ONDO State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has fired back at his Ekiti State counterpart, Mr Ayodele Fayose, over alleged complicity in the shooting of former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, and ex House of Representatives member, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele, and three other persons in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, last Friday. […]
Continue ReadingMembers of the Association of Luxury Bus Owners of Nigeria have appealed to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to intervene in a crisis currently brewing between their union and the Lagos State Government. They alleged that some of the policies of the state government were threatening their business. The group’s President and Chairman of the Ifesinachi Group […]
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By Akanimo Sampson ILLEGAL fishing is currently threatening about 10 percent of the world\’s population who directly depend on fisheries for their livelihoods. With the world population presently standing at 7.6 billion, this means that 760 million fisherfolks are under threat by the scourge. For many developing countries like Nigeria, fish is the most traded […]
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By Akanimo Sampson SOCIAL Development Integrated Centre (Social Action), a civic group that has been monitoring the Niger Delta environment and the implementation of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Report on Ogoniland since 2007 says there is nothing on ground in Ogoni to show that cleanup can commence this coming August. This is, […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has dissociated himself from the allegation that he had a hand in the shooting which occurred during Friday’s rally for the Ekiti State All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. He distanced himself from the crime in a statement issued in Akure on Saturday by his Chief Press […]
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The departed President of the Court of Appeal, and pioneer Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) Justice Mustapha Akanbi, has been described by President Muhammadu Buhari as as a man whose greatest asset in life was his enviable integrity and incorruptibility. In a condolence message by his Senior Special […]
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By Banji Ayoola A rain of tears and tributes accompanied the late Head of Mass Communication Department of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA, Prof Ifedayo William Daramola, as his earthly remains were buried on Saturday in his Ajipowo, Akure, Ondo State residence. His Olofinlade Close premises of the interment venue, where a short service […]
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By Banji Ayoola Remains of the late erudite scholar, Prof Ifedayo Daramola, will be buried on Saturday, June 2, 2018 in Akure, the Ondo State capital. A statement from his family said that he will be buried in his Olofinlade Close, Ajipowo Quarters, Akure home after a church service, which holds at 9 am at […]
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By Banji Ayoola ONDO State Government and the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladelusi Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo, have sought the cooperation of residents of the state capital who reside along the 7.8 kilometre Hospital – Ijoka Road for the dualisation of the road, which would soon start. The road, too narrow for the volume of traffic plying […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged security agencies, families, traditional and religious leaders to rise up and take decisive actions to stem the unacceptable rising cases of violence against children. The president made the call in a message to mark this year’s National Children’s Day on Saturday in Abuja. He noted that the theme for this […]
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