Ondo
31 Dec
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH), in Ondo City, headquarters of the Ondo West Local Council Area of Ondo State town, have embarked on an indefinite strike over alleged poor conditions of service. According to the resident doctors who protested within the premises of…
27 Dec
The Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Dr Olukayode Ajulo, has raised concerns over the continued retention of state assets in the hands of former political office holders. Ajulo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), in a statement on Friday in Akure, said “one year after the untimely passing of former Governor Oluwarotimi…
26 Dec
The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, has intercepted a boat laden with about 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil at the Idiogba-Mahin coastline in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo. Capt. Aliyu Usman, the Commanding Officer of the base made this known to journalists on Thursday during an assessment visit to the site.…
25 Dec
Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has urged residents to spread love, kindness, and generosity at Christmas. Aiyedatiwa made the call in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, on Tuesday in Akure. The governor congratulated the people for witnessing another Christmas celebration and urged them to embrace modesty during the yuletide.…
24 Dec
Few hours before Christmas, human and vehicular traffic have increased on both inter-state and intra-city roads in Osun, Ondo and Ekiti states, leading to gridlocks. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the three adjoining states have road networks, which many commuters and motorists from Abuja, Jos and other northern states ply to get…
20 Dec
Three policemen and a female suspect were on Friday killed in an accident that occurred in Ore, Odigbo Local Council Area of Ondo State. With the identities of the victims yet to be known as of press time, the police officers, who were part of the monitoring unit of the police command in the state,…
18 Dec
Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has approved the dissolution of the board and management of the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC). The board and manangement was led by Mr Kunle Adebayo, the Director General (DG)/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the station. Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan, Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, made this known in…
13 Dec
A man in Ondo, whose identity has been withheld by the Ondo State Police Command, set his wife ablaze and killed himself after a disagreement between them. The police in the state narrated this gory incident on its official page on X on Thursday. "Mr A was married to Mrs A, but along the line,…
12 Dec
The Ondo State 2024 Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has received five petitions challenging the declaration of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Nov. 16 election. INEC had, on Nov. 17, declared Aiyedatiwa winner of the election, having polled a total of 366,781 to defeat his closest rival, Agboola Ajayi…
12 Dec
No fewer than 634 students on Thursday graduated from the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo State, during the institution's 6th convocation. With 34 of the graduates bagging first class, 539 students will graduate from the institution's first degree, 95 will emerge from the postgraduate programmes, and 127 students will be graduating with unclassified degrees.…
11 Dec
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Chief Olamide Oladiji, has said that the assembly would critically look at 2024 budget performance of all ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the state. Oladiji stated this on Wednesday while declaring open the defence of 2025 budget. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports…
9 Dec
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 Ondo State Governorship election, Agboola Ajayi, has filed a petition at the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal challenging the victory of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. Agboola lost the election to Aiyedatiwa as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), polling a total of 117,845…
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