Ondo Deputy Governor urges CJ to obey court order on impeachment

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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Teachers’ Day: Akeredolu’s govt has spent N22billion to revamp schools — Olabimtan

. 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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Ondo APC asks PDP to pay staff salary arrears, restore confidence ahead LG, LCDA, Governorship elections

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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Planned impeachment: Ondo assembly directs CJ to raise deputy governor’s probe panel

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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APC group hails Ganduje’s response to impeachment crisis in Ondo

A coalition of All Progressives Congress (APC) support groups has hailed the national chairman of the party, Abdullahi Ganduje, for his reconciliation move in the ongoing impeachment crisis in Ondo State. The coalition also described as a welcome development the move by Ganduje to establish a nine-man committee chaired by the former Governor of Katsina […]

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Ondo holds LG, LCDA election Feb 17, 2024

Photo credit: Ngozi Aduloju Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) today Tuesday announced that election into the state’s 18 Local Government Councils and the newly created 33 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs will hold on February 24 next year. The commission’s chairman, Dr. Joseph Igbekele Aremo, announced the date at a stakeholders’ meeting at the […]

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Heroic welcome as Kuku visits Arogbo home

Jubilant people of Arogbo Ijaw in Ese Odo Local Government of Ondo State on Thursday gave their prominent son the special adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan on Niger Delta Affairs and the chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr. Kingsley Kuku, a heroic welcome. Kuku, a political and environmental rights activist, paid a surprise […]

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Allegations against Ondo Deputy Governor: Ex-speaker Oleyelogun waves olive branch, seeks amicable resolution

By Banji Ayoola The immediate former speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun has waved the olive branch, calling on all stakeholders in the state to make political resolution of the allegations of corruption leveled against the Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa by the assembly “for peaceful co-existence and good […]

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Lawyer faults allegations against Ondo deputy governor

A legal practitioner, Mr Allen Sowore, has faulted all the allegations levelled against the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, by the state House of Assembly, describing the allegations as frivolous and ridiculous. It was gathered that the gross misconduct allegation against the embattled deputy governor had been broken down into 14 offences. Some […]

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APC sets up 9-man committee to resolve Akeredolu, Aiyedatiwa feud

The rulingv All Progressives Congress, APC, has raised a nine-man vommittee to resolve the crisis between the Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, It is headed by the immediate past Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Bello Masari. This was announced by the party’s National Chairman, Br Abdullahi Ganduje in a statement […]

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