Rotimi Akeredolu
10 Jan
Security is, and ought to be, everybody’s business because the converse, insecurity, and terrorism, imperils life, and poses an existential threat to societal order, and wellbeing.
5 Jan
The body of the late former Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday arrived in Nigeria a few days after his demise. The Guardian gathered that the plane conveying the body arrived in the country at about 3:39 pm. The late Governor's remains were brought into the country from Germany, where he passed away. Richard…
5 Jan
One cannot help being struck by the spate of deaths that occurred in the year that has just passed. I am not referring to those who left at what may pass as a ripe old age. Some left in their prime. And when you add those who passed away through the banditry
4 Jan
Commanders and officers of the South West Security Network (SWSN), known as Amotekun Corps, held a candlelight walk to honour the late Generalissimo of the formation, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The candlelight walk saw the commanders from all five Southwest states, along with their officers, gather at Cathedral Junction in Akure, the capital of Ondo State. Chanting…
3 Jan
The newly appointed Caretaker Committee Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen for Local Councils and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in Ondo State have been suspended by the state government. Following the suspension of the affected 33 caretaker committee members, the government, through the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, instructed the Heads of Local Government Administration…
2 Jan
The legal community has continued to mourn the death of former Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), describing him as fearless, feisty, God fearing and strong-willed man whose legacies would live after him for a very long time to come.
31 Dec
Dr. Doyin Odebowale, a close ally of the former Governor of Ondo State, late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, at the weekend revealed that some appointees of the deceased governor betrayed him as they allegedly worked against his interest. Odebowale, former Senior Special, former Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties and Strategies to the late governor, state that…
31 Dec
On Sunday December 25, 2022, I wrote an article here titled, ‘No-Happy-New-Year Wish For Southern Leaders’
30 Dec
The Senate on Saturday observed a minute silence in honour of the memory of the late Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN). Akeredolu died at the early hours of Wednesday this week at ages 67 Motion for a minute silence for Late Ondo State Governor, was sponsored by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim ( APC Ondo…
29 Dec
Former campaign spokesman of President Bola Tinubu in the Southeast, Dr. Josef Onoh, has described the late former Governor of Ondo State, His Excellency, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN) as the silver grey night in shinning amour who stood for the people of the south west when it mattered most Onoh said that with Akeredolu's demise,…
29 Dec
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Dele Alake, has described Ondo’s former governor Rotimi Akeredolu as someone who struggled for the entrenchment of true federalism.
29 Dec
Since 2012 when he actively ventured into the politics of Ondo State as the gubernatorial candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), which he lost to former Governor Segun Mimiko of Labour Party (LP), before eventually emerging governor, Rotimi Akeredolu bestrode the political scene of the State and indeed, Nigeria, like a colossus.
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