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14 escape death in Ondo on Sallah day

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2018 0

Tragedy was averted on Tuesday, during the Sallah day celebrations in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State as no fewer than 14 people cheated death. A liquidfied gas laden truck which was said to be enroute Benin on the ever busy Lagos – Benin Expressway fell on a vehicle at

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Experienced in governance is key to good representation in legislature –Adeyeye

Ihesiulo Grace 3 August 2018 0

Hon. (Dr) Ajibayo Adeyeye is Special Adviser to the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Health; he also a former Majority Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly and an aspirant for the House of Representatives to represent Ondo Federal Constituency of Ondo State on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at […]

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Ondo State Govt to rid health sector of quacks

Ihesiulo Grace 20 July 2018 0

The Ondo State Government said on Wednesday that it would adopt strict measures to rid the health sector of quacks to safeguard the lives of its residents. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, made this known in Akure, after a briefing by the monitoring team of the Hospital Services Department of the ministry. Adegbenro, […]

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Ex-militants appeal to FG over unpaid allowances

Ihesiulo Grace 20 July 2018 0

Some ex-militants from Ondo State on Wednesday appealed to the Federal Government to pay them their nine months’ amnesty allowances. The leader of the group, Mr Ibori Ogailo, told journalists in Igbokoda that the non-payment of the allowances had subjected them and their families to untold hardships. He said that the government had reneged on […]

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LPPC promotes 31 lawyers to the rank of SAN

Ihesiulo Grace 13 July 2018 0

The Attorney-General of Ondo state, Adekola Adeyeye Olalwoye and the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu Chiroma were among the 31 senior lawyers promoted on Thursday by the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee (LPPC), to the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). The Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court and Secretary of […]

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Former Deputy Gov’s daughter found dead in boyfriend’s house

Ihesiulo Grace 9 July 2018 0

Miss Adenike Khadijat Oluboyo, daughter of the immediate past Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Lasisi Olugbenga Oluboyo, was on Sunday found dead at her boyfriend’s house in Akure. Oluboyo, who was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was found dead in her boyfriend’s house, Adeyemi Alao, popularly known as Q.S. […]

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Cleric urges politicians to rule with fear of God

Ihesiulo Grace 2 July 2018 0

A cleric, Rev. Olatoye Adesoji of Methodist Cathedral, Okitipupa, Ondo State on Sunday urged politicians in the country to rule with the fear of God. The cleric said this in an interview with news men in Okitipupa. He said that our leaders had turned from the way of God, adding that they no longer exhibit […]

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N500m money laundering: Ondo PDP chairman, Adetokunbo remanded in Prison

Ihesiulo Grace 30 June 2018 0

The Ondo state Chairman, People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Clement Faboyede, and the Director General of PDP Campaign Organisation in Ondo State during the last general election, Modupe Adetokunbo were on Friday arraigned before a Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos. The duo was arraigned on a three count charge of money laundering to the tune of […]

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Women empowerment: Ondo First Lady seeks AfDB’s collaboration

Ihesiulo Grace 14 June 2018 0

In her deep sense of commitment to women affairs and development, Wife of Ondo State Governor has called for African Development Bank’s (AfDB), collaboration in the area of women empowerment and social development in the State. Mrs. Akeredolu made this call during a technical session with the visiting AfDB group management team led by its […]

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June 12: Akeredolu commends Buhari for honouring Abiola

Ihesiulo Grace 7 June 2018 0

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo has commended the decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to recognise June 12 as Democracy Day in Nigeria. Buhari had on Wednesday, June 6, declared that June 12 would henceforth be known as Democracy Day in the country. The declaration was in honour of late Chief Moshood Abiola, the acclaimed winner […]

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Akeredolu will surpass his predecessors’ achievements- APC spokesman

Ihesiulo Grace 5 June 2018 0

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State will surpass his predecessors’ achievements in the area of infrastructure development, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has said. Prince Abayomi Adesanya, the party’s Publicity Secretary, gave the assurance while receiving an award of Outstanding Media Man of the Year 2018 in Akure. The award was organised […]

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Ekiti Guber: Opeyemi Bamidele, one other shot at APC secretariat

Ihesiulo Grace 2 June 2018 0

A former member of the seventh House of Representatives, Hon Opeyemi Bamidele and one other person on Friday were shot at in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The shooting took place on at the All Progressives Congress (APC) secretariat in Ajilosun, Ado-Ekiti, during a reception organised for the governorship candidate of the party, Dr. Kayode Fayemi. The […]

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Mimiko asked to account for Ondo Guber poll campaign fund

Ihesiulo Grace 16 May 2018 0

Olusegun Mimiko, the immediate past Governor of Ondo state has been questioned to account for the fund raised by the members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2016 governorship election in the state. A group, the Peoples Democratic Party Support Group (PSG) queried Mr. Mimiko in a statement to reporters in Akure on […]

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Akeredolu to reward Commonwealth Games medallists from Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 1 May 2018 0

Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has promised to reward athletes from the state who won medals at the recent Commonwealth Games in Australia. Akeredolu, disclosed this on Monday, during a fund raiser and inauguration of the National Athletics Development Centre by the Nigeria Sports Development Fund Inc. (NSDFI), in Akure, the state capital. According […]

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Fire razes automobile shops in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 25 April 2018 0

AUTOMOBILE spare parts shops in Owo, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Tuesday, were razed by an inferno, destroying goods worth millions of Naira. An eyewitness said no one could ascertain the cause of the inferno but said the owners of the shops watched helplessly as the fire which started in the early […]

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Ondo Govt partners MFBs on Job creation

Ihesiulo Grace 24 April 2018 0

Ondo State Government, has entered into partnership with some micro finance banks with a view to creating jobs for the people of the state through loan facilities. Mr Robert Omogbeminiyi, the Chairman of the Ondo State Micro Credit Agency (OSMA), who made this known at a meeting with the National Association of Micro Finance Banks […]

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SERAP drags Ajasin varsity, Akeredolu to court over tuition hike

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2018 0

A non-governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Adekunle Ajasin University and the Governor of Ondo state, Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, to an Akure High Court, Ondo state asking the court for an order declaring that the action of the defendants is arbitrary and unfair and a clear breach of their […]

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Man in bi-sexual scandal in Ondo

Ihesiulo Grace 22 April 2018 0

A manager of a privately owned radio station in Ondo State, names withheld, has been implicated in an illegal love affair with another male counterpart who has now been arrested and currently going through interrogations by the police authority in the state The gay partner of the media manager, who is married with children, was […]

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Hit and run driver kills FUTA student

Ihesiulo Grace 14 April 2018 0

A 200 level Food Science Technology student of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Ondo State, identified as Deborah Olajide has been killed by a hit and run driver. The FUTA undergraduate, Miss Olajide, who was said to be on her way home from vigil was knocked down by the vehicle in the early […]

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Illegal fees increase: SERAP threatens legal action against U.I, AAUA

Ihesiulo Grace 13 April 2018 0

A non-governmental organization, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Thursday issued a threat to drag the University of Ibadan (UI), and Adekunle Ajasin University, Ondo State to court, if they fail to reverse what it describes as patently illegal increases in fees. The group insisted that increment in fees would stigmatize students that […]