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Stay connected via Google News Kayode Ajulo, attorney-general and commissioner for justice in Ondo, has commended President Bola Tinubu for directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to get a court order unfreezing the bank accounts of the Osun government. On Wednesday, the EFCC said it froze the state government’s bank account over alleged fraudulent handling of funds.

Stay connected via Google News The Osun state government has sued the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the freezing of its statutory allocation account. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1762/2026, filed on August 5 before the federal high court in Abuja, the plaintiffs are asking  the court to nullify the anti-graft agency’s directive and award N2 billion as exemplary damages against the commission.

Stay connected via Google News A federal high court in Abuja has declared Abdulghani Arobo the lawful candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Owo/Ose federal constituency seat in Ondo state. The court also directed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to reopen its nomination portal to facilitate the upload of Arobo’s name as the APC candidate for the constituency in the house of representatives ahead of the 2027 general election.