A major lacuna in Political Science, Public Administration, and governance scholarship, which we have so often referenced, is the tendency to undertake analysis of social formations, and the workings of their political economy, only at the macro level, to the exclusion of the nuances presented by the sub-national realm. The immediate implication of this marginalisation culture is that the particular …

The Ondo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has threatened to shut down the state owned Owena Press PLC (publishers of The Hope newspapers) over what it decried as “some obnoxious” policies of the new Managing Director/CEO of the media outfit, Mr. Kayode Fasua. In a Notice of Intent to picket the office signed by the NUJ …

A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Ajayi Agboola is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the November governorship election. Agboola polled 264 votes at the party primary held on Wednesday. He was followed by a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kolade Akinjo, who got 157 votes. At least seven aspirants contested the …

Ondo State Governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa has dissolved the State Executive Council, with immediate effect. According to a statement on Wednesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan “all members of the cabinet are to immediately hand over to the Permanent Secretaries or the most senior administrative officers in their respective offices. “Also, all Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) and …

As the new Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa settles down into office, an Akure prince, Adewole Daramola has given him a piece of advice on his choice of deputy governor. The counsel came barely few days after Ayedatiwa succeeded his predecessor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, 67, who died last Wednesday after battling an alleged cancer and leukemia. Daramola urged …

Oorun ni n gba t’owo omode Iku ni n bo bata l’ese Rago Ko sohun t’o ni’bere ti kii l’opin Bee si ni ko si ohun ti a n je l’enu ti kii tan Afi ola Olorun Eleduwa/Igba o lo bi orere Aiye o lo bi opa ibon Bi oni ti ri, ola o ri be L’o mu Babalawo d’Ifa …

The ruling All Progressives Congress is working on an internal arrangement to resolve the lingering feud between Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa. According to the party’s Director of Publicity, Malam Yusuf Bala Ibrahim said on Friday that the party leadership was not making noise about it because it was a sensitive issue. Three …

Ondo State’s acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has urged the populace to pray for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is currently on medical leave, to recover quickly. The governor’s health is of the utmost significance to the people of the state, according to a statement that Aiyedatiwa personally signed. Before leaving for a 21-day medical leave overseas on Tuesday, Akeredolu delegated power …