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GOV. ABIODUN REASSURES IJEBULAND ON AWUJALE, PROJECTS ECONOMIC BOOM FOR OGUN EAST. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 Abiodun Reassures Ijebuland on Awujale, Projects Economic Boom for Ogun East Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has reassured the people of Ijebuland that a new Awujale will emerge before May 29, 2027, while projecting a major economic transformation for Ogun East Senatorial District through emerging oil exploration activities and the proposed Gateway Deep-Sea Port. The governor gave the assurances on Tuesday at the Ogun East Senatorial District stakeholders’ meeting in Ijebu-Ode, where he engaged representatives of various interest groups on traditional affairs, governance and the economic prospects of the district. On the succession process for the revered Awujale stool, Abiodun assured the people that his administration was committed to facilitating a smooth, peaceful and widely acceptable process leading to the emergence of a new monarch. He acknowledged the importance of the Awujale institution to the cultural heritage, identity and unity of Ijebuland, appealing to the...

WONDER BANK OPERATOR JAILED THREE YEARS IN SOKOTO.{PHOTO}.

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      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office, today, February 17, 2020, secured the conviction of one Amina Kabo (a.k.a Fauziyya) before Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court sitting in Sokoto. She was convicted on a one-count amended charge bordering on Cheating to the tune of N907, 500 (Nine Hundred and SevenThousand, Five Hundred Naira). Kabo, a fake manager at Olive Micro Finance Bank,  who allegedly collected the sum from 108 victims, pleaded guilty to the charge when she was arraigned. In view of her plea, the prosecution counsel, Buhari Mohammed Balarabe, asked the court to convict and sentence the defendant in line with the plea bargain agreement. However, the defence counsel, Shamsu A. Dauda, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy as his client was a first time offender who has become remorseful. He also told the court that the defendant has restituted the victims in the sum of N907, 50...