Ondo

Crisis looms as AAUA imposes ‘No Registration, No Exam’ policy, N10,000 fine

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Students’ revolt is again looming at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) over the decision of the management of the school to impose more financial burden on them. In a circular released by the University’s authorities, students who are yet to pay their recently hike tuition will be additional #10,000 for late registration and whoever that do not pay to register would not be allowed to write first semester 2018/2019 examination, tagged…

Consume ‘Ewedu’ vegetable regularly to stop Cancer – says Expert

Posted on March 30, 2019March 31, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Olugbenga Jagun, a nutritionist at the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital ( UATH), Gwagalada, has said that jute leaf known as ‘Ewedu’ can prevent cancer and coronary diseases due to its richness in antioxidants and phytochemicals. Jagun said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja. The jute leaf is one of the common African leafy vegetables cultivated in gardens and farms for home use…

Medical Equipment Distribution: We target People’s Health needs – Akeredolu

Posted on March 30, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, today vowed that his administration will continue to work towards meeting the health needs of the citizenry, just as he distributed another set of multi – million naira medical equipment to 300 primary healthcare facilities across the 18 local government areas of the state. Governor Akeredolu described the equipment as necessary in order to improve the diagnostic and therapeutic capacity of the primary health care facilities…

How General Ataguba helped to Stop kidnapping in Ondo State -Akeredolu

Posted on March 29, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Ondo state governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has acknowledged efforts of the outgoing commander of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier General James Alilu Ataguba for successfully coordinating all the security agencies to chase out criminal especially kidnappers out of the state. The governor who said that the state was having security issues especially the activities of kidnappers who had taken over the roads before Ataguba was posted to the state said he played…

Buildings Collapse: 16 Houses Marked for demolition in Akure

Posted on March 29, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Following incessant collapse of buildings in the country, the ondo state government in its commitment to safeguarding the lives of its people goes tough on dilapidated and partially collapsed buildings in the state. 16 dilapidated houses have therefore been marked for demolition and Quit Notices issued to the occupants after due sensitization on the need for such. The 16 houses are around Oyemekun rd, Gbogi street, lgboliki, odi- olowo, lsolo, Ijomu and…

Ondo State is now 100% Rice Producer – Govt

Posted on March 29, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Ondo State Government yesterday distributed rice thresher machine to 10 rice production farmers group facilitated by the Fadama lll AF project, insisting that all rice in the markets branded Ondo State are 100% produced in the state. The 10 rice production groups farmer beneficiary were from the 3 Local Government Area of the state, Akure North, Akure South and Ileoluji/Okeigbo local government area. Report says that each groups get the machine with…

Ondo Govt shut down Private Hospitals, cautions against Quackery

Posted on March 28, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Ondo State Government today shut down a private hospital in Okitipupa reportedly owned by Dr. Odusola Aribo and issued warning notice to three others for using and training auxiliary nurses against the established law. The Acting Permanent Secretary of the State Ministry of Health, Dr. Dipo Durojaye, after being briefed by the Ministry’s Monitoring team, who monitored hospitals in Okitipupa, said Aribo also started a hospital without following laid down regulations. Some…

Fake News can disintegrate Nigeria if…. South-West Journalists, NPC warn

Posted on March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Journalists from the six south western states and some media experts have converged on Ibadan, the Oyo State capital to tackle the menace of fake news that is now a major threat to national integration. The two-day workshop organised by the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) and facilitated by Lamforte Resources Limited is aimed at sensitizing participants on the need to combat the menace of fake news in Nigeria media. The theme of…

Meet Youngest Traditional Ruler in Ondo State

Posted on March 28, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Meet 22 Year-old Traditional ruler, Regent Taiwo Oyebola Agbona, She Is A Young Lady Who Must Always Dress Like A King Young Regent Taiwo Oyebola Agbona rules Aaye Town near Akure in Ifedore Local government area of Ondo state in place of the King. The Regent was crowned in 2017, to rule until the traditional chief chooses the next King Regent Taiwo Oyebola Agbona must always dress like a King to properly…

FUTA Graduate who killed Ex-Ondo Dep Gov’s Daughter sentenced to death

Posted on March 28, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke An Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced Seidu Adeyemi to death by hanging for killing Miss Khadijat Oluboyo, first daughter of a former deputy governor of Ondo State. Adeyemi was charged for killing his girlfriend, Khadijat Oluboyo, on July 2, 2018 and burying her inside his room at Aratusi, Oke-Aro area of Akure. Khadijat, was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko (AAUA) until her…

Why Akeredolu should Immortalise ex-Gov Ade Adefarati -Akoko Group

Posted on March 27, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke A Group, Akoko Youth Advocacy For Good Governance has called on the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN to Immortalise the late Governor of the State, Chief Adebayo Adefarati in view of his enormous contributions to the development of the state. The group in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Dimeji Komolafe and Publicity Secretary, Yinka Ajagunna urged Governor Akeredolu to as a matter of necessity name an institution after…

