IGP Olukayode Egbetokun The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State on Monday cried out over the invasion of its State Secretariat in Akure to stall a peaceful protest by its youth wing demanding the whereabouts of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In a statement by its state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the PDP petitioned the […]
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In recognition of his sterling leadership qualities and outstanding contributions to the development of Ondo State, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, the Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, has been named the Ondo State Man of the Year by the Hero Magazine. At the event held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the award organisers said Mr. Akinterinwa […]
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Ondo assembly withdraws petition against judge There was a signal on Monday that an out-of-the-court reconciliation of the dispute between the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa is likely, and the state’s House of Assembly is underway as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja fixed October 16 to rule on the application filed […]
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An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has struck out a suit filed by the state’s deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, against his planned impeachment by the state’s House of Assembly. It ruled that it was a gross abuse of the court process to engage in what it described as forum shopping, by instituting […]
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The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday, officially swore in members of the reconciliation committee established to resolve the political impasse between Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The development is coming barely 24 hours after the embattled deputy governor wrote the Chief Judge […]
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Ondo State House of Assembly has filed as appeal against the order of Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division which restrained the House from impeaching the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedetiwa. The appeal was contained in a notice at the Federal High Court, Abuja issued by the Speaker of the […]
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Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa SAN, has written a letter to the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, asking him to obey the court order on the impeachment process. This development came after the House on Tuesday directed the chief judge to set up a panel to investigate the allegation […]
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. calls for recognition of teachers in nation building . commends Ondo govt for huge investment in public schools The Executive Chairman of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rt Hon Victor Olabimtan has disclosed that the Oluwarotimi Akeredolu arministradmin had spent N22 billion to revamp public schools in the state. He dislosed this […]
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The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Wednesday asked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state to pay its staff’s 22 months’ outstanding salaries and restore the confidence of its supporters ahead of the February 24, 2024 Local Government and Local Council Development Area Development election, and the scheduled Governorship […]
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Ondo State House of Assembly on Tuesday went ahead with its plan to probe the allegations leveled against the Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as it directed afresh the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola, to immediately set up a seven-man panel to investigate the allegations. It said the court cannot stop the impeachment exercise, […]
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