Last Thursday, Nigerian-born Dr Mathew Aneke won the 2019 Nigeria Prize for Science, alongside a Chinese researcher, Wang Meihong, for their works on carbon capture, utilization, and biomass gasification and energy storage for power generation. Aneke, an indigene of Enugu State and a Chartered Energy Engineer, who works at the University of Sheffield’s Department of […]
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Akeredolu optimistic reign would foster peace Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye was yesterday crowned as the 32nd Olowo of Owo amid jubilation by his kinsmen, even as his topmost kinsman in Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, expressed optimism that the reign of the new monarch would strengthen the existing peace in the ancient community. At […]
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Palpable joy was felt at the University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo as pioneer students of the University ended their academic programme barely four years since the establishment of the university. The 400 level students from Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology departments decked in white T-Shirts came out of the examination hall in a festive mood […]
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“My belief is the only right one!” By Samueli A few years ago, two colleagues of mine, one of them a clergyman, admitted in conversation that some aspects of the faith they both adhered to do not make sense when considered rationally. They however maintained that they would continue to follow their faith regardless! All they […]
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“Jesus died for all our sins” By Samueli The prevalent belief is that the Lord Jesus became man for the sole purpose of dying for our sins and that with this death He took upon Himself our sins vicariously. This belief however flies in the face of God’s Justice, Love and Purity! No creature can […]
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Colleagues of abducted professor at the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Prof Gideon Okedoye, have appealed to government and police authorities to fast track action and ensure an unconditional release of the don. A statement by the institution’s Joint Action Committee, JAC, aasigned by Comrade Dayo Temola said: “With utmost shock and […]
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Ondo state government has approved a new retirement age for all categories of staff in the state-owned tertiary institutions. The state owned four tertiary institutions whose staff would enjoy under the new law, are Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA); Ondo state University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) Okitipupa; University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Ondo; […]
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The Ondo State House of Assembly yesterday passed the bill seeking an amendment to the retirement age for workers in the state tertiary institutions. An executive bill to that effect had earlier been forwarded to the Ondo State House of Assembly for approval. The executive bill sought to put the retirement age of tertiary institutions […]
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Ondo State government has started local production of science materials, in order to provide affordable modern science equipment for schools in the state. Education, Science and Technology Commissioner, Mr Femi Agagu who visited the workshop of the State Science Equipment Centre in Akure where the equipment are being produced, expressed satisfaction with the materials that […]
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Despite recent reported cases of kidnapping and armed robbery in the zone, the South West of Nigeria still remains the most peaceful region in the country. This is the verdict of Police Inspector General, Mr Muhammed Adamu, Nigeria’s Number One police officer. He made the declaration on Wednesday while addressing the officers and rank and […]
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