Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state has identified with his Ondo state counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu, over the gruesome killing of his kinsmen at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo state on Sunday. The Governor said Owo, the hometown of Governor…
May Day: Ondo Workers task Akeredolu on revenue leakages
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been called upon by the state workers to block all revenue leakages in the state through the adoption of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) system. The workers noted that the system would avail…
Don’t return schools to missionaries, Ondo Imams, Alfas urge Akeredolu
The League of Imams and Alfas in Ondo State has urged the state governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to rescind his decision to return missionary schools to their original owners. The body described such a move as antithetical to religious peace and…
Is APC made up of yahoo-yahoo governors and drug dealing gang? -Magnus Onyibe
The adjectives used to describe the All Progressives Congress (APC) above are actually not mine. They are borrowed from governors in the APC family who used the exact same dirty sobriquets to characterise their own party. When I read the…
Ondo PDP berates Akeredolu for neglecting judicial workers
Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday, flayed Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for allegedly neglecting the state judicial workers, with a call on the governor to as a matter of urgency address the needs of the judicial…
Akeredolu appoints son agency’s DG, nominates 14 others as commissioners
Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has appointed his son, Babajide, as the Director-General, Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit of the state. The governor also nominated 14 persons for the positions of commissioners and seven special advisers. This was contained…
Akeredolu recruits 35 engineers, architects, others into Ondo workforce
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has employed 35 engineers, architects, land surveyors and other professionals into the state workforce. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, made this known on Friday in a statement titled, ‘Gov Akeredolu Recruits…
Insecurity: Amotekun filling security gap —Akeredolu
Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday declared that the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, is effectively filling the vacuum created by the “overstretched conventional security agencies, particularly the police in the state.” This is…
*Lagos shuts down Third Mainland Bridge again on Friday (Nation)*Children detain septuagenarian father for 12 months over Lagos property (Punch)
Lagos shuts down Third Mainland Bridge again on Friday (Nation) The Lagos State Government will shut down the Third Mainland Bridge for 24 hours from midnight Friday, February 26th to midnight Saturday. The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr. Frederic Oladeinde who…
Pastoralists and Farmers Conflicts in Nigeria: Time for Fulani capitalism, not herdsmen terrorism – Magnus Onyibe
Nobel Laureate, Wole Soyinka’s country home in the forest area of Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, has reportedly been invaded allegedly by herdsmen. Although the police denied the invasion of Soyinka’s sanctuary, he has confirmed that the peace of his abode…