….allegedly Arrests Groom-To-Be, Friends, Injures others …..Youths Protest looms in Akure. By: Oluwatosin Adesola Report says there is a palpable tension in the Ondo State capital as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) allegedly raided two major night clubs in Akure, the Ondo State capital, arresting over 50 to 100 customers during a Bachelor’s…
By: Our Reporter The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in-charge of South-West region, Abiodun Sylvester Alabi, has asked police officers in Ondo state to engage traditional ruler, community and religious leaders in fighting kidnapping and other crimes in the state and its environs. Alabi gave the directive while addressing police men and officers in Akure,…
The Ondo State Government has approached the Supreme Court, asking it to dismiss the suit the Federal Government filed to secure full autonomy for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. The state, in a legal process it filed before the apex court, maintained that FG lacked the locus standi (legal right) to…
An Impassioned Allocutus for the Preservation of Workers’ Rights in Nigeria By Kayode Ajulo, OON, SAN. As a proud and unyielding advocate of the rights of all in our beloved realm, I find myself utterly perplexed and deeply saddened by the mere suggestion that our esteemed National Assembly would seek to stifle the hallowed right…
… FG offers N62,000; Labour reduces demand to N250,000 … Report to be forwarded to the President for further deliberation. ….Governors Reject N60,000. After two days of waiting, the negotiations over the national minimum wage hit another brick wall yesterday. At the end of yesterday’s meeting, the Federal Government negotiating team raised its offer by…
Hon. Omowunmi Loses Dad Elder Samuel Olatunji Eddo, the father of Hon. (Princess) Omowunmi Olatunji Ohwovoriole is dead. Elder Samuel Olatunji Eddo died in the early hours of June 6th, 2024. His passage was announced in a statement released on behalf of the family by Hon. (Princess) Omowunmi Olatunji-Ohwovoriole, a former Ondo State Commissioner for…
PRINCE ADEYINKA AJAGUNNA BAGS CHRIST AMBASSADOR MERIT AWARD The Special Assistant on Media and Communication to the Senator representing Ondo North Senatorial District, Prince Adeyinka Ajagunna has been nominated for a prestigious Christ Ambassador Award 2024, by the Emmanuel Anglican Church, Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State. The award was based on Prince Ajagunna’s prowess as a…
36 state Governors are not considering a minimum wage that is higher than N70,000, it was learnt last night. At a meeting yesterday (Thursday) in Abuja, the state helmsmen reviewed the economic situation and concluded that anything above N70,000 will not be affordable and sustainable. They ruled out the N100,000 option being dangled by some…
…..Come back home – Shettima Begs Edema. … Lack of internal democracy made me leave —Edema It was like a mild drama when the governorship candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ondo State, Olugbenga Edema, on Thursday, encountered the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, at the Akure Airport. Edema, who emerged as…
ODHA COMMITS BILLS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL BOARD, ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF LANDED PROPERTIES TO COMMITTEE STAGE For efficient monitoring,supervision and evaluation of activities of all public schools across the State, Ondo State House of Assembly has committed a Bill for a law to provide for the establishment of a Board for the management of Secondary Schools…
