Ondo automates retirement benefits payment

As part of the reform agenda of the Ondo State Government to reposition the State Civil Service for excellent service delivery and make bureaucratic processes less cumbersome, the state government would soon commence automated system of processing documents of Pensioners for their retirement benefits. To this effect, the State Information Technology Agency has developed a […]

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Thunder wrath: ODSG moves to prevent epidemic at Ijare

Olujare speaks, explains reasons behind disaster Ijare, the  sleepy agrarian town  in the Ifedore local government area  of Ondo State where thunder struck dead 36 cows on a sacred hill last Saturday has become a Mecca of sort as awe struck people continue to throng the town. Yesterday, the community was almost jampacked by visitors, […]

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AAUA VC, Ajibefun calls for e-registry, less paperwork

Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, has called on the administrative staff of the Institution to embrace electronic registry to ensure prompt service delivery and less of paperwork. Ajibefun, who gave the advice while declaring open a workshop organised by the University’s Chapter of the Association of Nigerian […]

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Agagu Foundation gives N2m scholarship to Adekunle Ajasin University students

Representative of the Olusegun Agagu Foundation and Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Mr Femi Agagu (R), presenting the cheque for the Endowment to the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun. The Olusegun Agagu Foundation has presented a cheque of N2 million as Scholarship Endowment for outstanding students from the Department of Geology of Adekunle Ajasin University, […]

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Owena Press, PSTI synergise on training

Adetula reels out Owena Press’ robust developments Owena Press Limited, publisher of The Hope, has challenged the Director General of the Public Service Training Institution, PSTI, Ilara-Mokin in Ifedore Local government area of Ondo State, Mr Kayode Ogundele to fashion initiatives capable of making the institute a toast of organisations interested in training  their manpower. […]

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Ondo set to establish largest cocoa plantation in Africa

Plans to establish the largest cocoa plantation in Africa have been concluded by the Ondo State Government. Ondo is Nigeria’s largest cocoa producing state. The state government announced this through the Agriculture Commissioner, Mr Gboyega Adefarati, confirming that the massive plantation would sit on 2,000 hectares of cocoa plantation at Ijugbere, in Owo Local Government […]

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Abducted Ondo lecturer found dead

It was shock and disbelief in Ondo State as news broke that the abducted lecturer of the State University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, OSUSTECH, Prof. Gideon Okedayo, has been found dead. Okedayo, of the institution’s Department of Mathematical Science, and his driver were kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Auchi – Igara Road in neighbouring […]

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Ogunoye crowned 32nd Olowo of Owo

Akeredolu optimistic reign would foster peace Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye was yesterday crowned as the 32nd Olowo of Owo amid jubilation by his kinsmen, even as his topmost kinsman in Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, expressed optimism that the reign of the new monarch would strengthen the existing peace in the ancient community. At […]

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UNIMED pioneer students complete programme amid celebrations

Palpable joy was felt at the University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo as pioneer students of the University ended their academic programme barely four years since the establishment of the university. The 400 level students from Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology departments decked in white T-Shirts came out of the examination hall in a festive mood […]

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Ondo approves new retirement age for higher institutions’ staff

Ondo state government has approved a new retirement age for all categories of staff in the state-owned tertiary institutions. The state owned four tertiary institutions whose staff would enjoy under the new law, are Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA); Ondo state University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) Okitipupa; University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Ondo; […]

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