The Eagle Online is reporting that 78-year-old reportedly died during a brief illness, and was until her death the Iya Adinni of Egbaland.
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The deceased, until her death, was the Iya Adinni of Egbaland.
The National Convener of the group, Vincent Ezekwueme, made the call in Enugu while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Democracy Day (June 12) and its importance to national unity.
Speaking with reporters on Sunday in Abuja, the aspirant averred that “modified consensus” was the best approach and least costly option for the emergence of the party’s flagbearer.
They arrived the Ondo Street residence of Ladoja with former Speaker, House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole.
Soyinka described late Odumakin as a persistent and brave fighter.
They were accompanied to the Presidential Villa by the chairman, Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee of the APC, and governor of Yobe, Mai Mala Buni; governors of Jigawa State, Mohammed Badaru, and Kebbi, Atiku Bagudu.
The Speaker met with the Yobe State Governor and Chairman of the APC Caretaker Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni, and the Jigawa State Governor, Abubakar Badaru.
The wedding will take place on January 15.
The gubernatorial candidate of the Action Democratic Party, Dimeji Bankole, on Friday, revealed a One-Point policy agenda for the people of the state if elected.
Bankole, Speaker of the House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011, said this on Monday when he was officially unveiled by the party as its flagbearer at the party’s secretariat in Abeokuta
Bankole emerged the party’s candidate on Saturday evening at its primaries in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital
The decampees, from Yewa North and Imeko Afon Federal Constituency, who were loyal to the PDP faction of former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, were received by Governor Ibikunle Amosun in Abeokuta on Thursday
Reliable sources revealed to us that the faction of a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dimeji Bankole, has merged forces with that of Ladi Adebutu, a son of pools and betting magnate, Chief Kessinghton Adebutu, who we learnt has governorship ambition on the platform of the PDP in the state in 2019
In a statement by the movement on Thursday, the leader of the group and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, was quoted as saying it was patently and viscerally insensitive for the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration not to pay the workers at this time of the year
But a visibly stunned Bankole, seated in the witness box, began to shed tears after listening to the judgment
At the resumed hearing of the case on Tuesday, the prosecution witness, Ibrahim Ahmed, who was led in evidence by EFCC counsel, Festus Keyamo, said that in the course of investigation, letters were written and sent to the Clerk of the House of Representatives, banks where the House maintained accounts and the Accountant-General of the Federation for the details of the releases made to the House in respect of 2010 capital budget
Information pieced together by The Eagle Online revealed that all is not well with Bankole, months after she relocated to her new magnificent mansion, which was commissioned by ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ikorodu, Lagos State