Category: Ondo State

Aiyedatiwa, Poroye – inaugurates, charges new board to address challenges confronting oil producing areas Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Monday, inaugurated the newly constituted Board of the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC), with a strong charge to the members to deliver impactful development to oil-bearing communities in the state. At […]

– 16, 255 residents in 18 LGs to get N75k via debit cards Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said his administration will continue to prioritize social inclusion and economic empowerment of vulnerable citizens through strategic partnerships with the Federal Government. He made this commitment during the official flag-off ceremony of the second phase of […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has forwarded names of a former Vice Chancellor  of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Prof Igbekele Ajinefun, and 11 others to the state’ House of Assembly for approval as commissioners in the State Executive Council. The governor’s spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan said in a statement that a letter seeking the […]

Courts in Ondo State were shut on Friday as judiciary workers begin an indefinite strike over financial autonomy implementation. The strike was called by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ondo State Branch, which on Friday gave a notice of the action. In the notice, signed by the union’s secretary, Alade Kehinde, said the […]

By Jide Ojo It’s 65 years of Nigeria’s independence and 32 years after the watershed and epochal June 12 presidential election. The landmark election was won by Bashorun MKO Abiola, who was also the Aare-Ona-Kakanfo of Yorubaland. Unfortunately, that election was annulled by the military junta of Ibrahim Babangida. Tomorrow, June 12, has been declared […]

Ex-Ondo State Deputy Governor and Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate in last year’s election, Hon Agboola Ajayi, has vowed to appeal the judgement of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The tribunal had on June 4 unanimously upheld the victory of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress ( APC) in the election, Governor Lucky […]

The All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the Peoples Democratic Party’s reaction to the tribunal verdict upholding the election of Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as an assault on the judiciary’s integrity. In a statement by Mr. Steve Otaloro, the party’s State Director, Media & Publicity, it said the PDP should tender an unreserved apology […]