BREAKING: Court sentences to death Killer of ex-Ondo deputy gov’s daughter

Posted on March 27, 2019March 28, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke An Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced Seidu Adeyemi to death by hanging for killing Miss Khadijat Oluboyo, first daughter of a former deputy governor of Ondo State. Adeyemi was charged for killing his girlfriend, Khadijat Oluboyo, on July 2, 2018 and burying her inside his room at Aratusi, Oke-Aro area of Akure. Khadijat was a final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba Akoko (AAUA) until her…

Birth Registration now condition for school Enrollment, Healthcare – Akeredolu

Posted on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, yesterday said birth registration certificate would soon be a major prerequisite for the registration of pupils into public primary schools in the state. He said the birth registration certificate will also serve as ease of access for Children under the age of Five who are included in the free health care services of the state government. Governor Akeredolu described the move as part of the efforts to…

Three commuters crushed to death in Okitipupa Accident

Posted on March 26, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Three people have lost their lives in a fatal road accident which occurred along Ode Aye – Okitipupa road in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the accident was caused when a motorcycle with two passengers, which was alleged to be on a top speed, rammed into oncoming vehicles. The crash, which also led to the serious injury of the one of the passengers, involved a Golf…

Ondo Govt Strategizes against Human trafficking

Posted on March 26, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Ondo State Government, in partnership with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) on Tuesday set up a Taskforce committee as part of the efforts to fight human trafficking in the State The committee is chaired by the State Attoney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Adekola Olawoye and Co-chaired by the Zonal Commandant of NAPTIP, Mrs. Kehinde Akomolafe. Members of the taskforce are drawn from a wide spectrum…

Oppositions move to unseat Boroffice, 2 Reps at Ondo Election Tribunal

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke The 2019 National and State Houses of Assembly elections Tribunal Court sitting in Akure on Tuesday said it has received four petitions from dissatisfied candidates in Ondo state The Secretary of the Tribunal, Mr Livinus Ugwu stated this while speaking with newsmen in Akure. He said the first petition received was from a journalist, Mr Donald Ojogo of the All Progressives Congress APC challenging the declaration of Mr Kolade Akinjo sponsored by…

Man strangulates Girlfriend to death in Ondo

Posted on March 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Monday sentenced a man, Chukwudi Onweniwe, to death by hanging for killing his undergraduate girlfriend two years ago. Onweniwe, a boyfriend had strangulated his girlfriend, Nifemi Adeyeoye, an HND student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic to death in Owo, in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. After reviewing the case, the presiding judge, Justice Ademola Samuel Bola, found Onweniwe guilty of murder and…

Tuberculosis Day: Ondo Govt Provides free Screening for Residents

Posted on March 25, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke As part of strategy to reduce incidences of Tuberculosis in the State, the Ondo State Government has commemorated the 2019 World Tuberculosis Day by embarking on Road Walk and conducting free screening. Stakeholders took off for the Road Walk from the Ondo State Cultural Center Adegbemile through Oja Oba to Oba Ademuagun hall (formerly Akure City Hall) almist funfair to sensitise residents on tuberculosis and also distributed educative fliers on TB. In…

NPFL match: Enyimba’s Elephants suffer Sunshine Stars

Posted on March 25, 2019 by sunshinetruth

By: Ade Adeleke Israel Abia’s debut goal was not enough as a spirited Sunshine Stars side lost 2-1 to the People’s Elephants in an exhilarating Nigeria Professional Football League, (NPFL) week 12 game at the Enyimba Stadium, Aba on Sunday. Dare Olatunji’s goal gave Enyimba a halftime lead before Ifeanyi Anaemena doubled the advantage through a disputed penalty in the second half, while a well worked out Sunshine Stars’ chance finished off expertly by Abia…

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Crisis looms as AAUA imposes ‘No Registration, No Exam’ policy, N10,000 fine

Consume ‘Ewedu’ vegetable regularly to stop Cancer – says Expert

Medical Equipment Distribution: We target People’s Health needs – Akeredolu

How General Ataguba helped to Stop kidnapping in Ondo State -Akeredolu

Buildings Collapse: 16 Houses Marked for demolition in Akure

Ondo State is now 100% Rice Producer – Govt

Ondo Govt shut down Private Hospitals, cautions against Quackery

Fake News can disintegrate Nigeria if…. South-West Journalists, NPC warn

Meet Youngest Traditional Ruler in Ondo State

FUTA Graduate who killed Ex-Ondo Dep Gov’s Daughter sentenced to death

Why Akeredolu should Immortalise ex-Gov Ade Adefarati -Akoko Group

BREAKING: Court sentences to death Killer of ex-Ondo deputy gov’s daughter

Birth Registration now condition for school Enrollment, Healthcare – Akeredolu

Three commuters crushed to death in Okitipupa Accident

Ondo Govt Strategizes against Human trafficking

Oppositions move to unseat Boroffice, 2 Reps at Ondo Election Tribunal

Man strangulates Girlfriend to death in Ondo

Tuberculosis Day: Ondo Govt Provides free Screening for Residents

NPFL match: Enyimba’s Elephants suffer Sunshine Stars

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