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EXCLUSIVE: Ondo to rename free shuttle bus, charge N50 per trip
Damilola Olufemi The Ondo State government plans to reintroduce the school shuttle bus which had been suspended for over a year. The bus was introduced by the administration of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko, taking school children in the state to and from school free of charge. It was however suspended during the administration of the present Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Special…
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Custodian of Olumo Rock deity dies at 137
Chief Mrs. Sinatu Aduke Sanni popularly known as Iya Olumo (Mother goddess of the rock) and the oldest woman in Ogun State id dead. She died on Wednesday morning at her Itoko residence, Abeokuta at the age of 137 year Her son, Solomon Adio, confirmed her passing on Thursday. He said his mother died after a brief illness. In the…
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Yoruba World Centre celebrates Olubadan June 19
By Richard Thomas, IbadanThe Yoruba World Centre has fixed Sunday, 19 June 2022 as the day to celebrate the new Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Mohood Olalekan Balogun.This will take place at the Centre’s arena, inside the University of Ibadan. The date was arrived at after consultations with leaders in Yorubaland including governors and traditional rulers, According to a statement issued…
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NUJ, CSO call for removal of Commissioner of Police in Osun State
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State Council, has demanded for the immediate redeployment of Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olawale Olokode, over the shooting of its member by men of the state command. A statement by the Chairman of the Council, Wasiu Ajadosu and Secretary, Bukola Elufadejin gave the apex echelon of the police seven…
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Akure residents protest poor condition of Akure-Ado road
Damilola Olufemi Residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital have staged a protest against the poor condition of the Akure-Ado road. The residents of Igoba community in the state capital lamented the negligence of the road by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and his Ekiti State counterpart, Governor Kayode Fayemi. Earlier in 2019, Akeredolu disclosed that the Ondo State…
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Lagos govt dismisses anxiety over okada ban
The Lagos State government say their is no anxiety over the total ban on commercial motorcycles popularly known as okada in six local governments in the state which takes effect on Wednesday. In a statement, Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso advised residents of the state to go about their businesses without fear. According to him, the plan by…
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Oyetola condemns shooting of The Nation reporter, one other citizen
Governor of Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, has condemned the shooting of the Nation’s Newspaper correspondent, Toba Adedeji, and another citizen by some trigger-happy police officers at Olaiya, Osogbo, the State capital on Tuesday. Adedeji and the yet-to-be-identified citizen were reportedly shot by some overzealous policemen who were trying to disperse a group of people who had gathered to mourn the…
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Aspirant threatens court action, says Ondo APC senatorial primary fraudulent
By Temitope Adedeji, Akure An aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ondo Central Senatorial District primaries, Otunba Adeniran Oyebade has described the just concluded exercise as a fraud. Addressing journalists in Akure on Tuesday, Oyebade disclosed that delegates from Ondo West/East were stylishly deceived and transported to Akure about four days to the primaries…
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Police shoot pupil, Nation reporter in Osogbo
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo The Nation Newspaper correspondent in Osun State, Mr. Toba Adedeji, has been shot by a police officer. Adedeji was shot alongside a pupil coming from school at Olaiya, Osogbo, by the overzealous policeman who wanted to disperse protesters mourning the killing of one Mr. Abiola Afolabi. The protesters had converged on Olaiya junction to mourn the passage…
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Aggrieved APC members ask court to stop Lagos Senator, Adeola from parading self as Ogun West Senatorial candidate
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta Some aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from Ogun West, have asked the Federal High Court, Abeokuta division, to stop Senator Solomon Olamilekan Adeola from parading himself as the candidate of the Senatorial District in the 2023 general elections on the platform of the party.Adeola was declared the winner of the APC senatorial ticket,…
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