Ahead of Saturday’s Ondo governorship primary election of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), the party has said that no fewer than 171, 922 delegates would elect its candidate for the November governorship election. National Organizing Secretary of the party, Alhaji Muhammad Arugungu, stated this during the inauguration of the Governorship Primary Election Committee and Primary Election Appeal Committee. The …

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has confirmed that it has completed and connected the 132/33kv electricity substation it built at Ode-Erinje in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State to the national grid. The NDDC’s Executive Director of Projects, Victor Antai, while speaking during an inspection of the project, described the power station as a legacy project that would …

The Association of Resident Doctors at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo State (UNIMEDTH ARD), has commenced a 14-day warning strike over the non-payment of seven months’ salaries to their new members. Members of the association, who staged a mini protest on the premises of the facility on Tuesday, vowed to ground the activities at the government-owned medical …

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has said he would not pay the 273 lawyers appointed as aides by his Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Olukayode Ajulo. Ajulo had said the appointment of the lawyers was to enhance the provision of excellent, independent and ethical legal services to the state, as well as protect the rights of the people. He said …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has disclosed that no fewer than 19 political parties have notified the commission about the conduct of their primaries for the governorship election in the state. The commission had earlier fixed April for the party primaries, while fixing 16 November 2024 for the main governorship election in the state. The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in …

Five people reportedly died in an accident on the Benin-Ore-Lagos Expressway yesterday. It was gathered that the lone accident occurred at about 04:30 pm, around the Akinfosile area along the Ore/Lagos expressway. It was further gathered that the Toyota Hiace Bus with Reg No FKG 405 FX from Akure en route to Lagos, somersaulted and swerved into the bush. State …

The Ondo State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has called on the state government to address the issue of shortage of resident doctors in state-owned hospitals. The association said many of the doctors in the state had left for foreign countries for greener pasture, while some who were still in Nigeria had left the state for another state. …

Today, I yield this space to a bosom friend of mine, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, the immediate past Vice-Chancellor (2017 – 2022) of my alma mater, the University of Ife, GREAT IFE! (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife). Titled, Requiem for Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, Ogunbodede’s reminiscences on the late governor of Ondo State are as moving as they contain a lot …

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu resumed official duties 24 hours after he returned from a three-month medical vacation. The governor met with key stakeholders in Ondo State at his residence in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, where he landed. Those he met with included members of the State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Oladiji Olamide; …

The Ondo State Government has proposed the creation of 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. While briefing journalists after the weekly state executive council meeting held on Thursday, in Akure, the state capital, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs. Bamidele Ademola-Olateju said that the enabling law for the creation of the LCDAs had been sent to …