COVID-19: Ondo PMAN appeals for palliative

By Bamidele Kolawole The president of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria in Ondo State chapter( PMAN), Mr Jide Murphy, has urged government to come to the aids of the association at this pandemic period. During an interview with Friday Extravaganza, he lamented how the music industry has been affected by the coronavirus. According to him, […]

My youth challenging – Bola Ojotu

By Bamidele Kolawole Legend Nigerian cultural singer, Chief  Omobolanle Olayinka Ojotu, also known as Bola Ojotu has declared, she is still much active in music and have no plan retiring yet. The Okunmehintosa of Owo kingdom said this during an interview with Friday Extravaganza.  Excerpts. You began singing as far back as 1990, Were your […]

Lace your eyebrows with beauty

By Bamidele Kolawole The eyebrow is an area of thick, short hairs above the eye that follows the shape of the lower margin of the brow ridges of some mammals. Their main function is to prevent sweat, water, and other debris from falling down into the eye socket, but they are also important to human […]

COVID 19: ODSG traces 252 contacts, tests 378

By Adekola Afolabi Determined to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in Ondo state, the state government has disclosed that no fewer than 252 contacts were being followed and line-traced. This step was said to be inevitable as the state had recorded 20 positive cases of COVID-19, since the index case was reported over a […]

COVID-19: UNIMEDTH begins drugs production

By Sade Adewale The Chief Medical Director of the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, (UNIMEDTH), Dr. Oluwole Ige has lauded the new initiative of the institution’s Pharmacy Department  for dispensing drugs for the production of antiseptic  so as to prevent  the spread of coronavirus. Ige who disclosed this in an interview in his office […]

Trucks Assembly Plant begins operations in Ondo

One of the investors at the Ondo-Linyi Industrial Hub at Ore, Ondo State, Dongfeng Trucks, has started assembling of trucks at the industrial hub. Manager of the hub, Chief Alex Ajipe, who disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists in Akure said Dongfeng Trucks, established in 1969, is one of China’s leading truck […]

Interstate movement: Drivers, travellers flout ban

By Saheed Ibrahim Ondo state government may put in place stricter measures to ensure compliance with the interstate movement in and out of the state. Investigation conducted revealed that despite the ban on inter-state movement nationwide and the order of Ondo state government that all inter-state motor parks should be under lock and key commercial […]

Ekiti receives motorized washing machines

From Victor Akinkuole Ado-Ekiti As part of the efforts to stop the spread of coronavirus, a Non- Governmental Organisation, Gender Mobile Initiatives (GMI)  has donated  motorised hand washing machines to Ekiti State government . Speaking during the donation, the Executive Director, Omowumi Ogunrotimi, said the machines would be effective in tackling the spread of the […]

Could bribery allegations against Keshi be true?

By Steve Alabi Could the allegations of bribery against Stephen Keshi be true? Not one, not two, but three players have come out to sensationally claim that they were denied spots in the Super Eagles final squads to the 2013 African Cup of Nations or the 2014 World Cup or both when Keshi was the […]

Minister to revive Pankshin, Mambila training camps

By Femi Atolagbe The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has directed coaches of long-distance races to come up with proposals for renovating the training camps in Pankshin, Plateau state and Mambila, Taraba state to acceptable standards. The Minister, who gave the directive at a virtual meeting with the coaches, the private […]