Category: Ondo State

A former Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has described his departed successor and friend for many years, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, as a patriot who did only what he believed in and was never shy of expressing his personal beliefs no matter how controversial. Akeredolu died on Wednesday, December 27, 2023 in a German hospital where […]

The immediate former Commissioner representing Ondo State on the board of the National Population Commission (NPC), Prince Diran Iyantan, has postponed his formal declaration to contest the forthcoming governorship election in the state as a mark of respect for the departed Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. Also, he urged the new Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who has just […]

Some details have emerged of how the departed former governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, died at a German hospital. A statement issued on Wednesday night by his son, Oluwarotimi O. Akeredolu Jnr, said the former governor died peacefully in his sleep at a hospital in Germany, where he was undergoing treatment for protracted prostate […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has appointed the publisher and chief executive of TRACE News Magazine, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan as his Chief Press Secretary. Also, he named four others in the first set of appointments he made following his swearing-in on Wednesday. These were contained in a statement signed by the Depu­ty Chief of Staff […]

About 16 hours after the passage of the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has been sworn in as Governor in his place. The former Acting Governor was sworn in on Wednesday by the State Chief Judge, Olusegun Odusola, at an event at the Cocoa Conference Hall, Governors Office, Alagbaka, Akure. In […]

He moved Nigeria towards justice, equity – President Nigeria loses an exceptional statesman – Governors’ Forum Akeredolu displayed courage when it mattered most – PDP Ondo youths have lost a great leader, true friend – NYCN By Banji Ayoola President Bola Tinubu has regretted the passage early this morning of Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, […]

From left: Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr. Olamide Oladiji, receiving the 2023 Budget from the State’s Acting Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, during the presentation ceremony at the Assembly complex in Akure Ondo State Acting Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa has prayed for a complete healing of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu as he thanked the state’s […]

Ondo State Acting Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Thursday presented a budget proposal of £384.533 billion for the 2024 fiscal year, tagged “Budget of Economic Resilience,” to the State House of Assembly. It is higher than the total projected budget outlay for the 2023 fiscal year, which was £275,979,184 billion. He said that £212,014,859,647.00 billion […]

Hope has brightened that light may soon be restored in parts of Ondo State, especially the Ondo South Senatorial District which has been in blackout for over ten years as new sets of German-made reciprocating gas engines to augment power supply in the state, which were ordered by the state government in partnership with a […]