University don Awoniyi recommends ways to tackle corruption, moral decay in Nigeria

A university don, Prof Sunday Awoniyi, has decried the havoc that corruption and moral decay are causing in Nigeria, as he recommended the ways out. He noted, sadly, that any society that rewards corruption would continually suffer setbacks. Among others, he proposed the reintegration of African ethical values to promote morality, responsibility, justice, and selflessness […]

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FEDPOLEL, CIPM open discussions on collaboration

FEDPOLEL Rector, Dr Ademola Iyanda Ebeloku, and CIPM Akure Branch Chairman, Mrs. Pamela Elekwachi, during a courtesy visit to the polytechnic by CIPM executives on Tuesday The Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, FEDPOLEL, and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM), have opened discussions on possible areas of collaboration. These started on Tuesday during […]

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TETFund Assessment Team Visits FEDPOLEL

A three-member TETFund Assessment Team has visited the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, FEDPOLEL, to evaluate the impact of TETFund interventions on the Institution’s infrastructure and academic development. A statement by the institution’s Division of Information, Protocol and Public Relations, DIP&P, said the team comprised Prof. P. S. Olowolaju, Mr. Sunday Oluwaseyi, and Mr. Ekundayo Kayode. It […]

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Three ex-Osun lawmakers dump APC

Three chieftains of the All Progressives Congress, who had at different times been lawmakers in Osun State House of Assembly, have resigned their membership of the party. The lawmakers, Lekan Oyediran, Aleem Bakare and Folorunso Oladoyin, resigned their APC membership through letters addressed to the local government chairmen of the party. The three resignations occured […]

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Aiyedatiwa hails death sentence on Owo Church attackers

Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has described the death sentence passed on Wednesday on four of the terrorists who had attacked the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, and killed over 40 worshippers on June 5, 2022 He commended the Judiciary and security agencies for securing the conviction and death sentence Reacting to […]

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Owo Church Attack: Court sentences four terrorists to death, acquits one

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced four persons to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, which claimed the lives of at least 41 worshippers and left more than 100 others injured. Delivering judgment, Justice Emeka Nwite held that the prosecution, […]

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Ondo Govt debunks rumoured abductions, security threat in Akure

Ondo State Government has debunked rumoured abductions of school pupils and students in Akure the state capital. Like bushfire, rumours had spread in the state capital on Wednesday that bandits had invaded some Akure schools, and were kidnapping pupils and students, following which concerned parents rushed to schools, in anxiety for their children’s safety. Government, […]

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Ondo approves new flyover bridge for Akure

The four commissioners at the joint press briefing… Ondo State Government has approved the construction of a 2.38-kilometre flyover bridge in Akure, following traffic studies which identified the Alagbaka–Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) corridor as one of the state’s major traffic bottlenecks. It approved the new facility just as Owena Dam planned rehabilitation secures […]

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Hunters, local security men arrest invading suspected bandits in Osun community

By John Dike, Osogbo Hunters and local security operatives at Imesi Ile in Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, on Wednesday arrested some suspected bandits who had reportedly invaded some farmlands in the community. Acting on a tip-off that the suspected bandits had invaded some farmlands, the hunters and local security men had reportedly […]

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