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Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada,  Akure The Ondo State Government has banned the activities of the National Union of Road transport workers and the Road Transport Employers’ Association of Nigeria. It was gathered that the order was not unconnected with the leadership crisis of the two unions and the recent increase in the transport fares across the state. The Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr Doyin Odebowale, announced the government decision o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada,  Akure ONDO State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), has reappointed, Mr. Olugbenga Ale and Mr. Richard Olabode, as the Chief of Staff and Chief Press Secretary, respectively. This development came barely six days after the governor was inaugurated for his second and final term in office. The announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Research and Documentation,  Kunle Adebayo,  in Akure, on Monday. Ale and Olabode...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters Some southern state governments and farmers have dismissed the blockade by northern food suppliers, saying it is an opportunity for the South to  boost its food production capacity. Officials of the states including Lagos, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Delta, Enugu and Ondo in separate interviews with The PUNCH, on Monday explained their actions to ensure self-sufficiency in food and animal production. But Ondo and Cross Rivers states went further to take a s...

Peter Dada,  Akure Men of the Ondo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arrested a man with two human heads. The s...

Peter Dada, AkureWorkers at Shoprite Mall in the Akure, Ondo State on Tuesday morning embarked on a protest against what they described as inhu...

Why NURTW, RTEAN are suspended -Ondo Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Government on Tuesday said the suspension of activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers and the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria would be for two weeks in the first instance. The government, through the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties, Dr Doyin Odebowale, on Monday, announced the suspension order following the crisis between the two unions. The government ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure An abandoned health centre located in Ikare Akoko, headquarters of the Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo State, was razed by fire on Sunday. It was gathered that the centre was built by the Federal Government as a constituency project of a former House of Representatives member representing the Akoko North-West/North-East Federal Constituency, Mr Stephen Olemija. The project was allegedly abandoned after the lawmaker left office. It was le...

Peter Dada, AkureOndo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has banned the activities of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, and the Road...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Seven persons have been rescued from kidnappers by the members of a vigilante group, hunters and some youths in Akunu, Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to be travelling to Abuja when the abductors stopped their vehicle on the Akunu Akoko-Kabba Expressway on Friday. They were reportedly dragged into the bush by the kidnappers when the rescuers stormed the scene. The regent of Akunu, Princess Tolani Orogun, dis...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Agboola Ajayi, has described his tenure in office with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu as one full of intrigues. Ajayi, however, congratulated Akeredolu and his new deputy, Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa, on their inauguration as the governor and the deputy governor, respectively The governor was sworn in for second term on Wednesday after emerging the winner of the October 10, 2020 governorship election. Ajayi and the governo...