Tag: Ondo
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Tinubu Reconciles APC In Ondo, Solicits Support For Akeredolu’s 2nd Term
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, former Lagos state governor and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, visited Ondo state to reconcile aggrieved members of the party. Tinubu was accompanied by the former interim national chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande; former governor of Ogun state, Segun Osoba and former governor of Ekiti…
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Akeredolu’s Aide Accuses APC Leaders of Diverting Funds Meant for School Feeding Programme
The Special Adviser to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Multilateral and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Bunmi Ademosun, has made a shocking revelation, accusing leaders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State of diverting funds meant for the Home Grown School Feeding Programme of Federal Government in the State. The Politico reports that the programme launched…
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NNPC, Chevron set to build modern specialist hospital in Ondo
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC and Chevron Joint Venture has revealed plans are underway for the building of ultra-modern mother and child specialist hospital in Ondo state. Group manager, Policy, Government and Public Affairs (PGPA) of NNPC/Chevron joint venture Esimaje Brikinn disclosed this while speaking at the launch of the Roll Back Malaria Programme…
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Ikale Community Wins Age-Long Land Dispute Against Araromi Obu In Odigbo LG
Ikale community has won an age-long land dispute case with her neighboring community of Araromi Obu in Odigbo local government area of Ondo sate. The case, which was resolved in an Akure High Court, lasted for 15 years with repeated adjournment and trials in a suit number HOR/2/2004. The people of Araromi Obu (Claimants) had…
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Army deploys drone in Ondo, Ekiti forests to fight insecurity
The 32 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army (NA) Owena Barracks, Akure, has deployed the use of technology to fight the scourges of kidnapping and banditry within the Ondo and Ekiti States axis. The Brigade Commander, Brig-Gen Zakari Logun Abubakar, disclosed this on saturday during the launching of a high tech drone device in the…
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Tension In Ondo Community Over Death of Fulani Missing Teenager
There was tension in the ancient town of Isua, headquarters of Akoko South East local government area of Ondo State, on Friday, when the 13-year-old son of a fulani herdsman, Suleiman, who was earlier declared missing, was found dead in a river, where he was allegedly dumped by suspected assailants. The Nation reports that the…
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Ondo Ministerial Slot: Buhari Considering Daramola For Reappointment
Olusola Oke, Mimiko, Others Show interest to replace Daramola As Buhari Rejects recommendations from APC Southwest Leaders President Muhammadu has taken personal decision to appoint a minister for Ondo State without consulting any members of the party in the state due to internal wrangling within the State chapter of the ruling APC, Starnews has learnt.…
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Ondo Deputy Gov. Agboola Ajayi speaks on lobbying for NDDC Chairman position
The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Agboola Ajayi, on Monday, dismissed media reports that he was lobbying for the post of the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). A statement issued in Akure by the spokesman to the Deputy Governor, Mr Leke Akeredolu, said the reports were baseless and lacked merit.…
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Herdsmen kidnap woman, stepson in Ondo, demand N10million ransom
A woman, Mrs Olawumi Adeleye and her stepson, Destiny Paul, were allegedly abducted on the Airport Road, in Osi town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Punch reports that the victims were said to have been kidnapped by the bandits on their way from the church on Sunday evening. According…
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“Even if I walk, Kidnappers cannot kidnap me, I have passed the stage” — Akeredolu
*Says I have encountered them once and even as a governor with my crew Rotimi Akeredolu, Governor of Ondo State, says his orderly became jittery when his convoy encountered a gang of kidnappers, boasting that he cannot be whisked away by the criminals. He admitted that travelling on Nigerian roads has become a major source…