revives grassroots justice, inaugurates 130 JPs After nearly 17 years of inactivity, the Ondo State Government has revived the office of the Justices of the Peace (JPs), giving citizens an active role in local justice delivery. The State Governor, Dr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Dr Kayode Ajulo, and the Chief Judge […]
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Ondo State Government has equipped the state’s health sector with new ambulances for use statewide in tackling medical emergencies. It believes that the move would enhance the overall efficiency of healthcare delivery system and strengthen pre-hospital care. While flagging off the State Emergency Medical Services and Ambulance System in Akure on Wednesday, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa […]
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In a rare demonstration of open, loving support for journalists and promoting their well-being,the Bobaselu of Odigbo Kingdom, Chief Akindele Omole, FCA, has donated a snooker board to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), in Ondo State. While presenting the gift on Monday at the NUJ Press Centre in Akure, he said the gesture was […]
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Ondo State Government has reacommitted itself to improving the welfare of public secondary school teachers, promising better working conditions that will create an enabling environment for effective teaching and learning across the state. The Chairman of the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Dr. Oluwadaisi Oke, stated this while addressing principals of public secondary schools in […]
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Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka The World Bank–supported IMPACT health project has recorded a significant progress in immunization, malaria prevention, and maternal and child health services in Ondo State. Giving a breakdown of the achievements in an interview with The Hope in Akure on Tuesday, shortly after the quarter-three meeting of the […]
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Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has recommitted his administration to people-centred leadership, efficient governance and public service driven by integrity. He gave the pledge on Tuesday as he swore in newly appointed and reappointed Special Advisers and the Director-General of the Performance and Projects Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU). Also, he inaugurated the new […]
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By Steve Otaloro In the dark days of 2019, when forests in Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti and Lagos had become killing fields, when herdsmen turned farmlands into grazing reserves by force of arms, when kidnapping became a daily industry and the Nigeria Police overstretched, under-equipped and centrally controlled from Abuja could only watch helplessly, […]
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Ondo State Government will spend N492.8 billion on its projects next year. This figure totals the estimates presented on Monday to the state’s House of Assembly as the 2026 fiscal year’s appropriation bill by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa While presenting the ₦492,795,667,939 proposal, he said the document, christened ‘”budget of economic consolidation”, aimed “to deepen reforms, […]
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By David Akinadewo-Adekahunsi The Ondo State House of Assembly is once again in the eye of a political storm. What began as whispers of dissatisfaction has now snowballed into a full-blown leadership crisis, with lawmakers sharply divided into two camps, one calling for the probe and possible removal of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji […]
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The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly got messier on Saturday as the speaker Rt Hon. Olamide Oladiji, accused some of his colleagues of plotting to frustrate Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in deliverimg democratic dividends to the people. He levelled the allegation thus widening the cracks in the house which has already broken into […]
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