Tofowomo loses bid to disqualify Ajayi as PDP candidate

The Senator representing Ondo South senatorial district has lost his bid to disqualify Hon Agboola Ajayi as the candidate of the party for next year’s general elections. Justice Rilwanu Aikawa of the Federal High Court, Akure, dismissed Tofowomo’s suit saying it was filed outside the time allowed under 1999 constitution and the amended Electoral Act. […]

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All Saints Anglican Church, Ogbonkowo, Ondo celebrates 120th Founders Day November 6

All Saints Anglican Church, Ogbonkowo, Ondo City, Ondo State is celebrating her 120th Founders Day with a week of activities which will climax on Sunday November 6, 2022. During the celebration which would be marked with thanksgiving and the church’s adult harvest, special awards would be given to some eminent personalities who have distinguished themselves […]

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Borokini installs 11 new Anglican church chiefs in Akure

The Chairman, Funkymass Oil & Gas, Chief Zacchaeus Abiodun Ogunyemi, Right, at his installation as the Baba Ijo of St Stephen’s Anglican Church, Akure, Ondo State capital, by the Anglican Archbishop of Ondo Province and Akure Diocesan Bishop, Most Revd Simeon Borokini … on Saturday, October 16, 2022 By Banji Ayoola The Anglican Archbishop of […]

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Restructuring, southern presidency, state police Nigeria’s urgent needs – Akeredolu

By Banji Ayoola Restructuring Nigeria into a balanced federation; power shift to the South after being wielded by a northerner for the past eight years; and establishment of state police to redress the worsening security challenges across the land are urgent necessities to put the country on a firm footing, which can never be swept […]

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APC Irele/Okitipupa Reps candidate, Odimayo congratulates Akeredolu, Faduyile on national honours

All Progressives Congress, (APC) House of Representatives candidate for Irele/Okitipupa Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the forthcoming 2023 National Assembly Elections, Prince Okunjimi Odimayo has congratulated  Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN, on his conferment with the National Award of Commander of the Order of the Niger, (CON) by President Muhammadu Buhari, at a ceremony […]

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Akeredolu’s national honour well deserved – Ondo APC

President Muhammadu Buhari, right, presenting the certificate of award of the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger, CON, to Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, in Abuja on Tuesday  October 11, 2022. The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State has described the national honour bestowed on the state’s Governor […]

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Ex-Ondo permanent secretary, Laoye Adegoke passes on

Akeredolu mourns, says: We’ve lost a great mind Celebrated former permanent secretary in Ondo State, Dr. Jacob Laoye Adegoke, MFR, has passed on. This was announced in a statement by the press secretary to the state governor, Mr Olabode Olatunde, which said that Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, received the passage with a deep sense of loss […]

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Akeredolu moves to empower Ondo senior citizens

By Banji Ayoola Empowerment is on the way for the elderly in Ondo State, as the state government on Wednesday started the collation of the senior citizens’ data with a view to giving them adequate care in their old age when they need help most. Indeed, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, at this year’s National Senior Citizens […]

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NIMET trains Ondo environmental protection agency on air pollution management

By Banji Ayoola Training of the staff of Ondo State Environmental Protection Agency,  OSEPA, in air pollution management by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET, has kicked off. A statement on Wednesday by the agency’s Head, Media and Information Services, Bisi Agboola, said the five-day intensive training started on Monday, September 26, at the Federal University […]

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