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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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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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 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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Ondo State government has started local production of science materials, in order to provide affordable modern science equipment for schools in the state. Education, Science and Technology Commissioner, Mr Femi Agagu who visited the workshop of the State Science Equipment Centre in Akure where the equipment are being produced, expressed satisfaction with the materials that […]
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To boost cash crops production in Idanre local government area of Ondo State, the Caretaker Management Committee has distributed cocoa seedlings to farmers within the Council area. This was contained in a statement by the council’s Head of Agriculture Department, Mr Olasunkanmi Fayato. It said that while distributing the seedlings, the Chairman of Idanre local […]
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Edo State Police Command on Saturday said it had recovered the official car of Prof. Gideon Okedayo, a lecturer with the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH), Okitipupa who was kidnapped on Thursday. Okedayo was kidnapped along with his driver in his official car, a Toyota Corolla marked 06X 47 OD, at Akoko […]
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The senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District of Ondo State, Nicholas Tofowomo, survived a road crash on Friday as his vehicle was involved in a road accident on Ilesa-Akure Expressway in Igbara Oke, the headquarters of Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. The accident also involved a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]
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Monarch pledges: ‘We would find means to employ Owo youths’ Oba Gbadegesin Ajibade Ogunoye is the new Olowo of Owo Kingdom, Ondo State. In this interview with Peter Dada, the monarch talks about his background, the town and some other issues. You were recently installed as the Olowo of Owo, and for those who don’t […]
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Institution’s FM Radio Station hits airwaves soon Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, will start running degree programmes in at least 16 courses from next academic session. This plan is unfolding just as arrangements are being concretised for the institution’s radio station, RUGIPO FM, to hit the airwaves soon. The institution, according to its Acting Rector, […]
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