slams Oyo, Ondo governors for going to Abuja to beg Buhari Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, SAN, has lambasted Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde; and his Ondo State counterpart, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, for visiting President Muhammadu Buhari in a bid to find lasting solution to the herdsmen crisis rocking the two South-West […]
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Sympathisers at the scene after the latest accident The agrarian community of Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State was thrown into mourning on Saturday, January 23, 2021, after a road accident which occurred opposite the Adekunle Ajasin University, killing many people, including some students of the institution. The […]
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The Chief Executive Officer of Gallery Security Services, High Chief Bibopere Ajube has appointed a former Ondo State Correspondent of Independent Newspaper, Mr Yemi Akintomide as his Special Assistant on Media and Public Communication. He would also function as Media/Corporate Affairs Manager for both Gallery Security Services and Bradama International Skill Works Limited, with corporate […]
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The death of some students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State in an accident that occurred near the gate of the institution has thrown the entire university and student community into mourning. Students have called on the state government to dualise the Akungba Road report Samuel Agbelusi and Peter Emmanuel (AAUA). When the […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated his administration’s commitment to enhancing and improving the health status and social-economic activities of the citizenry. He spoke yesterday during the commissioning and handing over of the Ondo Town Erosion Control Works. The project is four kilometre in length and it is expected to put an end to perennial flooding […]
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By Banji Ayoola President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday gave his support and encouragement for Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in his resolve to flush out criminals from forests in the state. A statement by the Information and Orientation Commissioner, Mr Donald Ojogo, said the governor, who is also the Chairman of the South West Governors […]
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Ondo State Government on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves. Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, disclosed this in an interview in Akure where the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the Nigeria […]
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There was no eviction order to herdsmen in Ondo State or any part of the South West region, the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has clarified. He said the speech of his Ondo counterpart, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, which he said was only directed at government reserve including registration. was […]
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• Governors to meet with Miyetti Allah in Akure over region’s security Southwest states are on red alert following the expiration of the quit notice given to herders by Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The notice for the herders to vacate the Reserve Forest expired on Sunday. To prevent the herders from moving to their […]
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Not unexpectedly, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s marching order on illegal herders and occupants of forest reserve in Ondo State has provoked controversy over the legality or otherwise of the proclamation. Simply, the issue is between section 41 of the 1999 Constitution, which guarantees the right of every Nigerian to move freely or live in any part […]
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