Why COVID-19 palliatives sharing was delayed: Akeredolu

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said the sharing of COVID-19 palliatives was delayed because the Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) insisted on official launch. He denied deliberate hoarding of COVID-19 palliatives, saying his administration had continuously distributed the palliatives to the poor. He said Ondo State was saved from the looting spree of hoodlums because […]

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Oyetola warns hoodlums plotting violence

Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on Sunday warned hoodlums who are allegedly planning to cause another violence in the state on Monday. He implored parents and residents not allow themselves and children to be used to satisfy the tricks of hoodlums. The governor, through the Information and Civic Orientation Commissioner, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in a public […]

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Government radicalises youths

By Samuel Oluwole Ogundele Good governance especially at the national level, is an intricate interplay of combined operations involving the leadership, the led, and to a limited extent, the international community. The full significance of any component of this experience, can only be understood, appreciated, and appropriated in relation to the whole. The world is […]

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Youths burn wares of truck that killed 16 Ondo traders

Some angry youths have set ablaze a truckload of rice after 16 people were killed and many injured in a fatal accident that occurred at the Ibaka area of Akungba Akoko, Akoko West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday. According to the Federal Road Safety Corps, the truck, which was fully loaded with […]

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Akeredolu pledges help for Akungba crash victims

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has pledged to help victims of Saturday’s road crash at Ibaka, Akungba Akoko, in Akoko South-West Local Government Area, that claimed at least 16 persons on Saturday. The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, had confirmed the casualty figures in a statement on Sunday by the […]

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Lagos commuters decry hike in fares

Commuters in Lagos State on Sunday decried the continuous hike in transport fares occasioned by the COVID-19 new public transport guidelines put in place by the state government, despite neglect by transport operators. Some commuters, in separate interviews with correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos, said that since the guidelines constraining […]

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Government can’t gag Nigerian press — Akinfeleye

The Council Member representing Africa at the World Journalism Education Congress, Prof Ralph Akinfeleye, who is also a former Head of Mass Communication Department, University of Lagos, speaks to Tunde Ajaja on the fine imposed on three television stations by the NBC few days ago, government’s efforts to regulate the use of social media and […]

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