Police arrest ‘mad man’ over ritual killings

By Michael Ofulue | Nemesis has caught up with a middle-aged man who was alleged to  have specialised in kidnapping and ritual killings while posing as a mad man, as he  has been arrested in Akure the Ondo State capital. The man who identified himself as Bose Adetoyinbo who  claimed to have come from Ijesa […]

NFF appreciates Buhari  over interest in the Federation

By Femi Atolagbe | The Executive Committee of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)has expressed immense gratitude and heartfelt appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, for his keen interest in the affairs of Nigeria Football Federation and the various National Teams. Members unanimously commended the support and encouragement that President Buhari has always given to the Nigeria […]

How Akure celebrated Aheregbe festival

By Adekola Afolabi | Commercial activities were on Monday  paralyzed following the closure of all markets and shops within Akure and its environs. The closure was on the order the Deji of Akureland, Oba Aladelusi Aladetoyinbo, to enable him celebrate this year’s Aheregbe Festival. It would be recalled that the Palace of the Deji of […]

Tackle counterfeit drugs menace, Akeredolu urges pharmacists

By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has tasked Pharmacists in Nigeria to strive to tackle the worrisome menace of fake and counterfeit drugs in the country. Akeredolu gave the task, when the National Executive of the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) paid him a courtesy visit at the […]

Don’t renew BEDC license, Ondo Obas tell FG

Ondo State Council of Obas has called on the Federal Government not to renew the license of Benin Electricity Distribution Company  (BEDC) based on what the council  referred to as antithetical activities of private power distribution company to the purpose of which it was established. The Ondo Obas made this known in a release signed […]

LG polls: I’m not under the control of any government – ODIEC chair

Yomi Dinakin is a Professor of Law and a university administrator of good standing. He was appointed few months ago as the Chairman of the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC).  An indigene of Alade-Idanre, he spoke with ADEKOLA AFOLABI on his determination to maintain his integrity to conduct credible, transparent and hitch-free local government […]

10 banks partner BIR on Land Use Charge

By Fatima Muraina | To ensure full compliance in the implementation of the Land Use Charge, over 10 commercial banks have antered partnership with the Ondo State Board of Internal Revenue. Speaking at the sensitisation tours made to communities across the state, the chairman of the BIR, Mr. Tolu Adegbie disclosed that more banks are […]

Oil and Gas industry in Nigeria must embrace new technologies  -FUTA Don

By Bukola Olamona | A Professor of Exploration Geophysics at the Federal University of technology, Akure (FUTA) Mary Taiwo Olowokere who is also the first and only female Shell Professor of Geophysics in Africa has observed that the exploration and exploitation of crude oil and gas in Nigeria have continued to come under severe strain […]

AAUA NSiEMS Conference: NASS member urges govt to diversify economy

By Bukola Olamona | A member of the National Assembly, representing Akoko South-East and South-West Federal Constituency, Hon. Babatunde Kolawole, has berated what he called a lack of demonstration of the required political will by the federal government to diversify the nation’s economy. Hon. Kolawole stated this while delivering the Keynote Address at the maiden […]

Journalism practice in Nigeria: pains and pains

By Kayode Crown | The Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, was at the 10th anniversary celebration of Adaba FM, Akure and attested to the fact that the station’s existence gave voice to the opposition in the state. Truly, the advent of the radio station changed the face of broadcasting in the state. I […]