Tag Archives: Ondo

Properties worth millions of naira were gutted by fire at the Akoko Anglican Grammar School in Arigidi Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the fire, which started around 9 am, burnt down the school’s skills acquisition workshops. According to an eyewitness, some of the items destroyed by the inferno included sewing ...

The two children, Igulapelewe Inusokan and Justinah Feiwei, who were initially declared missing at Ajapa under Ese Odo Local Council Area, were found dead over the weekend.  At least two children have lost their lives as a result of flooding in Ondo State while several persons have been sacked from their homes by the incident. The two children, Igulapelewe Inusokan ...

The Ondo State government, on Thursday, justified the demolition of beer parlours and makeshift buildings in its Government Reserved Areas (GRAs) and “containers” on Airport Road in Oba-Ile. The Ondo state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Rasheed Badmus, said in an interview in Akure that the beer parlours had become meeting points for men of the underworld. ...

Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu budgets N15b for rehabilitation and construction of roads across the 18 local government areas of the state this year. The Ondo state Governor plans to spend N3 billion out of the amount budgeted on the reconstruction of roads in the rural areas in other to ease transportation of farm produce to urban areas. These formed part of ...

Residential segregation by ethnicity has become a common trend with Lagos Landlords, especially if the tenant is from the eastern part of Nigeria. In this article we analyse the circumstances that has led to this seeming bias. In Nigeria, having enough money to pay for the type of apartment you wish to rent for a period of time isn’t enough ...

Ondo State government has commissioned the semimechanized abattoir that would process cattle for the residents of the state. According to New Telegraph, the outgoing Governor Olusegun Mimiko who inaugurated the project said the abattoir had the capacity to process 200 heads of cattle in four hours. The governor said the project which started three decades ago was redesigned and awarded ...

Vanguard reports that the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has vowed to complete all on-going projects in the state before the elapse of his tenure even as he assured that the ongoing construction work on the popular Arakale Comprehensive Health Centre in Akure, the capital of Ondo State will be completed and commissioned in January 2017 by his administration. ...

The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, has directed the inclusion of primary school teachers in the category of state workers that often enjoy car and housing loans. He made this known at the 5th Quadrennial State Delegates Conference of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, Ondo State wing, held at the Teachers’ House in Akure, the state capital on Thursday. Punch ...

Coming from the court, the Federal Government of Nigeria has lost ownership claim to a portion of a vast landed property, lying and being at Akure/Owo/Ilesa Road, Ondo State, on which the Federal College of Agriculture, Akure is located. However, the court said the government only has ownership right to 685.9 acres instead of its claim to 965.5 acres. It ...