Akeredolu flags off electricity projects in Ondo South

By Chris Chimezie | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, yesterday  inaugurated projects for the restoration of electricity supply to the Southern District of the state which has been in darkness for about a decade. He also held a stakeholders’ meeting with leaders of the southern Senatorial District of the state. The occasion, which […]

Ondo goes tough on fake drug dealers

By Kemi Olatunde | The Ondo State Government has read the riot act to quacks, fake and counterfeit drug dealers in the state. The commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro, who made this statement while speaking with journalists after a monitoring exercise of patent medicine stores said the government holds the lives of residents dear […]

Improvement of infrastructure will  solve power problem –Expert

By Bukola Olamona | Experts have canvassed for a more robust integration of local content expertise and the building of a better transmission network into the current drive to improve power generation and supply in the country. The Experts which included officials of Nigeria Electricity Regulation Commission ,NERC Transmission Company of Nigeria, Institute of Electrical […]

AAUA to train staff for optimum service delivery

By Bukola Olamona | All is now set for a one-day workshop for all academic and senior non-teaching staff of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. The workshop, which was organized by the University Management, has as its theme, “Repositioning AAUA for Greater Relevance in the 21st Century”. The Registrar, Dr. Sunday Ayeerun, […]

Alarming Mental Challenges Among Youths

THE increasing mental challenges among Nigerian youths urgently call for attention and intervention from stakeholders in the country. The general consensus among the experts is that the increase is occasioned by youth’s indiscriminate abuse of drugs. THIS assertion came to play recently in a research recently conducted by Dr.  Aliyu Abubakar of Ahmadu Bello University […]

Ondo Lg poll: ODIEC assures political parties of credible election

By Jubril Bada | The Chairman of Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), Prof. Yomi Dinakin, has told the political parties in the state that the commission is ready to conduct free and fair local government elections in the state. Dinakin enjoined them to have confidence in the commission towards the  conduct of credible local […]

Youths should leverage on Not-Too-Young-To-Run law

From Francis Akinnodi, Ondo | Nigerian youths have been urged to leverage on the “Not-Too-Young-To-Run”bill signed into law by the President Muhammadu Buhari to enhance their participations in politics. Engineer Biola Oladapo, gave the advice in Ondo during the People’s Democratic Party Central Senatorial district general meeting held in Ondo city The meeting comprised all […]

Akure Council of Imams tasks muslims on active politics

By Jubril Bada | Active participation in politics with good intention and unity among muslims will enable them to be more relevant and impact meaningfully in the society and the country at large. This was the assertion of Imams and Islamic scholars at the 9th monthly dawah organised by the Council of Imams, Akure land […]

Of the price of nomination forms and Nigerian’s democracy

By Kayode Crown | It is harvest time for political parties in Nigeria. If you are ambitious and want to vie for one position or the other, as it is now, you may have to cough out millions of Naira. INEC has said that it cannot interfere in the internal workings of the political parties […]

Armed robber to die by hanging

By Sunmola Olowookere | N emesis caught up with an armed robber, James Dennis Ofem who was part of a group of armed robbers that robbed motorists on the Ondo/Ore highway. He was recently sentenced to death by hanging following his conviction for conspiracy and armed robbery by an Akure High court. Many motorists have […]

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