Maths/Essay competitions: OSOPADEC honours students By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) ,has given prizes and awards to secondary schools students in Ilaje and Ese-Odo Local Government Areas of the state who distinguished themselves in essay writing and Mathematics competitions organised by the commission. The students emerged from over 5,000 […]
Thunder strikes, kills 36 cows on sacred grove By Tola Gbadamosi | No fewer than 36 cows were reportedly struck dead late Saturday by thunder on top of a sacred grove at Ijare town in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State. The grove known as ‘Oke Owa’ is located on the outskirt of the […]
How Nigeria finds itself in $9 billion mess By Adetokunbo Abiola | The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the closure of operations of Process and Industrial Development Limited (P&ID) and P&ID Nigeria Limited (P&ID). It also held that P&ID Nigeria Limited, which is the second defendant, forfeits its assets to the federal government […]
ODSG’s N50b Bond Facility ONDO State Government recently approached the capital market to secure a fifty billion naira bond as credit facility to finance some ongoing projects across the state. This followed a formal approval the government secured from the State House of Assembly in respect to the loan. The move, being a sensitive economic […]
Ekiti recruits 1,000 teachers From Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | In a bid to fortify the public secondary schools in Ekiti State, the state government has begun process for the employment of 1,000 teachers into the State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM). This came barely a month after the State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB) began exercise for […]
Make your journey strategic, Jaiyeoba tasks UNIMED students By Sade Adewale | A legal luminary and Chief Executive Officer of Brown Button Foundation, Mr. Adepeju Jaiyeoba has tasked outgoing students of the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo (UNIMED) on the need to make their goals strategic in their bid to tackle challenges facing humanity. She […]
Oyetola calls for overhaul of the education sector From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | In a bid to rescue the country out of her present socio-economic predicaments, the overhauling of the education sector has been proposed. The Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola made the proposal during the Osun State University (Uniosun’s) 8th Convocation Ceremony in Osogbo. […]
Minimum wage: ODSG sets up committee Ondo State Government has set up an Internal Committee to dialogue with Labour Unions and collate data for the state government to enhance seamless implementation of the new minimum wage after the conclusion of the ongoing negotiation between the Federal Government and the Joint National Service Negotiating Council. The […]
Sunshine Stars resume training ahead new season By Femi Atolagbe | After a week break, Sunshine Stars Football Club will resume for training session today at the Ondo State Sports Complex, Akure, the state capital . The Kabiru Dogo tutor side will from the start of the new week intensify preparations for the 2019/20 Nigeria […]
Revive WAI By Bayo Fasunwon | One of the enduring legacies of the General Muhammadu Buhari’s brief military incursion into the Nigeria politics is the monthly environmental sanitation programme. Prior to its inauguration, in 1984, it was sad to report that Nigerians were lackadaisical about keeping their environments clean. Markets, streets, club houses, residential buildings […]
