By Adedotun Ajayi | In Nigeria over 100 million people are aged between 15 and 24, the youngest population in the world. This age group according to the African Economic Outlooks is expected to double in number by 2045. Low profitability, poor security of land tenure, and high risks are just some of the reasons […]
By Femi Atolagbe | Ahead of the National Sports Festival (NSF)slated for Edo State, Ondo State has meet up with all the conditions reeled out by the Local Organising Committee (LOC)for participating states at national fiesta. The Edo 2020 Local Organising Committee had stated that participating states at the forthcoming National Sports Festival must conduct […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Ijesha people have launched a sporting activity tagged: “Ijesa Grand Marathon”, to keep youths off the streets and prevent restiveness that is rampant in Osun state. The game is part of the activities marking the first edition of Ilesa Grand Festival slated for this week. The sponsor of the race, […]
By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Over 200 widows and elderly women were at the weekend empowered with cash, food and gift items by the the founder of My Choice Group, Princess Omowumi-Olatunji Ohwovoriole in remembrance of her late mother, Mrs. Mosunmola Adeniyan Eddo. This is coming barely few months after 200 women benefited from a similar […]
By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Over 200 widows and elderly women were at the weekend empowered with cash, food and gift items by the the founder of My Choice Group, Princess Omowumi-Olatunji Ohwovoriole in remembrance of her late mother, Mrs. Mosunmola Adeniyan Eddo. This is coming barely few months after 200 women benefited from a similar […]
By Afolabi Adekola | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu yesterday insisted that there would not be any agitation for secession in any part of the state, noting that such move could pose grave implications for the socio-political situation of the country. Akeredolu took a swipe at the leader of the Ilana Omo Oodua, Prof. […]
The First Lady of Ondo State, Arabinrin Betty-Anyanwu Akeredolu has again called for the right strategy that would make the ‘More Gele’ desire achievable in Nigeria’s political arena. Arabinrin Akeredolu who spoke on how to have more GELE (Metaphorically More Women) at the corridors of power in Nigeria, emphasised the need for educated women like […]
The Ondo State Government says it will construct more roads to reduce the number of accidents caused by bad ones in the state. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu said this on Thursday in Akure when the Zonal Commanding Officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), RS11, Osogbo, Assistant Corps Marshal Emmanuel Abe, paid him a courtesy […]
BY Busuyi Mekusi | Time and seasons help both growth and dying, as natural and human-driven ascensions get reversed by either nature or man. Little wonder that the first high-rising tower contemplated in the Bible was frustrated by the Supreme Being, whose sphere of influence was to be threatened by the creatively ambitious man. Part […]
By Francis Akinnodi | The Ondo State Government’s task force on taxi operations has begun issuance of N300 daily government tickets to taxi drivers. The enforcement and monitoring exercise followed suspension of the activities of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) and Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) in the state. The Hope […]
