There is a panic among parents today as Some gunmen this morning hijacked a school bus in Oba ile Estate of Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state, abducting one person who was on duty to convey children to school. The incident which occured around 6:45am while the driver and the attendant were moving…
By: Ade Adeleke Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the immediate past governor of Ondo State, on Wednesday indicated that partisan consideration is the least of his concerns now, denying any plot to dump the ZLP for the ruling APC. This was in reaction to a report on his supposed plans to defect to the ruling All Progressives…
Organised Labour led by the JNC, NLC and TUC today met with the Ondo State government’s representatives led by the Head of Service, Pastor Niran Adeyemo with the meeting deadlocked. In a bulletin issued by the labour after the meeting held inside the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s office today 2nd June, 2021, the…
By: Oluwatosin Adesola The Ondo state police command today paraded eleven suspects in connection with armed robbery attacks on filling stations in Akure, stealing of generators and defilement of minor. Parading the suspects before newsmen in Akure, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bolaji Salami said one of the suspects Jide Adewale was arrested for…
Ekiti State Commissioner for Arts and Culture, Professor Ojo Bakare, has described as barefaced falsehood, a news item contained in the publication of NEWS ALERT, authored by one Akinola Emmanuel on alleged cover-up of unprofessional conduct by some lecturers at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). In the said story by the online publication, it was…
The University Of Ibadan Alumni Association (Ondo State Branch) has celebrated and honoured the Emeritus National Leader of Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti on the occasion of his 95th Birthday. During the visit on Monday, this week, One of the Afenifere leaders in Ondo state, Chief Korede Duyile welcomed the Alumni to Chief Reuben Fasoranti’s home…
The Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA) Dr Garba Abari has approved the appointment of Mrs Adelayo Adefolalu to oversee the affairs of Ondo State Directorate of National Orientation Agency with effect from 1st June, 2021. Mrs Adefolalu graduated from University of Ibadan in 1988 and had her Masters degree in University of Ado…
Following a peaceful protest a protest by members of Fish Sellers’ Association of Nigeria, Akure Chapter on Tuesday in the Ondo State capital, against the alleged maladministration of the leadership of the association, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered the suspension of the leadership and activities of the association. The protester who marched to the governor’s…
By: Ade Adeleke Magistrates and Chief Magistrates in Ondo state and the country are working under difficult condition despite their heavy work load in handling difficult cases in courts. They expressed deep sadness that many of them used to take commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada riders to work courts while their courts are not…
As the process of amending the 1999 Constitution is ongoing, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has demanded scrapping of the Senate in order to reduce cost of governance in the country. Governor Akeredolu stated this in Akure while declaring open the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee on Constitution Review, South West Zonal Public Hearing,…
