Ondo tops FG’s fiscal transparency rating, gets World Bank grant

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State Government has been ranked first in the rating of the 36 states of the Federation in Public Sector Accounting Procedures by the Federal Government. This was contained in the current report on the Monitoring and Evaluation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) Implementation released by the Federal […]

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Soldiers, police, Amotekun hunt bandits over killing of Ondo farmer’s children

Some men suspected to be bandits, on Wednesday, attacked the home of a farmer, simply identified as Dele, in Ajowa Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, kidnapped his two sons and killed two of his other children. It was gathered that the bandits had gone to the residence of a cattle herder […]

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Appeal Court upholds Akeredolu’s election

Jegede heads for Supreme Court The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has dismissed the petition filed by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the October 2020 governorship election in Ondo state, Mr Eyitayo Jegede against the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the ruling All Progressive Congress […]

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Appeal Court gives verdict on Ondo guber poll today

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, will today deliver its judgement on the suit filed by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the October 10, 2020 Governorship election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, challenging the victory of the ruling APC flag-bearer at the poll and incumbent Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu, according […]

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Ondo govt pays condolence visit to late TB Joshua’s family

Ondo State Government on Tuesday paid a condolence visit to the family of Prophet Temitope Joshua popularly known as TB Joshua, founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations. Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Bamidele Oleyelogun, who led the delegation to the deceased’s residence in Lagos, described his death as a great shock. […]

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Doctors not special, can’t dictate to us on salary slash, arrears – Akeredolu

You are unfair to us, Your Excellency – Doctors By Banji Ayoola The Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, Ondo State chapter has accused Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of being unfair to its members working with the state government over his utterances on their demand for payment of their full salary now in arrears of four months. In […]

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Partisan politics not in my plan now, says Mimiko

Partisan politics is out of the plan of the immediate former Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, for now, he has declared. He made this declaration while debunking an alleged move to decamp into the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), as being circulated by some media platform, describing the development plan as “a piece of […]

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Ondo rewards 48 pupils for winning national competitions

At least, 48 pupils of private and public primary and secondary schools who won prizes in both  international and national competitions while  representing Ondo state were rewarded by the government. Some of the beneficiaries of the award included Abiodun Ayomide of Cabataph Schools, Akure, who emerged the overall best pupil in the 2020 Common Entrance […]

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I am for a virile, united, indivisible Nigeria – Akeredolu

By Banji Ayoola Chairman of the South Western Nigeria Governors Forum and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has declared his support for a virile, united and indivisible Nigeria as demanded by the Southern Governors’ Forum. He said in a statement on Sunday by his Chief Press Secretary, My Richard Olatunde, that he is not in […]

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