By Kennedy Ikantu Peretei All over the world, there is consensus to the fact that, education is a critical element of development. Nelson Mandela described education as ” the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”. In the words of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, “in order to attain the goals of economic […]
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Three persons have been feared dead and four others injured in a communal clash that occured in Ikare Akoko, Akoko Northeast local government area. Several houses were also shot at and vandalised by the warring groups. The fight in Ikare Akoko is an age long quarrel between the Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Momoh and […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has urged President Mohammadu Buhari not to consider lifting the ban on rice importation. He said the country had the capacity to produce rice for job creation and exportation. He spoke while inspecting rice harvest in Akure and environs cultivated in collaboration with the National Centre For Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has blamed Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, for alleged rot in the state’s Ministry of Justice. In a statement by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Peretei, the party said that the alleged poor conditions of service for lawyers in the ministry are precipitating an impending strike any […]
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The new executive members of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Ondo State Chapter, led by Partfinder Ogunmolawa Mathew Adewale, have received their certificates of return at the National Headquarters of the Council at the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, Abuja. The Sunshine State chapter of the Council was inaugurated by the […]
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The newly inaugurated National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, Ondo State chapter has unfolded its plans to meaningfully engage the youths of the state in productive activities that will bring joy to the youths, their parents, the entire people of the state, make the state peaceful and governable for the State Government and make the […]
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The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the controversy over the appointment by Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of his son, Babajide, as Director General of a state agency as needless. It said it nominated the governor’s son for the office “on the strength of his relentless contribution to the overall success of the APC in […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has nominated 14 commissioner and seven special adviser designates to assist in running the affairs of the state. He also named his son, Babajide, as the Director-General of Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU). In a statement by the Information and Orientation commissioner, Mr Donald Ojogo, on Tuesday, the […]
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Ondo State Government has lashed out at the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over that party’s criticisms of the appointment of the state Governor’s first son, Babajide Akeredolu as Director General, PPIU. In a statement by the Information and Orientation commissioner, Donald Ojogo on Wednesday, government described the PDP as a lazy opposition which could not […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Wednesday criticised the recent appointment of Babajide Akeredolu, a biological son of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as the Director General of Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPMIU), as a a “flagrant abuse of office and affront” on the people of the state. In a statement by its […]
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