Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has ordered all markets in the state shut with immediate effect. The directive, meant to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic in the state, was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the Information and Orientation commissioner, Mr Donald Ojogo. The directive was given on Tuesday in a […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has postponed its state congress scheduled for Tuesday, March 24, 2020, indefinitely. The postponement which was contained in a statement by the party’s Director on Media and Publicity, Mr Zadock Akintoye, was announced barely few hours after the state government appealed to the party to shelve the […]
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Ondo State Government on Monday banned political, religious and social gatherings in the state and ordered civil servants between levels one and 12 to stay at home to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. It urged the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to postpone its state congress scheduled for Tuesday March […]
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Ondo State Government has postponed indefinitely the convocation ceremony of the State Universtity of Science and Technology, Okitipupa scheduled for Saturday. Besides, to prevent coronavirus spreading to the state due to its proximity to Lagos and Ekiti States, the state government has put up some measures to curb the spread. Also, laboratory results are being […]
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There is no confirmed case of Coronavirus in Ondo State; the state government has declared, contrary to report. However, it confirmed that there is a suspected case of the disease in the state capital which is being handled at the moment. An online newspaper on Wednesday had reported that “A man named David, who came […]
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Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday rejected a motion by the only PDP lawmaker, Rasheed Elegbeleye, that the April 18 local government elections be postponed till further notice as a means of curbing the spread of coronavirus. However, it passed a resolution asking Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, to close public and private schools as […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, at its emergency meeting held on Friday, 28th February, 2020 has approved the appointments of Mr Bobola Ademola Abimbola as the Registrar; Mrs Ogunbodede Rachael Olufunke, Bursar and Dr. Idiegbeyan-Ose Jerome, Polytechnic Librarian respectively. These were contained in a statement today by […]
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Ahead of the April 18 local government elections in Ondo State, some political parties that indicated their interest to participate in the election have attributed the low key campaign ahead of the poll to cash crunch and the nature of the election. Nine out of 19 political parties that indicated interest to participate in the […]
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The management of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, AAUA, has ordered the closure of the institution for two weeks, following the deaths of à 300 level Biochemistry student, Olakunle Mathew Olayinka, by suspècted cultists and another 200 Level student of the school, Miss Temitope Patience Ayedun of the Department of Educational Management, within a space […]
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The wife of Ondo State Governor, Arabinrin Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu joins Professors of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan to discuss the challenge of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), in Nigeria. She was invited as the Chief Panelist at the 50th annual Symposium and journal launch, with the theme, “Non-Communicable Diseases in the Nigerian Society: […]
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