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The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that it will obey the judgement of the Court Appeal, which asked it to remove the name of Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Saturday governorship election in Ondo State.  The commission said it would now replace his name with that of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) as ordered by the appeal court.  However, the electoral body said that the order of the court should be served on it before Friday.  It said it was when such judgment is served on it that it will immediately comply with it.  Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman of the commission, Mr. Rotimi Oyekanmi, stated this in an interview with our correspondent. He nevertheless said that the commission was not planning to shift the date of the election.  Oyekanmi said that the commission would now jettison the earlier Federal High Court judgment by Justice Abang Okon, asking it to use the name of Ibrahim as th...

Fidelis Soriwei, Abuja The former Minister of State for Defence, Musiliu Obanikoro, has arrived in Nigeria from his base in the United States to respond to an invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in relation to N4.75bn arms funds traced to him. The former minister arrived in Lagos from the United States enroute Amsterdam and headed for Abuja to keep an earlier scheduled appointment with the EFCC on Monday. The EFCC is investigating a firm, belonging o two sons of Obanikoro, Sylvan McNamara for receiving N4.75bn arms funds from the office of the former National Security Adviser between April 4, 2014, and December 15, 2014. The two sons are Babajide and Gbolahan. The commission is claiming with documentary proof that a total of N4.745bn was paid into the Diamond Bank account of Sylvan McNamara during the period. The minister arrived Abuja from Lagos by 7:45am and was heading to the EFCC to keep his appointment with the anti-graft agency as of the ti...

BY JULIUS ADESEGUN I was recently amazed to read in one of the national dailies that the Igbotako, Ondo State-born Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim is aspiring to become the governor of the state. For those who now Jimoh Ibrahim very well, they are quick to explain off his personality as a great teacher of the letters. However, his genre in the realm of tutelage, they can swear by Jove, falls within the inglorious category of those who believe in ‘Do what I say but don’t do what I do.’ When simplified, it translates to mean that Jimoh Ibrahim does not lead by example. To justify this assertion, a cursory look at one of the fantastic books Jimoh uses to lecture his members of staff in the early hours of every Monday at the Marina, Lagos corporate head-office of his Globafleet conglomerate, is needful. That book is ‘Loyalty Rules!’ written by world-acclaimed expert on management, Frederick Reichheld. That book elucidates on the seamless relationship between the employer and his employees, s...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) has promised to look into the agitations of some traditional rulers in the state, regarding poor grading. Some Grade D royal fathers known as Olu or Baale have written series of petitions, calling for a review of their status. But Jegede on Thursday gave an assurance that justice would be metted out over the discontent, calling on the traditional rulers to sensitise their people on the need to vote for continuity, come November 26. He spoke at Igunsin, a community in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State during the official inauguration of a modern borehole in the community. Jegede, who was represented by a group of PDP leaders, led by Hon. Adedayo Omolafe, popularly known as ‘Expensive’,    also told the people of Igunsin not to have any doubt concerning the construction of roads leading to the town and adjourning communities. Earlier, the Olu of Igunsi...