While the resounding Victory of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN and his running mate Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa will be told and recounted in years to come by all and sundry within and outside the confines of the Sunshine State, the activities and sheer gallantry of some enigma and amazing personalities will always be remembered for their […]
Continue ReadingThe result of the October 10 2020 gubernatorial election in Ondo State saw to the re-election of Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN and his running mate, Hon. Lucky Ayedatiwa of the All Progressive Congress (APC) against the Dr. Eyitayo Jegede SAN of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). And for the second term, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN […]
Continue ReadingDear Arakunrin Akeredolu, We are particularly enthused by your courage and leadership to secure lives and property in Ondo State as the Governor and the Southwest as Chairman of the Governors’ Forum. Security is foundational to development and the challenges are herculean in today’s Nigeria amid a terribly divided ( or dividing ) nation. May […]
Continue ReadingSecond Term of Purposeful Leadership ! On behalf of myself and family, I congratulate my boss and mentor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu Aketi, SAN and his Deputy, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa on occasion of their inauguration today. I am immensely grateful for the opportunity given to me to serve my dear state as a Chief […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 23, 2021Director General of the NCDC, Dr Chikwe IhekweazuFriday Olokor and Adelani AdepegbaThe Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said a new variant of COVID – 19 had been detected in Nigeria and 15 other countries .The new strain , B .1 .2 . 5 which is different from the highly infectious […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 23, 2021 Our ReportersThere were strong indications on Monday that a disagreement among bandits in Niger State was delaying the release of 27 students and 15 workers of Government Science College , Kagara , who were abducted on Wednesday .A top government source, who confided in The PUNCH , said the bandits , […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 23, 2021 Bola Bamigbola , OsogboA former Osun State House of Assembly , Minority Leader , Akinwale Akinwole , on Monday , urged the Minister of Interior , Mr . Rauf Aregbesola, to accept Senator Iyiola Omisore as a member of the All Progressives Congress.Akinwale , who left Peoples Democratic Party while serving […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 23, 2021 Chidiebube Okeoma and Gibson AchonuTHE Peoples Democratic Party on Monday accused the Imo State Governor , Hope Uzodimma , and a former governor of the state , Rochas Okorocha , of turning the state into a war zone .The PDP spokesperson in the state , Ogubundu Nwadike, in a statement on […]
Continue ReadingThe people of Idanre Community in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo state have appealed to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to avert imminent bloodshed and breakdown of law and order in the state by intervening in the deputed lands between Akure and Idanre. They said the vast area of ancestral land of Olokuta, Aponmu and Ajebambo […]
Continue ReadingPublished February 22, 2021 Chukwudi Akasike, Raphael Ede , Ogbonnaya Ikokwu , Tony Okafor and Chidiebube Okeoma THE Caretaker/ Extra -Ordinary National Convention Planning Committee of the All Progressives Congress, has extended the ongoing nationwide membership registration /revalidation exercise until March 31 , 2021 .The first phase of the exercise was earlier scheduled to end […]
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