The Zonal director of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Aisha Abdul, has promised to maintain synergy with Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB). A statement by SUBEB’s press officer, Mr ‘Bisi Agboola, said that Abdul, who was on a courtesy visit to the board, and accompanied by the State Coordinator, Mrs. Olanike Adams, […]
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By Banji Ayoola An Ondo South senatorial aspirant on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Mathew Oyerinmade, has decried the alleged campaign of calumny against him, describing it as a booster to his chances in the race to the red chamber of the National Assembly. While reacting to what he described […]
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A former envoy and contender for the seat of Ondo South Senatorial District in the Senate, Ambassador Sola Iji, has promised to work with the relevant government and private bodies to restore electricity to the district, which has been in blackout for years, if elected. He gave the pledge during his meeting with the chairman, […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Government has defended its demolition of the Trade Fair complex in Akure, the state capital as it blasts the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP for criticising it on the exercise, describing the party as a scavenger for rots. In a statement by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald […]
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Ondo State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperative Services, Hon. Omolola Fagbemi has initiated a scholarship scheme and given scholarship to five indigent students of her alma mater, Independence Grammar School, Ondo City . A statement by the ministry’s spokesman, Mr Bisi Agboola, said that the scholarship, to be tagged ”Lola Fagbemi Scholarship Scheme” is […]
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Security agencies in Ondo state at the weekend reportedly averted a free for all at the venue of a state congress of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Akure, the state capital. It was learnt that tension had risen among members of the party in an attempt to resist holding a state Congress of the […]
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By Banji Ayoola In view of the passion he has put into the establishment and operation of the regional security outfit, Amotekun, Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has been described as the generalissimo of the Southwest, whose achievement the entire nation is proud of. Giving this description is the state chairman of the ruling […]
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A new set of executives to direct the affairs of the Academic Staff Cooperative Multipurpose Society of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has been inaugurated, even as the Ministry of Cooperatives voted the Society one of the most transparent and reliable in South West Nigeria. The inauguration of the new Management Committee was […]
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By Banji Ayoola A former envoy and leading Ondo South Senatorial District aspirant, Ambassador Sola Iji, has justified why he should be given the ticket of his party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the senatorial seat of the district in the forthcoming election. This was contained in a statement on Saturday by the […]
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The new executive members By Banji Ayoola A Radio Nigeria (Positive FM Akure) reporter, Prince Leke Adegbite, has been sworn in as the Chairman of a new executive of the Ondo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ. Adegbite, an Akoko prince, who was until his new elevation, the Secretary of the council, […]
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