All eyes are on the sleeping town of Ilara – Mokin in the state, as it prepares to host this year’s edition of the Ondo Auto Rally between the 8th and 9th of November, this year. The much talked about event will feature Off-Road Rally Challenge, Idanre Hiking Challenge, Golf Continue Reading
Ondo State Government has stated that it has ranches to cater for over 5000 cattle, hence expressed rejection for the rested Ruga settlement scheme created to end the social menace of herdsmen in the country. It explained that the state would be interested in ranches, which had the capability of Continue Reading
Ondo State Government has trained surveillance officers and informants to contain the spread of Lassa fever across the 18 local government areas of the state. Fifty four (54) participants were trained, three participants drawn from each of the local governments . Dr Taiye Oni, Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of Continue Reading
Two hundred (200) female secondary school girls from various schools in the state have graduated from the summer renewable energy training tagged , “Solar4GirlsNaija” , organized by the Office of the Wife of the Governor , in collaboration with Ashadam Solar Initiative . The week long training offered the 200 Continue Reading
For five years, Professor Femi Mimiko, was Vice Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba. In his released a 500 page book, he relieves his experience as the Vice Chancellor of the Institution and on Nigerian Universities . According to him, managing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), was indeed a Continue Reading
Primary school teachers in the state, under the auspices of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), have protested the payment of their salaries by local governments. The teachers who took to the streets of the state capital in Akure, said they wanted the State Government to take over Continue Reading
Ondo State First Lady , recently joined other women to clean Oja-Oba market, a local market in Akure, to raise awareness for breast cancer among women in the state. A breast cancer survivor, she has been in the fore of breast cancer advocacy and sensitization. Speaking during the campaign, she Continue Reading
The Ondo State Muslim Welfare Board has said 302 slots had been allotted for intending Muslim pilgrims in the state for the 2017 Hajj. Chairman of the board, Alhaji Khaleel Fawehinmi, disclosed in Akure, that, “A total of 302 hajj slots are allotted to the state while successful intending pilgrims Continue Reading
A faction of the state House of Assembly, attempted to forcefully occupy the chambers of the house but were rebuffed by eagle eyed security officials. The warring 26members of the House have been at loggerheads over the speakership of the assembly in the last two months. Consequently, security had been Continue Reading
Ondo and eight other states in the federation, are to benefit from the UNITED Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) $3 million entrepreneurship project. The project is aimed at preparing young people to create their own employment from secondary schools. The other states are Anambra, Bauchi, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Katsina, Continue Reading
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