Tag: Ibikunle Amosun

Inside Ogun Politics That Made State Lost $18.5bn Dangote Refinery to Lagos

ADEOLA YUSUF

Characters in the politics that cost Ogun state the siting of Dangote refinery have turned toxic tongues throwing tantrums. While the states IGR begins to suffer, none of the actors wants his head to be used to break the proverbial coconut, reports Adeola Yusuf   The siting and commissioning of Dangote’s $18.5bn Refinery could have been held on Ogun state soil. And so, it became a reopened wound on Monday, May 22, 2023, when the refinery in Lekki played host to five presidents from West African countries, top diplomats from…

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You’re a Failure, You’re a Liar; Amosun, Abiodun In Battle Royale

Gbenga Adeoti

How the Ogun governorship election will be won and lost: Full statement by both prominent friends turned political foes   Former governor of Ogun state, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, and his successor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, have, again, clashed as campaign on who occupies the Oke-mosan governor’s office hots up. While Amosun labelled Abiodun as a monumental failure, the governor described Amosun as a Liar christening him Irokunle, who “renovated a Model School built for N830 million with N3 billion.” READ ALSO: Court Sacks Biyi Otegbeye, Others As Ogun ADC Gov, Assembly…

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FIRE-FOR-FIRE: Amosun, Abiodun in War of Words Over Ogun Politics

Abibat Babalola

  ▪️ Abiodun A Monumental Failure Was Rigged-In In 2019, He Must Be Voted Out – Amosun ▪️ I Won’t Be Distracted with Self Delusioned Person Who Wants To Play God – Abiodun Fires Back   A former governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun, has broken his silence over the 2019 governorship election, saying the incumbent, Governor Dapo Abiodun, must be removed from office through the ballot. Amosun said the 2019 election was rigged in favour of the governor, adding that those who rigged the election had apologised to him.…

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Nigeria’s Top Petroleum Engr., Dr. Saka Matemilola, Is New Olowu of Owu

Damilola Olonade

Meet former chairman, Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and associate Professor at African University of science and technology newly announced as the 14th monarch for ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, ex-Judge of the World Court, Bola Ajibola, and former governor Ibikunle Amosun’s ancestral home   The Ogun State Government has announced a top petroleum engineer and an associate Professor at African University of Science and Technology, Dr. Saka Matemilola, as the new Olowu of Owu in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state. Platforms Africa reports that Dr. Metemilola, a former…

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Senate Okays Abeokuta for Nigeria’s Medicine Varsity

Gbenga Adeoti

    The bill for the Institution’s establishment, sponsored by Senator Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun Central, was unanimously passed after third reading     The Senate on Wednesday approved a bill seeking the establishment of the University of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria. Platforms Africa reports that the University will be the second of its kind solely dedicated to Medicine and Medical Sciences in Nigeria. There is a University of Medical Sciences in Ondo, once led by Prof Friday Okonofua as the V.C. He was replaced…

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