The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State says it will investigate the reason behind the death of one of its students identified as Feranmi Fasunle. Fasunle reportedly died as a result of the sniper she allegedly drank on Wednesday night. It was gathered that the 200-level student of the Department of […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has urged the state council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and other unions to shelve the planned protest against an alleged assault of a pregnant woman. He also vowed to unravel the truth, promising to look into the allegation that his Senior Special Assistant on Strategy and Special Duties, […]
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The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps has evicted another 137 illegal occupants of forest reserve across the state. Those evicted were suspected to constitute security threats to the state. They were picked at Elegbeka forest along the Akure-Owo-Ifon road few days after they arrived the state. Last week, 42 persons were arrested […]
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Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has reiterated his commitment to the welfare of workers, and vowed to make it top priority. He made the vow on Saturday in a congratulatory message to workers on the occasion of 2021 Workers’ Day Celebration, in Akure. “Undoubtedly, in the last four years plus, we have displayed total commitment […]
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PRESENTED with another opportunity to rise to the stature of a statesman, President Muhammadu Buhari instead sank deeper into his familiar swamp of sectarianism and divisiveness. This may lead to a significant loss of trust in his regime. And a decline in trust can lead to lower morale of troops, whose lives are on the […]
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, APC state chairman, Ade Adetimehin, deputy governor Lucky Ayedatiwa and the Chief of Staff, Chief Olugbenga Ale addressing newsmen after the tribunal judgment in Akure. Petition struck out for want of Jurisdiction and lack of merit —– Akeredolu, deputy duly sponsored by a political party Verdict reflects the law, peoples wish, no […]
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By Banji Ayoola The three man-panel of the Ondo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Akure, will today Tuesday April 20 deliver judgement in the petition filed by candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Eyitayo Jegede, against the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in last year’s governorship election. Notice for the shift in date […]
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The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, fixed April 23 for judgment in a suit filed by the Ondo State Chief Judge, Justice Oluwatoyin Akeredolu against the state governor and five others over a viral video made by a citizen of the state, Olupelumi Fagboyegun. While the chief judge is the plaintiff, the Attorney General […]
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By Banji Ayoola A professor of Industrial Microbiology at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, Prof Olakunle David Teniola, has called on the federal, state and local governments in Nigeria to give priority attention to the food industry to guarantee food security and smooth industrialisation. Besides he advised government at […]
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Rights activists and gender advocates in Ondo State have appealed to the government at all levels to raise the bar in law enforcement and mass education of the public to end violence against persons in the country. This was the consensus of stakeholders at a radio and studio talk show in Akure yesterday, tagged: “Building […]
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