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  A former member of the Ondo State House of assembly, Hon. Kemisola Adesanya has won the PDP primary election for Akure South/North Federal Constituency. She polled 38 votes to beat his closest rival Adu Olumuyiwa polled 19 votes Babatunde Faro scored 11 votes

  Afro-Pop singer and performer, Small Doctor and DJ YK Mule, will, alongside MC Hardvantage and Karkakey, headline the next edition of the Goldberg Takeover Party scheduled to hold in Akure, Ondo State. Holding at the Fatherland Theme Park, NEPA Area, Akure, the gig will treatconsumers to a night of premium enjoyment, recognisition and celebration of hard work. Guests are sure to enjoy doses of fusion of traditional and modern music. The show will also see two of Akure’s disc jockeys, DJ Bobwhy and DJ Tanziro, battle for a chance to be crowned DJ king by the brand.

  A student of the   Federal University of Technology   (FUTA), Akure, Ondo State, who identified himself as Saamu Eleja, has narrated how officers of the Nigerian Army attacked him and other students during a protest over the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Eleja told us that the officers arrived very early at Roadblock, the venue of the protest in Akure, on Tuesday and shot sporadically to disrupt the gathering. “We started a peaceful protest yesterday and made sure to inform the appropriate quarters" “The one we had yesterday was peaceful and nothing was damaged. But today, these officers came to disrupt the protest and shot sporadically. Every one present had to run for cover. There are bullet cases scattered on the ground.”

  Students across three Universities in Ondo state have blocked the Ilesha/ Akure highway, Ondo state, in protest over prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the country. The students are from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko and Olusegun Agagu University of Technology, Okitipupa. They barricaded the highway to show their displeasure over their continued stay at home due to strike actionThey chanting different solidarity songs and displayed placards with various inscriptions such as— “End ASUU Strike”, “Save our future”. Many motorists and travellers were stranded for hours on the highway.