By Banji Ayoola The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to provide succour for the victims of last Sunday’s fire outbreak which destroyed some shops in Akure the state capital. This appeal was contained in a statement on Monday by the party’s spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei. […]
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By Banji Ayoola An ex chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo State Council, former Special Adviser on Labour Matters to ex Governor Olusegun Mimiko, and a former governorship aspirant on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Comrade Adedayo Fadahunsi, has passed on. The NUJ which broke the news in a statement […]
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Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said the sharing of COVID-19 palliatives was delayed because the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) insisted on official launch. He denied deliberate hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives, saying his administration had continuously distributed the palliatives to the poor. He said Ondo State was saved from the looting spree of hoodlums because […]
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Some angry youths have set ablaze a truckload of rice after 16 people were killed and many injured in a fatal accident that occurred at the Ibaka area of Akungba Akoko, Akoko West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps, the truck, which was fully loaded with […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has pledged to help victims of Saturday’s road crash at Ibaka, Akungba Akoko, in Akoko South-West Local Government Area, that claimed at least 16 persons on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, had confirmed the casualty figures in a statement on Sunday by the […]
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By Banji Ayoola At least, 16 people have been confirmed dead by the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in the Saturday road crash at the Ibaka area of Akungba Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The confirmation was contained in a statement on Sunday by the Public Education Officer of the corps, […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has set up a 25-member committee to plan his inauguration for a second term in office. It is to be chaired by the Deputy Governor elect, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa while Mr Kunle Adebayo is the secretary. Other members as announced in a statement by the Commissioner for Information and […]
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By Banji Ayoola The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has approached the tribunal challenging the victory of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, at the exercise on the basis of alleged massive irregularities including vote-buying and intimidation of his party supporters. Akeredolu, the […]
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Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has described a video that has gone viral, giving quit notice to the Igbo people to leave Yorubaland, as senseless and one capable of causing destabilisation in the country. A group, Young Yoruba for Freedom, in a viral video had told the people of Igbo extraction residing in the […]
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A ‘mysterious’ fire outbreak has razed the Ondo State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) office at Oke Eda, Akure, the state capital. Reports had it that the fire outbreak started at about 11 pm on Sunday. The building, which also occupies the marketing office of the state Government-owned Radiovision Corporation was affected by the fire. The […]
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