WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISEYIN

BURSTED.... Appeal Court in Akure did not affirm Adeleke's eligibility - Olufemi Ayandokun Esq. The 1st-3rd Respondents in Appeal No. CA/AK/81/2019 and CA/AK/81/2019 decided on 06/04/2019 have taken note of the news making the rounds that the Akure Division of The Court of Appeal therein affirmed that Sen. Nurudeen Adeleke was eligible to contest the recently held gubernatorial elections in OSUN State. The Court of Appeal made no such pronouncement. The Appeal bordered on whether the Federal High Court sitting at Osogbo was right to have dismissed the preliminary objection raised by Sen. Nurudeen Adeleke in the Suit challenging his eligibility. It was his contention that the Suit was not filed within 14 days of the Party Primaries nominating him. He contends s.285(9) Constitution of The Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended by the 4th Alteration Act was not complied with. He maintained that stance even in the face of s.31(5) of the Electoral Act 2010(as amended) which allo...

STERLING BANK PARTNERS WITH SHINA PELLER FOR SME, HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT IN OKE-OGUN, ADOPTS SAEP AS VEHICLE With a view to empowering the people of Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa federal constituency, Sterling Bank is going into partnership with the constituency's House of Representatives member-elect, Hon. Shina Abiola Peller, using the Shina Ayo Empowerment Program (SAEP) as the delivery platform. The Sterling Bank/SAEP partnership, which is targeted at aiding Small-to Medium Enterprise (SME) and human capital development in the constituency, will bring about employment opportunities and wealth creation for the people. To make the partnership efficient and impactful, a special training programme was held on the 5th April, 2019, in Iseyin for the SAEP administrator, local government and zonal coordinators, who will be the managers of various activities and programmes of the SAEP. Recall that Hon. Shina Peller has consistently maintained that SAEP is the platform throu...