….Commences Inter-Border Patrol in Ondo, Osun, others to follow In a bid to address criminal activities during Yuletide season, Western Nigerian Security Network (WNSN) code named Amotekun on Friday, embarked on inter border patrol. It would be recalled that the security agency last year commenced inter-border patrol with huge success recorded. The exercise is between…
Residents of Irese, Aaye and Ikota towns in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo state have threatened to shut down the office of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in Akure over the continued power outage in the area. The three towns had been in ‘total blackout’ since February 2022; paralysing the economic, commercial, and…
Professor David Olu Olagoke: The exit of “The incorruptible Judge” and ” The Iroko Man and The Wood Carver” By: Gbenga Olowoyo fcia fipma JP. “All the world is a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts.”…
SECURITY ALERT IN ONDO KINGDOM! OUR SAFETY IS YOUR SAFETY!! “Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent than it is to conformity and a blind desire for safety and security.” On this note our attention has been drawn to a security threat in Ondo Kingdom. Information at our disposal from a reliable source made us…
….as Organisation trains journalists from Southwest ahead of 2023 polls By: Ade Adeleke The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Press Council, NPC, Mr. Francis Nwosu has insisted that there is a need for media stakeholders and journalists to see the organization as partners in improving their professional tenets rather than seeing it as “a gagging…
….Says He will deliver democracy dividends of empowerment Dr. Jimoh Ibrahim CFR, billionaire business mogul and Ondo South Senatorial district All Progressives Congress, APC Candidate on Thursday began campaign tour of wards across the district, ahead of 2023 general elections amidst enthusiasm. Moving round four wards at Ile Oluji, the APC candidate told the people…
….Encourages Citizens To Explore Alternative Dispute Resolution In a bid to promote easier access to Justice in line with global trends in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), the Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON, on tuesday 1st November, 2022, has signed the Multi-door Courthouse bill into Law. Governor Akeredolu signed the bill into Law…
The peace of ancient town of Ikun-Akoko in Akoko southwest local government of Ondo state was disrupted when youths of the town today protested against what they described as nonchalant attitude of the monarch of the town to the incessant premature deaths of promising sons and daughters of Ikun Akoko in positions of authority. The…
PRESS RELEASE lSSUED BY THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO CHIEF REUBEN F. FASONRANTI, LEADER OF AFENIFERE ON MISREPRESENTATION IN THE MEDIA It has come to Papa R.F. Fasonranti’s knowledge that some sections of the media, especially the social media, have been ascribing to him false statements designed to cause confusion and polarize Afenifere. I have Papa’s…
IN YORUBALAND, A KING IS NOT BURIED ALIVE DARE BABARINSA THE GUARDIAN 03 November 2022 Afenifere is in the news again for its own sake. What has triggered the latest soul-searching for the pan-Yoruba political and cultural organisation was the public visit of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All…
