BEDC Electricity Plc. (BEDC) as part of its philanthropic gesture demonstrated her commitment to continually empower and impact lives within its franchise areas has awarded scholarship covering full tuition fees, monthly upkeep allowance as well as presenting a Braille keyboard, laptop and a recording device to Mr. Israel Ojo Temitope, a visually impaired Higher National Diploma 1 Mass Communication student of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo state. The presentation which had in attendance the BEDC CSR team led by the Chief State Head (BEDC), Ondo and Ekiti states, Mrs. Kunbi Labiyi, Deputy Rector, Academic, Mr. Adegun Olorunwa, Dean of…
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The International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA Nigeria Ondo State Branch gets new executives to run its affairs. In an election held at Akure, C. Olajumoke Ogunjebi emerged as Chairperson, Kudirat Bosede Gbadamosi as Vice Chairperson Blessing Olanrewaju emerged as General Secretary, Yetunde Matilda Ademigoke emerged as Treasurer while Bolanle Olafunmiloye emerged as Publicity Secretary. In her acceptance speech on behalf of the new executives, the new Chairperson, Olajumoke Ogunjebi expressed her gratitude to God and FIDA Ondo members for choosing her. She assured them that FIDA Ondo under her watch will continue towards a peaceful Ondo State free of…
The Governors’ Wives Forum has demanded an end to all gender-based violence across the country. The forum’s chairperson, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, made the call at the End Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in Nigeria summit, organised by the Nigerian Academy of Science (NAS) in collaboration with Ford Foundation in Abuja. “We should do everything legally possible to end gender-based violence in the country. Our law enforcement agencies and other stakeholders should redouble their efforts to see the end of violence against women. By ending violence against women, our society will know peace and develop”, Mrs Fayemi said. The Ekiti State First Lady…
Following the news of the tragic killing of Sylvester Oromoni, a student of Dowen College, in Lagos, the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has condemned; mourning the deceased who he described as “one of our bright youngsters doing excellently in school, bringing joy to the family”. This is as he said that no one involved in the killing of the young student will be spared. Buhari’s assurance is contained in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity), Garba Shehu, titled ‘No one involved in the Oromoni killing will be spared, assured President Buhari’.…
THE Lagos State Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Wednesday arraigned one Ishaq Abubakar before Justice P. Lifu of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, on 11 counts bordering on cybercrimes. The suspect was said to have been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Customs Service on August 22, 2020, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on his way to Dubai with 2,863 Automated Teller Machine cards and four SIM cards carefully concealed in packs of noodles. He was handed over to the EFCC on September 10, 2020, by the Deputy Comptroller, Enforcement, Abudulmumuni Bako.…
Up to one million COVID-19 vaccines are estimated to have expired in Nigeria last month without being used, one of the biggest single losses of doses that shows the difficulty African nations have getting shots in arms. Governments on the continent of over one billion people have been pushing for more vaccine deliveries as inoculation rates lag richer regions, increasing the risk of new variants such as the Omicron coronavirus now spreading across South Africa. In Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation and home to more than 200 million people, fewer than 4% of adults have been fully vaccinated, according to…
His Excellency, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Executive Governor of Ondo State, Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State. Your Excellency, OPEN LETTER ON THE URGENT NEED TO CAUTION THE LEADERSHIP OF ONDO STATE AMOTEKUN ON PERCEIVED EXCESSES OF THE CORPS OPERATIVES It is deemed necessary to thank our Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN for giving thoughtful consideration to the establishment of Amotekun Corps, even at a time when he was patriotically prepared to sacrifice his second term ambition. This is the hallmark of committed and selfless leadership. It is also important to thank the Governor for his commitment to the funding, motivations and relative…
Ondo is set to be agog as another edition of Ondo City Marathon has been scheduled for December 18th, 2021 at the Ondo Township Stadium. You can also follow the official marathon page on Facebook for more information, Ondo City Marathon 2021. The competition is open to anyone from Ondo state. Register via the link below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfK64BTrUt1gHvsXk1ou3sAZS_dH3um8LgKaTIsECozFnOzBg/viewform?usp=pp_url
The management of Dowen College, Lagos, has announced the commencement of online academic session despite Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s order to shut down all activities in the school. Mr Sanwo-Olu’s administration had ordered the indefinite closure of the school on Friday, following the controversies surrounding the death of a 12-year-old student, Sylvester Oromoni Junior. This was to enable proper investigations are carried out. But the school management, in a mail sent to parents shortly after the shutdown, announced that all academic activities will be held online until further notice. “We wish to inform you that further to our meeting at the…
Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has revealed why Christians should not pay their tithe to their pastors. He disclosed this on his official Instagram page, stating that only Levites are allowed to receive tithe, even Jesus Christ and his disciples never received tithes because they were not Levites. Omokri wrote, “A pastor tells you that by paying tithe, you have divine protection. Then that same pastor goes out with armed security protecting him. It is either he does not pay his tithe, or he does not believe what he told you. “Divine protection comes by faith, not by tithe! In…