Is self defence justified?

Is self defence justified? There is a popular saying that ‘defence is justice.’ Hence in the process of being attacked, someone tends to launch a counter-attack to defend him or herself to prevent someone from harming him/her. Abimbola Akindunbi and Kayode Olabanji  speak with lawyers on the issue. Excerpts:   Messr Paul Attah, a legal […]

Oyetola: Victory well deserved

Oyetola: Victory well deserved From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Osogbo, the Osun State capital was agog on Friday after the Supreme Court affirmed Governor Gboyega Oyetola as the winner of the September 2018 Governorship Election. The outcome which was challenged in the court by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke […]

OSUSTECH Matriculation

OSUSTECH Matriculation The 9th matriculation ceremony of the Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH) Okitipupa, comes up on Wednesday July 10,2019 at the varsity may auditorium, main campus Okitipupa. According to statement from the chairman matriculation committee, Prof. Olakunle Teniola the ceremony will hold by 10am.

We ’ll reposition Public Service for effective delivery-Aragbaiye

We ’ll reposition Public Service for effective delivery-Aragbaiye By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | The new Head of Service (HoS) of Ondo State, Mr Dare Aragbaye has charged accounting officers in the state to come up with creative ideas and embrace the repositioning of the  public service for effective service delivery. He gave the charge at a […]

ODSG commences bank scheme for agric

ODSG commences bank scheme for agric By Fatima Muraina | Ondo State Government has declared its readiness to commence ware -housing project of lands for agricultural purposes through a Land Bank Scheme. This was contained in a press statement signed by the Head of Information unit of the state Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Bolu Ajijo […]

Ondo promotes 1,000 health workers

Ondo promotes 1,000 health workers By Kemi Olatunde | As part of efforts put in place by the Ondo state government to improve the quality of healthcare delivery, no fewer than 1000 health workers in the state have been promoted with the conversion of over 200 nurses from nurses’ sisters cadre to the nursing officer […]

I reshuffled for optimal performance-Akeredolu

I reshuffled for optimal performance-Akeredolu By Adekola Afolabi | Ondo State Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has stated that he carried out a minor cabinet reshuffle within the members of the State Executive Council to further reposition his administration for optimal performance. A statement released by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Segun Ajiboye, said the reshufflment […]

Broken voices: A call to action to end rape

Broken voices: A call to action to end rape By Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu | To say the least, the past two weeks in Nigeria have been nothing short of a beehive of dramatic revelations which set off a cascade of unending discussions transcending the social media space into a seemingly united Calvary of patriotic Nigerian people, […]

Health system has improved in Ondo State

Health system has improved in Ondo State   Dr Francis Akanbiemu is the Executive Secretary, Ondo State Primary Health Care Development Agency.  In this interview with KEMI OLATUNDE, he spoke about issues relating to Primary Health Care (PHC) and the health system generally.  Excerpts:   What is the concept of PHC? PHC is as old […]

Loan: Unemployed graduates applaud Akeredolu

Loan: Unemployed graduates applaud Akeredolu Stories by Fatima Muraina | Unemployed youths in Ondo State have applauded the Akeredolu led administration for giving  youths  loan so that they could  be self reliant. The State Co-ordinator of unemployed graduates  and  youth President in the state, Mr Alonge Olanrewaju Sunday gave the commendation in a chat with […]