Ondo recommits to teachers’ welfare

Ondo State Government has reacommitted itself to improving the welfare of public secondary school teachers, promising better working conditions that will create an enabling environment for effective teaching and learning across the state. The Chairman of the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Dr. Oluwadaisi Oke, stated this while addressing principals of public secondary schools in […]

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IMPACT health project records landmark progress in Ondo

Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Banji Ajaka The World Bank–supported IMPACT health project has recorded a significant progress in immunization, malaria prevention, and maternal and child health services in Ondo State. Giving a breakdown of the achievements in an interview with The Hope in Akure on Tuesday, shortly after the quarter-three meeting of the […]

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Aiyedatiwa recommits to good governance

Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has recommitted his administration to people-centred leadership, efficient governance and public service driven by integrity. He gave the pledge on Tuesday as he swore in newly appointed and reappointed Special Advisers and the Director-General of the Performance and Projects Implementation Monitoring Unit (PPIMU). Also, he inaugurated the new […]

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Aketi: The Man Who Saw Tomorrow – How Amotekun Saved Southwest from Collapse

By Steve Otaloro In the dark days of 2019, when forests in Ondo, Oyo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti and Lagos had become killing fields, when herdsmen turned farmlands into grazing reserves by force of arms, when kidnapping became a daily industry and the Nigeria Police overstretched, under-equipped and centrally controlled from Abuja could only watch helplessly, […]

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Ondo budgets N492.8b for 2026

Ondo State Government will spend N492.8 billion on its projects next year. This figure totals the estimates presented on Monday to the state’s House of Assembly as the 2026 fiscal year’s appropriation bill by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa While presenting the ₦492,795,667,939 proposal, he  said the document, christened ‘”budget of economic consolidation”, aimed “to deepen reforms, […]

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Rifts, Rivalries and Rumours: Inside the Leadership Crisis Rocking Ondo Assembly

By David Akinadewo-Adekahunsi The Ondo State House of Assembly is once again in the eye of a political storm. What began as whispers of dissatisfaction has now snowballed into a full-blown leadership crisis, with lawmakers sharply divided into two camps, one calling for the probe and possible removal of the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji […]

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Ondo speaker accuses colleagues of plot to frustrate Aiyedatiwa

The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly got messier on Saturday as the speaker Rt Hon. Olamide Oladiji, accused some of his colleagues of plotting to frustrate Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa in deliverimg democratic dividends to the people. He levelled the allegation thus widening the cracks in the house which has already broken into […]

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Aiyedatiwa flags off Akure – Imafon road project

recommits to infrastructural renewal assures completion of Ijoka road dualisation, other ongoing projects Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has flagged off the Akure–Imafon Road project, described as another clear demonstration of his administration’s commitment to infrastructure renewal and service delivery. At the ceremony held at the NNPC–Imafon Junction, Igbatoro Road, Akure, he said the project […]

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Ondo debunks alleged N531b supplementary budget

Ondo State Government has debunked the allegation that it sent N531 billion supplementary budget to the state’s House of Assembly for approval. Following is its statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Communication & Strategy, Comrade Allen Sowore, Esq. It was titled “Ondo State’s PDP and Its Imaginary Supplementary Budget Hoopla” “With a […]

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Akure airport safe, secure – Management

The Management of Akure Airport has assured the public, and particularly prospective travellers, that the facility is safe and secure. It gave the assurance just as it dismissed as false social media reports that bandits had infiltrated the airport. In fact, the Airport Manager, Mrs. Oluwayemisi Adebiyi, described the viral report as false and misleading, […]

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