Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun By Banji Ayoola Ondo State House of Assembly has directed the state’s Ministry of Environment to collaborate with the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project, NEWMAP, in finding a lasting solution to incessant ocean surge in Ayetoro in llaje Local Government area. It gave the […]
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By Banji Ayoola The coastal Ilaje people living along the Atlantic coastal peninsula of Ondo State have made a fervent appeal to the federal, state and local governments to urgently come to their aid before the ravaging sea sweeps them out of existence. The people made the appeal during an on the spot assessment of […]
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By Banji Ayoola The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State on Monday fired back at the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, describing that party’s claims on the last governorship election that produced Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, as baseless and an act of political desperation. In a statement titled: “PDP’s Baseless Claims On Last […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has given reasons why it wants the election of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, annulled. It unveiled the grounds on which it approached the tribunal in a statement on Sunday by its spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. This is coming barely 48 […]
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The Ondo State Security Agency Network, the Amotekun, on Wednesday, said it had arrested some persons in connection with the killing of the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Israel Adeusi. Oba Adeusi was shot dead by gunmen at Elegbeka on the Akure-Owo-Benin Expressway in the Ose Local Government Area of the state last Thursday. The monarch […]
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Judicial Panel of Inquiry, set up by the Ondo State Government to probe alleged police brutality and abuse of human rights by security operatives, particularly by the men of the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), on Thursday, said it has received 32 petitions from abuse victims of the disbanded SARS. Chairman of the nine-man panel, […]
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By Banji Ayoola Sade, wife of the Chief of Staff to Ondo State Governor, Chief Olugbenga Ale, who was kidnapped on Thursday, has been freed. Her husband confirmed her release to The Radiance at exactly 1 pm on Saturday. Her freedom was also confirmed by the police spokesman in the state, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro who […]
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By Banji Ayoola Wife of Chief Olugbenga Ale, the Chief of Staff to Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has been kidnapped. Mrs Ale was abducted at Owena in Idanre council of the state on Thursday night by the bandits who had laid a siege on the highway and taken her into the forest. Already, the […]
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Ondo state Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, will on Friday present the 2021 budget to the state house of Assembly. Already, the assembly has affirmed that the budget would be presented to it as stipulated. Chairman, House Ad hoc Committee on Information, Hon Olugbenga Omole yesterday confirmed this in a telephone interview with The Hope.He said […]
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By Banji Ayoola The crisis rocking the Ondo State House Of Assembly got messier on Wednesday as Hon Festus O Akingbaso, representing Idanre State Constituency, rejected his purported appointment as the new deputy minority leader. His appointment followed the impeachment of the former deputy speaker, Hon Iroju Ogundeji on Tuesday. Akingbaso’s rejection was contained in […]
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