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From road crashes to murders: how killings rocked Ondo Varsity
By Boye Oyeyemi – The usual tranquil and aesthetic ambience of Akungba-Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State has been egregiously flawed by the recent killings of students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA. The agrarian community had experienced devastating road accidents that took the lives of students and indigenes in the past. To stop…
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The timeless authority of the Ooni of Ife cannot be challenged – by Pelumi Olajengbesi Esq.
As a legal practitioner who has studied questions of legitimacy, sovereignty, and the jurisprudence of cultural institutions, I find the recent ultimatum reportedly issued by the Alaafin of Oyo to the Ooni of Ife over the conferment of the title Okanlomo of Oodua on Chief Dotun Sanusi, a respected Yoruba son and accomplished businessman, to be, with respect, wholly gratuitous…
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Ondo Regent condemns killing, abduction in Ogbese
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Regent of Ayede Ogbese, Princess (Dr) Olufunto Oluyede-Campbell, has condemned the killing of a young businessman, Mr Okudili Okoro, and the abduction of Mrs Orogun. WESTERN POST had reported the incident took place in the town on Thursday, August 14, 2025. However, in a statement issued from the palace on Monday, the Regent described the…
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JUST IN: Ondo Revenue Service clarifies viral report on IGR figures
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) has refuted a report making the rounds on social media and some online platforms, which claimed the state generated ₦22,483,369,409.97 as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in the first half of 2025. In a statement signed by the Acting Executive Chairman, Bayo Rojugbokan, and obtained by WESTERN POST, the agency…
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US mandates Nigerian visa applicants to disclose social media history
By Boye Oyeyemi – The United States government has directed all visa applicants to provide details of their social media activity spanning the last five years. According to a post by the U.S. Mission in Nigeria on X, sighted by WESTERN POST, applicants are required to list all usernames or handles they have used on every social media platform within…
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Ondo govt to conduct mass burial for 402 corpses
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Government has announced plans to conduct a mass burial for over 400 abandoned and unclaimed corpses at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) mortuaries in the Akure and Ondo complexes. Findings revealed that the 402 corpses, which have been lying in the facilities between 2020 and 2024, have become a growing…
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Ondo moves to tackle fake news
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Government has outlined fresh initiatives to combat fake news and promote ethical values across the state. The Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Idowu Ajanaku, disclosed this in a statement obtained by WESTERN POST, stressing that the government is working on a mobile application designed to curb misinformation and conduct opinion polls. Ajanaku explained…
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Ondo varsity graduate allegedly murdered by boyfriend buried
By Boye Oyeyemi – Tears flowed in Arigidi-Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State, as Joy Adeyemi, a fresh graduate of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), who was brutally murdered, was buried. The development was confirmed in a statement obtained by WESTERN POST, jointly signed by the union’s President, Comrade Salami Akeem, and General Secretary, Comrade…
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Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability: Reforming the reforms of education in Nigeria – By Tunji Olaopa
I will like to ask two fundamental questions that lie at the heart of this lecture. One, what happens when we situate AI at the heart of the institutional reform of the education sector in Nigeria? And two, how does that AI-inflected reform enable us to think more about the sustainability of the reform efforts? Thinking about the role and…
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Man nabbed for faking own kidnap to extort N500,000
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended a 29-year-old man, Bello Azeez, for allegedly staging his own abduction in a bid to extort N500,000 from his family and friends. The police spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, disclosed in a statement on Saturday that the suspect, a native of Ipele in Owo Local Government Area, devised the plan…
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