Why carbide ripening fruits are dangerous

By Maria Famakinwa | National Agency for Foods and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) recently drawn attention of the pubic to different chemicals apply to fruits by traders to force them to ripe. The traders are capitalising on the fact that most Nigerians are now aware of the importance of healthy living which fruits plays […]

Tell politicians the truth always, Akeredolu charges clerics

By Evelyn Omotoye | The Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has charged religious leaders to always tell the politicians the truth and guide them aright so as to enhance good governance and ensure sanity in the Nigerian polity. The governor gave the charge at the weekend while addressing the congregation at the 2018 […]

Influx of industries excites ODSG

By Olusola Alatise | The influx of investors establishing industries in Ondo State in recent times has excited the state government, even as the government has vowed not to rest on its oars. The state Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, who expressed this during the weekend at the commissioning of a five-star hotel in Oba-Ile, […]

As Ondo set up digital vehicle inspection centres

By Adetokunbo Abiola | For old and rickety vehicles, their days are numbered on roads in Ondo State, as the government wants to establish twelve digitalized Motor Inspection Centres for the purpose of ensuring that vehicles plying roads are in  good working conditions. In the past, manual checking of vehicles had been in vogue, but […]

Flood washes away two bridges in Oba Akoko

By Adekola Afolabi | A lawmaker representing Akoko South West State constituency 2 in the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Felemu Gudu Bankole and the Olukun of Ikun-Akoko, Oba (Pastor) Olokunbola  Adedoyin (JP), have appealed to the state Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, to urgently rebuild the two bridges linking majorly Oba and Ikun–Akoko communities in […]

Akeredolu assures on Okeluse Ethanol Plant project

By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin  Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), had last weekend, assured the people of Okeluse in Ose Local Government Area the State that the Ethanol Plant Company initiated by the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporations (NNPC) will in no distant time come to reality. Akeredolu gave the assurance at the funeral service […]

Road Accidents: Deaths Too Many

THE unabated incidents of road accidents and its consequences in Nigeria are alarming and need to be fixed by all stakeholders in the transport sector. A recent report released by the National Bureau of Statistic, NBS, in Abuja, was frightening, showing need for urgent action without delay on curbing the menace ACCORDING to the report, […]

Rebuild family units to transform Nigeria – Minister

By Fatima Muraina | The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed has called on Nigerians to retrace their steps towards building individual family units and  homes in line with God’s injunctions. The Minister made this declaration at the weekend during the 33rd Annual Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria (FOMWAN) National Conference […]

Kidnapping suspect to undergo psychiatric test – Police

By Micheal Ofulue | As controversy continues to trail the arrest of a middle age man who was reportedly nabbed for alleged attempt of kidnapping and ritual killing at Orita Obele, Akure, the Ondo State capital, while pretending to be a mad man, the police in the state has said that it is trying to […]

NLO promotion playoff: Rising Stars promotes to Bet9ja NNL

By Femi Atolagbe | Rising Stars Football Club of Akure on Saturday promoted to the Bet9ja National League after defeating Kwara United Feeders 2-1 in an interesting encounter at the Aper Aku Stadium, Markurdi. The match in Makurdi saw Kolade Adeniji scored the first goal of the encounter in the 10th minute before the referee […]