of an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, who gave the judgement after a two-year trial,…

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Appeal Court overrules itself over deregistered pol parties

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Appeal Court overrules itself over deregistered pol parties

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Monday overruled itself in the case of deregistration of 22 political parties by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). In a very rare occurrence, the appellate Court delivered a conflicting judgment by ordering INEC to reinstate the 22 deregistered parties when the same Court had earlier in the month in the case of National Unity Party upheld and validated the power of INEC to deregister the Parties….

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PDP reacts to Ondo Dep Governor’s resignation

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PDP reacts to Ondo Dep Governor’s resignation

PRESS STATEMENT Agboola Ajayi’s Exit from the PDP has no effect on our prospects of victory in Guber elections. The Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State has received the exit of Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi from the Party, from just online publications. As a party, we are have not received his letter of resignation but we wish him well in his political journey. Agboola Ajayi joined our party on 22nd June, 2020…

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Breaking: Ondo Dep Gov Agboola resigns

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Breaking: Ondo Dep Gov Agboola resigns

After weeks of rumour that he would defect from the PDP after losing the governorship primary held on July 22, the ondo state Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi has finally resigned from the party . This is contained in a press statement made available to SUNSHINETRUTH today. Read the statement below; PRESS STATEMENT As Member Of The People’s Democratic PartyOndo State Deputy Governor, His Excellency Agboola Ajayi has resigned his membership of the People’s Democratic Party…

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How Ondo Dep Gov forced us out of our party —defected ZLP Exco

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How Ondo Dep Gov forced us out of our party —defected ZLP Exco

By: Adesoji Adetona The Ondo state deputy chairman of the Zenith Labour Party, Engineer Abayomi Adebayo, Organising Secretary, Hon Femi Ikoyi and scores of leaders of the party including ward chairmen and members of the party local government executives have given reasons for dumping the party for the All Progressives Congress (APC). They said the move was to ensure the reelection of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in October 10, 2020 governorship election in the state The…

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“Ondo 2020: Nobody has left Ondo ZLP in last 7months”

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“Ondo 2020: Nobody has left Ondo ZLP in last 7months”

By: Oluwatosin Adesola …..It’s hilarious Aketi’s camp celebrating former ZLP members —Lawmaker A member of the Ondo state House of Assembly elected on the platform of ZLP, Hon Tomide Akinribido has dismissed a report that the state deputy chairman of the Zenith Labour Party, Engineer Abayomi Adebayo, Organising Secretary, Hon Femi Ikoyi and scores of leaders of the party including ward chairmen and members of the party local government executives have dumped the party for…

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COVID-19 tears Community apart, as youths use dangerous weapons against Monarch

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COVID-19 tears Community apart, as youths use dangerous weapons against Monarch

The ravaging COVID-19 pandemic has torn apart a community as this year’s Ogun Onire festival took a different dimension in Ire Ekiti SUNSHINETRUTH learnt that some hoodlums in Ire Ekiti, allegedly destroyed property in the palace of Onire of Ire Ekiti, Oba Bobade Adeleke. An eyewitness told newsmen that as if that was not enough, report has it that the same group of people vandalized police vehicle in the community. The Onire of Ire Ekiti,…

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Ondo Guber polls: What Boroffice, Oke, Kekemeke agreed with Akeredolu revealed

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Ondo Guber polls: What Boroffice, Oke, Kekemeke agreed with Akeredolu revealed

Some Gubernatorial aspirants who participated in the July 20, Primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State and some aggrieved leaders of the party today officially came together to collapse their political structures for the re-election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in the forthcoming October 10, gubernatorial poll. Stalwarts of the party including Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN and his running mate, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa met on Sunday to strategize ahead of the August…

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FATAI ADAMS, ONDO STATE PDP CHAIRMAN ON THRESHOLD OF HISTORY… by Kennedy Peretei

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FATAI ADAMS, ONDO STATE PDP CHAIRMAN ON THRESHOLD OF HISTORY… by Kennedy Peretei

FATAI ADAMS, ONDO STATE PDP CHAIRMAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF HISTORY. By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei There is nothing that is being talked about in the political space more than the Edo and Ondo State Governorship Elections slated for 19th September and 10th October, 2020 respectively. While the Government of United States of America has had cause to caution the Federal Government of Nigeria on both elections, the PDP has quietly cleaned its house, reorganised it…

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Ondo 2020: Obasanjo backs ADC Guber candidate, Adelegan

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Ondo 2020: Obasanjo backs ADC Guber candidate, Adelegan

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has endorsed the candidacy of Prince Dapo Adelegan in the forthcoming October 10 gubernatorial election in Ondo state. The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Ondo State, Prince Dapo Adelegan, today received the blessing and endorsement of the the former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo at his residence in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital. Adelegan is an Owo kinsman of the incumbent, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Prince Adelegan on his…

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