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Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than 20 university students of Ondo State origin have been offered scholarships by a foundation, the Simeon Oladero Memorial Foundation. The beneficiaries were students of various universities in different parts of the country, studying programmes such as medicine, pharmacy, engineering and law. Presenting the awards to the beneficiaries in Igbokoda, the headquarter of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State,  the Chief Executive Officer o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the last governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has expressed the assurance that he would become the governor of the state. Jegede, who lost October 10, 2020, Governorship Election to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu said all evidence before the election petition tribunal was enough to send the All Progressives Congress’ government away from the Alagbaka Government House. He added that the A...

Punch Newspapers Sections The Ondo State Commissioner for Regional Integration,  Prof Bayonile Ademodi, is dead. Though details of the death had not been revealed as at the time of filing this report on Saturday night, it was gathered that the commissioner passed away on Saturday at the age of 68. His death was confirmed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation , Mr Doland Ojogo, on Saturday, in Akure,  the state capital Ojogo simply said,  “It (news of his death) was rece...

Why I pushed my stepbrother into well – 10-year-old suspect Peter Dada The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 10-year-old girl for allegedly committing murder at Owode Community in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect, whose parents hail from Sokoto State, allegedly pushed a 20-month-old boy, who was her stepbrother, into a deep well. After committing the act, it was gathered that the suspect initially told her father that the deceased had been kidnapped. The...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada,  Akure The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, has declared that his administration would soon build a jetty in the riverine area in Ondo South Senatorial District. According to him, the jetty would ease the movement of some equipment needed for bitumen explotation in the state from Apapa in Lagos State. Akeredolu stated this during the Service of Carols and Nine Lessons organised by Ondo State Government, held at the International Centre for Culture...

Punch Newspapers Sections The commissioner died on Saturday at the age of 68. Ademodi’s death was confirmed by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Doland Ojogo, on Saturday in Akure, the state capital. He simply said, “It was received with great shock and disbelief.” His death was also confirmed by a former Caretaker Chairman of Ondo East, Local Government Area of Ondo State, Wale Akinlosotu. Akinlosotu described Ademodi as a great leader and bridge-builder that was lo...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A member of the Ondo State Assembly, Mr. Success Torhukerhijo, on Thursday rejected the proposed N159.796bn 2021 budget currently before the House on the grounds that it failed to make provisions for the Ijaw ethnic group. The state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, had a few weeks ago, presented the budget to the Assembly for approval. However, the aggrieved lawmaker who represents Ese Odo Constituency in the Assembly,  said, “It is unfortunate and hear...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada with agency report Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday signed the state’s 2021 Appropriation Bill of N174.87 billion into law. Signing the bill in Akure, the governor expressed hope that the ‘Budget of Hope’ would reactivate the economic life of the state through technical and technological education. He said Education had been allocated 19.07 per cent of the budget, while 21.19 per cent was set aside with a view to ensuring that all...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State High Court, on Thursday, discontinued the case of disobedience of court order instituted against the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, and three others. Others who were summoned by the court alongside the Speaker are the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu; the Parliamentary Secretary, Mr Abayomi Akinruntan; and the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Mr Olamide Oladiji. The four were summoned by the c...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday evening passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill into law. The development came two weeks after Governor Rotimi Akeredolu presented the budget proposal to the Assembly. The House, after committing the budget to the relevant House Committee passed a sum of N174, 873, 305, 525. 32 for the 2021 fiscal year. Read Also At the evening plenary, the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Sunday Ola...