Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says the state government has concluded plan to pay the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination fees for students in public schools in the state.

Old students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) have decried the poor funding of the institution, saying this has discouraged the academic, and non-academic staff from giving their best, particularly in the attainment of the improved national and global ranking. Speaking at the end of its 13th regular meeting, which reviewed the state of…

Lagos State government has approved the reopening of public and private schools across the state from Monday, November 2, 2020, while those in boarding schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1, 2020. Schools in Lagos State, having been shut for six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, were shut for the second time on…

Oyo police officers lament non-payment of Ondo election allowances Members of the Traditional Worshippers Association of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, have protested against the exclusion of the group from a peace meeting called by the Oyo State government to discuss issues relating to the maintenance of peace in the state. Key stakeholders like traditional rulers,…

The National Executive Council (NEC) has inaugurated a committee to address issues arising from the nationwide EndSARS protests at the federal and state levels. NEC took the decision yesterday after more than four hours of deliberation at an emergency meeting in Abuja. The committee will engage the youths, representatives of civil society organisations, religious and…

Fire guts SUBEB, scholarship board offices, others in Ondo There was fire outbreak in Akure, the state capital of Ondo State, affecting four offices of different government establishments and destroying property worth millions of naira. The offices affected by the inferno included the annex of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Ondo State Scholarship…

According to Ojogo, the decision to lift the curfew follows consultations between the governor and security chiefs in the state after a preliminary assessment of the security situation.

Youths in Ondo State went berserk yesterday, destroying several public infrastructures across the 18 councils.

Ondo State Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi, has debunked rumour that he may resign from office this week, declaring that his tenure will end next year February 23, 2021.

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, yesterday, inaugurated a 10-person judicial panel to look into the complaints of police brutality, human rights abuses, and extra-judicial killings by the protesters. Describing members of the team as persons of high integrity and impeccable character, the governor assured them of the needed assistance to succeed in the assignment. The…

One of this writer’s magazine reports 46 years ago was headlined ‘A Date With the Swamp-dwellers’. It was based on the life of the Ilaje people in the coastal and riverine area of Ondo State. A rather romantic piece it was. It celebrated the aquatic splendour and culturality of the people. But that was how…

Chief Gbenga Elegbeleye, a former House of Representatives member, former Ondo State governorship aspirant and former Chairman, National Sports Commission, was one of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu