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 ONDO State Police Command has ordered full investigation into the alleged brutalisation of no fewer than 20 students of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko, Ondo State by some policemen in their hostel. The state police commissioner, Gbenga Adeyanju, has promised to deal with any of his officers found culpable in the brutalisation of the innocent students. Some men of the state Police Command, attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad had yesterday invaded a hostel of the university and beat up students at about 4a.m. Many of students, who suffered injury of various degrees, were rushed to the hospital early yesterday. Eyewitness account had it that the “policemen invaded the hostel in a commando-like manner without any respect for the privacy of the students. He said the policemen told them that they were searching for some cult members in the hostel.  “The incident happened around 4a.m after the students finished their hostel party. The operatives stormed the ho...

Property and goods estimated at millions of naira were destroyed yesterday when a fire razed a section of Akure South Local Government secretariat, beside Deji’s palace in Akure, the Ondo State capital. It was learnt that over 100 lock-up shops were destroyed. Sources said the fire started from one of the shops around 1 a.m and spread to other shops. A victim, Ojo Owoeye, said he received a distress call around 1 a.m that shops were burning and he immediately rushed to the scene. A youth leader in Akure community, Tuyi Adekambi said: “The inferno started around 1 a.m as a result of power surge. The most annoying thing is that if we had functioning fire service in the state, the inferno wouldn’t have got to this extent. “For almost three hours, the fire service couldn’t get to the scene of the fire. It was the services of airport authority fire brigade service that rescued the situation or the fire would have got to the Deji’s place. “Government should be in a position ...

   T he Deji of Akure    kingdom, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, Odundun 11    has urged    youths    in the country not to sell their vote during the coming elections but should vote for the candidate of their choice and also ensure that they participate actively even for elective positions. The monarch said saying anybody can run for elective position in today Nigeria including those gunning for the presidency, reason why they should not allow themselves to be pushed around. He disclosed this during a visit of the leaders of the Abundant Nigeria Renewal Party (ANRP) to his palace at the weekend The National Chairman of the party, Mr.    Kolade Fasua, who declared    his intention to run for the 2019 presidential election in Nigeria, said their cardinal program me is to eradicate poverty . He said suffering is too much in the country, even in Africa. We are suffering in the midst of plenty. We a...

PARENTS of public school students in Ondo State have decried the stoppage of the daily feeding by government under the National Home Grown School feeding programme The stoppage of the free meal is coming few weeks after the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo visited the state and ate with the students of a public school in Alagbaka area of the state. It was gathered that the cooks engaged for the services stopped bringing food to the schools following huge debt incured by the government. Some pupils, who spoke confirmed that food vendors had stopped the free meal programme in the last two weeks.  The parents, under the auspices of Concerned Parents of Primary School Pupils described the programme as “a trick to deceive parents and primary school pupils in the state as the programme has failed to achieve its desired objectives within its first few weeks in the state.”  They alleged “that most of the cooks employed under the programme had stopped bringing food to schools.” Spe...

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mimiko had on Wednesday resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party via a letter submitted at the party’s secretariat in Akure. Former Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State on Thursday formally retraced his steps back into the Labour Party at a rally held in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government area of the state The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Mimiko had on Wednesday resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party via a letter submitted at the party’s secretariat in Akure. He had earlier dumped the LP for the PDP in 2014 in spite of the fact that he won his two terms governorship on the party’s platform. NAN reports that no sooner had Mimiko entered the Oba Adesanoye Civic Centre, venue of the rally, than shouts of “incoming president” and “Presido” rented the air. Also, political associates, loyalists and kinsmen of the former governor at the rally pleaded with him to contest presiden...

 The governor of Nigeria’s Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu declared Tuesday, June 12, work free day in honour of late MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election in the state. The State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Yemi Olowolabi, made the announcement in a signed statement on Saturday. Olowolabi said that the day would be celebrated with a town hall assembly at the International Culture and Events Centre (The Dome) in Akure. “All civil servants, market women, artisans, politicians, clergymen, students and Ondo State residents from all walks of life are invited to be part of the historic gathering in honour of MKO Abiola, winner of the June 12, 1993, presidential election. ” It promises to be a riveting event with extensive focus on June 12: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow”. “The Town Hall Assembly will be anchored by Dr Kayode Fayemi, former Minister of Mines and Steel Development and former Governor of Ekiti State. ...

The Deji of Akure, His Royal Majesty, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi, yesterday, called for the ending of geographical zoning in the determination of who should lead Nigeria as President and Commander-in-Chief. HRM Aladelusi made the call while receiving in his palace Professor Kingsley Moghalu, aspirant of the Young Progressive Party (YPP) in the 2019 presidential election. Moghalu was at the palace to pay a courtesy visit to the Deji of Akure. In an internal arrangement within then-ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at the inception of the Fourth Republic in 1999, the presidency was to rotate between the northern and southern parts of the country, presumably every eight years. But the extra-constitutional arrangement, which presumed a one-party dominance of the presidency, collapsed in 2011 when then-President Goodluck Jonathan contested and won the presidential election after succeeding President Umaru Yar’Adua, who died in office three years into his tenure.  In ...

Some university students of Ondo State origin on Monday prevented the workers of the Akure South Local Government Area from entering into the secretariat as they protested against the non-payment of their book allowance. The protesters, who were said to be law students of various universities across the country, gathered in front of the main gate of the council secretariat located on Ilesa Road, Akure, the state capital and lamented the refusal of the council to pay the allowance.  It was gathered that the law students had been receiving the allowance since the period of the immediate past administration of the council. It was learnt that while the students’ protest was ongoing, the workers of the council who did not have access to their offices were asked to go back home. some of the students were seen roasting corn in front of the gate of the council. Men of the state police command were also seen at the gate. The leader of the protesting students, Olaniyi Ogundipe,...

Question are being raised as to why Ondo State was neglected by the Federal Government in the national railway development scheme. Akure and some economic centres in the state were bypassed by the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, in the construction of rail lines across the states in the South- West. Of concern to the people was that Ondo State was the only state that was left out of the proposed railway route that is expected to pass through the South-West by the NRC.  Feasibility studies on the construction of 10 new standard gauge rail lines across the country were recently carried out by NRC following Federal Government’s directives. According to the NRC, the standard gauge rail lines will cover a travelling distance of over 3, 421 kilometres when completed. It further stated that the various rail lines would pass through Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Benin, Abuja, Kogi, Onitsha and Sokoto, among other states.   However, the neglect o...

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State will surpass his predecessors’ achievements in the area of infrastructure development, the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state has said. Prince Abayomi Adesanya, the party’s Publicity Secretary, gave the assurance while receiving an award of Outstanding Media Man of the Year 2018 in Akure. The award was organised by the Hero Magazine International. According to him, it is unfortunate that we are going through difficult times in the country. “This is due to the maladministration of the nation’s resources by the previous administrations, especially in Ondo State where we met virtually a comatose situation. “Even at that, our government has achieved so much within the very little resources that has accrued to the state and the huge debts inherited.  “We knew what we went through as opposition party, both at the state and federal levels. “But, one thing is certain, our party will sustain its victory comes 2019.  “I want to sinc...

As plans are in top gear  to commence the dualisation of the 7.8kilometer Hospital/Ijoka road, the state government has held a meeting with the people of the area. The state’s Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Rt. Hon. Taofiq Abdusallam led government’s  team to the meeting while the city’s traditional ruler, the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladelusi Ogunlade Aladetoyinbo and his High Chiefs also led the people in Akure to the meeting held at the city’s town hall. The Commissioner said the purpose of the meeting was to inform the people about the dualisation of the road and to seek their cooperation so as to ensure success. He noted that the road is too narrow considering the upsurge in the number of people plying it, hence the reason for the dualisation. He added that plans have been concluded, but government cannot start work without informing them. He appealed to the people to cooperate with the government to ensure the success of all developmental projects embarked...

This is a quick Tour around the city of Akure, Just to show you around how this city is a beautiful city.