Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Wednesday appointed a former Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in the state, Princess Oladunni Odu, as the new Secretary of the state government, the first in the history of the state. A statement by the governor‘s Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olabode Olatunde in Akure revealed. Olatunde
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As the inauguration of the Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, for second term holds today, the state government has declared Wednesday as public holiday. This was contained in statement by the state Head of Service, Mr Dare Aragbaye, on Tuesday. The statement was titled, ‘Declaration of Wednesday, 24th of February, 202, as work free
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and his Ondo State counterpart, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Sunday, paid a visit to Shasha community in Ibadan, where traders at the popular market in the area had clashed on Thursday and Friday. The governors, while speaking with residents of the area, called for calm and appealed for harmonious
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One time factional National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Buba Galadima, has attacked the Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, over his recent eviction order to Fulani herdsmen from forest reserves in the state. Galadima who spoke in an interview on AIT programme, Kakaaki on Wednesday in Abuja, said Akeredolu is ‘an educated
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The Ondo State Government led by Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu on Monday said it had started registering herdsmen in the state with the aim of ejecting unregistered herders from the state’s forest reserves. The Special Adviser to state Governor on Security, Alhaji Jimoh Dojumo, disclosed this in an interview with one of our correspondents in Akure
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Traditional rulers in Ondo State, under the aegis of the Ondo State Council of Obas, have called on governors in the South-West to employ relevant laws in tackling the menace of killer herdsmen in the region. The monarchs were reacting to the imbroglio that has been raging following a seven-day ultimatum given to herders to
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The presidency has reacted to the directive of Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, who gave herders a seven-day ultimatum to vacate forests in the state. The governor, who said the decision was taken as a result of rising insecurity in the state, added that “bad elements” have turned the forest reserves into hideouts for
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Mr. Tosin Ogunbodede, Chief of Protocol to Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has reportedly died alongside his driver from an accident. Ogunbodede passed on about a fortnight Akeredolu’s Commissioner for Regional Integration and Special Duties, Prof. Bayonle Ademodi died after a protracted illness. Multiple sources within the government confirmed Ogunbodede’s sudden passage to newsmen
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