The forthcoming convocation ceremony of the Adeyemi University of Education, Ondo in Ondo state may be on the verge of disruption as graduates of the school have threatened to disrupt the ceremony with a massive protest over recent hikes in convocation and certificate-related fees. The warning was contained in an open protest letter addressed to…
….Face Defamation of Character charge. Two men have been docked before an Akure Magistrate’s Court for alleged for alleged defamation of character and cyberbully of Hon. Olugbenga Omole, an All Progressives Congress chieftain and immediate past Special Adviser to the Ondo State Governor on Transportation. The defendants, Daudu Emmanuel, 51; and Garuba Adeola, 50 were…
Prominent figures from Akure were attendance as no fewer than 60 trainees in different vocations in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have been empowered with working tools by the Tomiwa Aregbesola Foundation. The beneficiaries, who had been trained by St.Gabriel Skill Acquisition and Empowerment, were empowered to start off their various vocations to reduce the…
Opinion write up 2027: Why APC’s Script Can Be Torn Apart by Strategy, Not Sentiment As Tinubu continues to script his 2027 ambition through tribal calculations and political favoritism, what his team has failed to grasp is that 2023 wasn’t won solely on sentiment. It was a fluke — a result of division, silence from…
Opposition political parties, especially the Peoples Democratic Party, the New Nigeria Peoples Party, and the Labour Party, are bleeding as some of their prominent members have dumped their platforms for the ruling All Progressives Congress. Concerned by the wave of defections to the APC, the PDP, NNPP, and the Coalition of United Political Parties have…
The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, on Wednesday, announced the release of N50 billion by the Federal Government to the academic and non-academic staff unions of federal universities for the settlement of earned allowances, as promised by President Bola Tinubu. This development was disclosed in a statement titled “FG Releases N50bn Earned Allowances to…
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Aiyedatiwa on Community Engagement, Mr Femi Fadairo, has donated a set of high-quality jersey to the Ondo State chapter of the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN). The jerseys, which are outfields wear, were adorned with the SWAN logo, which is horizontally shaped, and Green in colour, indicating the…
In a bid to reshape the future of agriculture in Ondo State, the government has called on all farmers across the 18 local government areas of the State to register in an ongoing, open-ended farmer census. Addressing newsmen at a press briefing held at the Cocoa Conference Hall of the Governor’s Office in Akure, the…
THESE DEADLY KILLINGS AND CARNAGE IN NIGERIA MUST STOP – THE NIGERIA UNION OF JOURNALISTS Once more, the killings in our country continue to befuddle minds and agitate the peace loving people of our various communities in Nigeria. From Edo, Benue, Plateau, Zamfara, Kaduna, Borno, Imo, Ondo, etc, the stories of needless and senseless bloodletting…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Tuesday, admonished members of the public to ignore an online publication that he is in a royal supremacy battle with another traditional ruler, insisting that “I’m not in supremacy battle with any monarch.” He made this clarification in a statement issued by his Director of Media and…
