Food security: Farmers tasked on weather

By Kehinde Oluwatayo | To ensure food security and enhanced yield, farmers in Ondo state have been advised to avail themselves of experts’ advice on weather situation before embarking on any farming practices.     Giving the advice in his office, Assistant Director, Meteorology, Ondo state Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Ade Ajayi charged them to come […]

Who is safe?

The state of insecurity in the land should be of serious concern to law abiding citizens who cannot afford to make private arrangements for their security. Those who engage bouncers, thugs and assassins surely have contributed in no small measure to the army of criminals who make life unsafe. In the first place, the nature […]

Aluko advises politicians to prevent economy from collapse

By Jubril Bada | A chieftain of the Pan Yoruba Socio-Cultural group, Afenifere, Chief Femi Aluko, has advised politicians to do the needful in preventing the economy of the country from  collapse. He said politics in the country has descended to a hopeless level of taking citizens for a ride. Aluko stated this in an […]

Alleged fraud: Ekiti assembly suspends LG chairmen, councilors

Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The Ekiti State House Assembly yesterday placed the16 local government chairmen and their 177 councilors as well as other top political officials of the councils on indefinite suspension over alleged misappropriation of funds. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) elected officials were inaugurated into offices on December 19, 2017 under the administration […]

Man stabs  cultist  to death at beer parlour

By Sunmola Olowookere | An Akure High Court is set to unravel the secret behind  the untimely  death  of one Sunday Kolawole, who was stabbed to death during  a cult  clash at a beer  parlour in Supare Akoko,  in Akoko South West local government  area of Ondo State. This huge  assignment  was thrown at the […]

Ekiti vows to eliminate fraud in tax collection

Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | To  eliminate fraud associated with tax collection and boost its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), Ekiti State Government is to appoint experts  that would henceforth monitor  revenue  collectors across the 16  local  governments of the state. This plan of the government was made  known by the Deputy Governor of the State, Mr […]

Vote buying, threat to democracy

By Bisi Olominu | Politics in Nigeria is getting dynamic everyday. It is evolving like a new cloth. It is just like a phone, we have Samsung, Toshiba and others of high quality and prices. But the coming of Tecno phone crash the prices of phones in Nigeria. Politics as a game has changed. The […]

Fabidun returns as chairman Ondo Football Referees Council

By Femi Atolagbe | The Chairman of  Ondo Football Referees Council, Fidelis Fabidun has been returned unopposed for  a second term. The election which took place yesterday in Akure had Ola Adebusoye returned as the Council Deputy Chairman while Aderemi Adetula was elected as the secretary. Akin Faseki was elected as the council treasurer,while Goke […]

‘Universities should be hubs of innovations’

By Bukola Olamona | A director with Nigeria Independent Schlumberger and an alumnus of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA , Nosa Omorodion, has stated that institutions of higher learning   should become  hubs for innovations in order to realize the country’s quest for  economic diversification and multi sectoral development.  This was the focal point […]

Aketi cup fixtures

By Femi Atolagbe | The fixtures for the Governor’s Cup tagged (Aketi Cup) has been drawn and the first round of the fixture will see  Owo Local government locking horns with  Akoko North West  in Akure on 27/12/18 while the Akoko North West will clash with Ese Odo in Akure on 28/12 /18. Ondo East […]