Author: Olabanji Ayoola
Aiyedatiwa begins UNIMED Senate Building construction
Reaffirms commitment to improved education, healthcare delivery Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, officially performed the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Senate Building at the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo City, on Friday. At the event, which was a key highlight of the university’s 6th Convocation ceremony, the Governor stressed his administration’s […]
Continue ReadingAiyedatiwa signs four executive orders
Transparency in regulatory processes by MDAs Agribusiness reforms Improved physical planning Prohibition of land grabbing Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has signed four new executive orders aimed at providing enabling environment for business growth, improving physical planning and protecting owners of landed properties. The first order, which is on the conduct of government business […]
Continue ReadingAnarchy in quest of freedom
By Abdu Rafiu The major subject that has been trending since last week is the Afe Babalola-Dele Farotimi affair. The renowned legal luminary Chief Afe Babalola petitioned the police authority in Ekiti State and complained that civil rights activist Dele Farotimi defamed him in his book, Nigeria and its criminal justice system. Columnists must be […]
Continue ReadingRegistrars tackle challenges in university administration at ARNU retreat
The Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr. Chris Maiyaki, has insisted that Registrars must continue to play pivotal role for the healthy growth of universities because they remain pillars and bastion of hope and stability in the system. Maiyaki spoke at Elizade University, Ilara Mokin in Ondo State, against the backdrop […]
Continue ReadingAiyedatiwa presents N655b 2025 budget to assembly
Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has presented a budget of N655,23 billion for the 2025 fiscal year to the State House of Assembly. The budget, christened the “Budget of Recovery,” was presented to lawmakers during plenary, presided over by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, at the Assembly Complex in Akure on Tuesday. About […]
Continue ReadingFaces at Ondo PDP spokesman Peretei’s autobiography launch/60th birthday celebration
Former Deputy Governor of Ondo State and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Uganda, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru, and Chairman of the occasion at the launching of the Ondo PDP spokesman, Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei’s autobiography titled A Ropework: An Autobiography, and his 60th birthday celebration in Akure the Ondo State capital, on Saturday, December 7, 2024
Continue ReadingPeretei at book launch calls govt attention to ‘endangered’ Niger Delta region
Left to Right: Former Deputy Governor of Ondo State and former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Uganda, Otunba Omolade Oluwateru; Chief Host of the dual celebration and former Presidential Aide on Amnesty, Dr. Kingsley Kuku; and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Achievers University, Owo, Prof Oyesoji Aremu who represented the institution’s Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Bode Ayorinde as the Special […]
Continue ReadingKennedy Ikantu Peretei, A Ropework: An Autobiography
BOOK REVIEW ON THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HON. KENNEDY IKANTU PERETEI’S “A ROPEWALK”, REVIEWED BY FELIX OLAJIDE TALABI ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2024 The book’s statistics are as follows: Chapters: The book contains ten chapters Pages: The book comprises 226 pages including the gallery and index. Lines: The lines from chapter one to chapter ten are made […]
Continue ReadingOndo PDP spokesman Peretei launches autobiography today
A book by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP spokesman in Ondo State, Hon Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, will be launched today December 7, 2024 in Akure the state capital. The launching of the book, titled A Ropewalk, An Autobiography, will coincide with the celebration of the author’s 60th birthday anniversary. It will hold at 12 noon […]
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