Buhari, Osinbajo urge Ondo voters to reelect Akeredolu

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have urged Ondo voters to massively choose candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in Saturday’s governorship poll. Buhari, who virtually addressed the crowd at the mega rally of the APC, said he has taken interest in the Ondo APC campaign. The President, who hailed […]

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Akure prophet, Sotitobire’s journey to prison over missing boy

Almost one year after a 13-month-old baby boy, EninlalOluwa Gold Kolawole suddenly disappeared from the children department of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Oshinle Quarters, Akure, Justice has finally been served. Generally, people had waited with bated breath for the outcome of the case Despite the fight by the defense team as it brought another application challenging […]

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Tough funding options for teachers’ new salary

Ministry yet to get proper brief on new pay We’re still digesting the policy, says Finance Ministry ‘Implementation not now’ Even as details of the new Teacher’s Special Salary (TSS) remain unclear, the Federal Government may face tough funding options when it is ready to implement the new policy. The new measures as announced on […]

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Best teacher award proves Fayemi’s commitment to education – Ekiti speaker

The emergence of an Ekiti teacher, Mr. Olaoluwa Asubiojo, as the ‘Best Teacher in Nigeria’, has been described as a testimony of Governor Kayode Fayemi’s commitment to improved education in the state. State House House of Assembly Speaker Mr. Funminiyi Afuye made the remarks on Tuesday in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on […]

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Confusion as Ondo SDP candidate backs Akeredolu, chairman endorses Jegede

The crisis rocking the Social Democratic Party, SDP, in Ondo State has deepened. The leaders are divided between endorsing Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, or Mr Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. SDP Governorship candidate Prince Oyeleye Fasua collapsed his structure for Akeredolu, while the acting state Chairman, Dele […]

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Ondo election: Akeredolu, Jegede, Ajayi’s strengths, weaknesses

Barring all odds, the people of Ondo State will file out on October 10 to elect a governor who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years. The Ondo election is an off cycle election, just like the recently held Edo election, which returned the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, of the […]

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Ondo 2020: My deputy wasting money on Mimiko’s resurrection – Akeredolu

Governor is embattled, bitter – Ajayi’s camp Ondo State Governor, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that his deputy, Agboola Ajayi, is wasting all resources acquired from the state to give former governor Olusegun Mimiko political resurrection. While Mr Akeredolu is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming October 10 governorship […]

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Ondo election: Factors for, against Akeredolu

Residents of Ondo State will on Saturday, October 10, visit their various polling units to elect who will oversee the affairs of the state for the next four years. Even though the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said that 17 political parties will take part in the election, the race to the Alagbaka Government House […]

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Buhari approves new salary, retirement age for teachers

As the world marks World Teachers Day UNN non-teaching staff joins varsity workers strike President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for Nigerian teachers as well as increased years of service from 35 to 40. The President made the announcement, yesterday, as the world marked World Teachers’ Day. The declaration came as the […]

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