Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and state officials on Thursday paid a condolence visit to the family of the late Rotimi Akeredolu, former governor of Ondo State, in Ibadan. Aiyedatiwa described the demise of the former governor as a great loss, not just to Ondo State and...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has announced a three-day period of mourning in Ondo State to honor the former state Governor, late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. It would be recalled that Akeredolu died in the early hours of Wednesday after a prolonged battle with prostate...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The new Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has made fresh appointments to usher in the new administration. This is contained in a statement issued by the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Governor, Mr Segun Omojuwa, on Wednesday in Akure. The...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja described deceased Ondo State governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu as a “beloved brother, confidant and political soul mate’’. In a statement he issued personally, the president wrote that it was with a heavy heart that he was paying tribute to someone younger...
Reactions have continued to trail the news of the death of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, who reportedly died in a German hospital after a prolonged battle with Leukaemia. The news of the death, which broke in the early hours of Wednesday in the state, has thrown...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – The Ondo State Government has said Governor Rotimi Akeredolu died at a German hospital in the early hours of Wednesday from complications arising from prostrate cancer. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, confirmed the governor’s...
Neighbours and residents of Jericho area of Ibadan, where the house of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu is situated, are still in doubt about the news of the passing away of the Ondo State helmsman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu died in the early hours...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has expressed sadness over the death of his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, describing it as a painful loss to Yorubaland and Nigeria in general. Governor Makinde, stated this in a condolence message issued in Ibadan...
Renowned Rights Activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday, at a townhall at the Akure City Hall demanded the resignation of Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State. Sowore at the meeting said it was necessary to rescue the state from the few individuals allegedly siphoning the resources of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is to begin another medical leave on Wednesday as a follow-up to his medical treatment. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Akure. According to the...
The Ondo State Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mr Razaq Obe has alleged forgery of the signature of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu on an official document of his ministry. Obe raised the allegation in a letter dated Dec. 7 addressed to the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The...
Ondo State chapter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday, called on Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to prevent further rot in the state by transmitting power to his Deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, for governance to continue unabated. Chairman of PDP in the state, Mr Fatai Adams, made the call...
The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker has withdrawn its appeal filed before the Court of Appeal, Abuja, against the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which stopped the planned impeachment of the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Ondo State House of...
A constitutional lawyer, Mr Kayode Ajulo, has commended the Ondo State elders for the steps taken to resolve the political crisis that had bedeviled the state. Ajulo, who is also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA) said this in a statement...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a reconciliation committee toward addressing the crisis rocking the Ondo State chapter, leading to the impeachment proceedings against the deputy governor. APC National Chairman, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, performed the ceremony on Friday in Abuja. “Since the return of democracy in 1979,...
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has said that Nigeria at 63 has no excuse not to be great, calling on all Nigerians to rise up and tackle the myriads of challenges facing them. Governor Akeredolu stated this on Friday at a Jumat Service in commemoration of Nigeria’s 63rd...
A lawyer, Mr Donald Ayibiowu, has called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo not to make his deputy, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, a scapegoat over allegation preferred against him by the state house of assembly. Ayibiowu, an indigene of Okelusi Town in Ondo State, made the call in an...
The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Sen. Iyiola Omisore, says he is optimistic that Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, will soon return to the state to continue attending to the developmental needs of the people. Omisore said this on Friday in Akure in what he called...
Ondo State Government has pledged continuous support to families of victims of the June 5, 2022 gunmen attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the attack on the church left 41 persons dead with several people injured. Also, a memorial park...
An advocacy group, Ilaje Development Summit Group (IDSG), has called on Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo, to intervene over an alleged plot to impeach his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The group stated this on Wednesday in an open letter to the governor, signed by its Deputy Executive Administrator, Mr Ola...