PDP cautions against compromise Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says sensitive materials for Ondo State governorship election will arrive Akure on October 5. Chairman Prof. Mahmood Yakubu disclosed this during an interaction with the media in Akure on Thursday. He said non-sensitive materials for the election had been delivered. “We have delivered all, but a […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Deputy Governor and candidate of Zenith Labour Party, ZLP, Hon Agboola Ajayi has promised prompt payment of pension and gratuity if elected as the governor of the state. Spokesman of his campaign organisation, Mr Babatope Okeowo said in a statement that he spoke at Ikare-Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government […]
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As the nation’s political attention shifts to Ondo State for the October 10 governorship election, some candidates in the poll participated in a debate on Thursday evening to share their vision and sell their objectives to the people of the state. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, 17 political parties fielded candidates for the […]
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Candidates of the 17 political parties contesting the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State would sign a peace accord Tuesday October 6, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said. According to him, the commission has recovered from the recent fire incident which destroyed over 5,000 smart card readers […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo A young man, Wale Hazzan, is cooling his feet in the Akure Prison for killing a Ghanaian. He was remanded on Thursday by an Akure Magistrate Court sitting at Oke Eda Magisterial District in the Ondo State capital. Magistrate N. T. Aladejana, before whom the accused was arraigned, ordered Hazzan’s remand specifically […]
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By Banji Ayoola Most public schools in the rural communities of Ondo State now operate with only two teachers, who teach from Primary One to Six. This was discovered on Wednesday in Daada, an Igbatoro community in the Akure North Local Government area, when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), […]
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By Kunle Adesida Sexual assault (an act of any form directed at person’s sexuality using coercion) though is a universal occurrence, unfortunately became one of predominant concerns across Nigerian society especially in the year 2019. Nonetheless, the year 2020 is just far from safer. In fact, child rape took an unfortunate surge on the books […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo An Akure Chief Magistrate Court is probing into how thieves broke into one Aderinlewa Olufikayo’s house in the HOB Estate behind the Federal Secretariat Akure, Ondo State, and carted off properties valued N211, 000 at about 12.00 noon on March 15. The court is questioning two security guards and another one still […]
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Barely two weeks after a fire incident at the Akure office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it has replaced the 5,000 smart card readers destroyed in the inferno. The smart card readers sourced from the Oyo State office of the commission have been received by the Akure office, it was learnt. The State […]
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