They said, they said: Mimiko spent over a billion naira on inauguration – PDP, That’s a lie! – Labour Party

by Isi Esene The Ondo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party has accused the state governor, Olusegun Mimiko of spending over a billion naira to organise his second term inauguration on Sunday. The party spokesman, Ayo Fadaka disclosed this in Akure and wondered why Mimiko will spend such amount when his victory is still... Read More

Akure, Labour Party, LP, Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, PDP, Politics

February 7, 2013

Opinion: ‘The Green Revolution’ and the realities of today’s youth

by Wale Bakare Oil became the new Agriculture of my generation. Owning an oil block was more worthy than tilling the land. As far back as the early 80s – Nigerias post colonial Agricultural revolution recorded some remarkable feat in the global world. Farming became the imported old bride for the previously stone-aged dwellers having... Read More

agriculture, Green Revolution, Ibrahim Babangida, Olusegun Mimiko, Olusola Saraki, Ondo, Wale Bakare, World Bank, youth

February 5, 2013

Debo Adejugbe: Gov. Olusegun Mimiko is the reference point for real leadership (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe “Leadership success is having a dream then work, work, work.” – Bill Newman Recently, a friend asked me if I am sympathetic towards any political party. He wanted me to write in support of such a political party and help others choose a path come 2015. I had to think long and... Read More

Debo Adejugbe, Leadership, MRI, Olosegun Mimiko, Ondo, party, Politics, scan

January 30, 2013

23-year-old sentenced to 3 years in jail for stealing a ‘China BlackBerry’ phone in Ondo

by Akan Ido Adepoju Jamiu, a 23-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment for stealing a China BlackBerry phone worth N17,000. He was sentenced by the Ikare Magistrate’s Court, Ondo state for stealing the phone from one Suleiman Asimiyi. This offence, according to the police prosecutor, Aigbojie Amileomen, violates Section 383(1) volume one,... Read More

Adepoju Jamiu, Aigbojie Amileomen, BlackBerry phone, Ikare Magistrate's Court, Ondo, Suleiman Asimiyi

January 17, 2013

SEE the 2014 Bentley acquired by the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom (SNAPSHOT)

by Akan Ido According to reports, the above pictured 2014 Bentley is the actual car purchased by the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom in Ondo State. Oba Akinruntan, the Chairman of Obat Oil, also has a custom built 2012 Rolls Royce similar to that of Queen Elizabeth II. We wonder what it feels to ride in... Read More

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January 16, 2013

Ondo monarch makes history by being first black person to buy 2014 Bentley worth about $235,000 (PHOTO)

by Akan Ido What does it feel to drive in a 2014 Bentley? For now, only the Olugbo of Ubgo Kingdom in Ondo State can tell us. The traditional ruler got delivery of the wonder-on-wheels last week all customized and ready to go. Car enthusiasts estimate the car to be worth about $235,000. Reports say... Read More

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January 15, 2013

Ondo: Commissioner slaps director over alleged tractor diversion

Ondo State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Nicolas Tofowomo yesterday threw decorum to the wind as he openly slapped a director in the Ministry of Works, Mr M.J Afeniforo severally over a trivial issue. The commissioner was said to have approached the director for a tractor but Afeniforo was said to have told the commissioner that... Read More

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January 11, 2013

“He poured salt and dipped his fingers inside me” – 22-year-old woman alleges of ‘pastor’ who was brutally beaten

A 32-year old Nigerian pastor, Kehinde Boluwaji, has landed himself in trouble for allegedly dipping his fingers and pouring salt inside a woman’s private part under the false pretence of carrying out deliverance on her. Boluwaji, who hails from Ondo State, Southwest Nigeria, reportedly lied to the victim, 22-year old Busola Adebayo that she was... Read More

Busola Adebayo, Ijeshatedo, Kehinde Boluwaji, Ondo, Sexual assault

January 10, 2013

Michael Orodare: The Labour Party’s Orange Revolution (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare There is a LP spirit in all of us, and that is the spirit that inspires us not to settle for less, but move forward to break new ground, that spirit which triggers us to set new records… By May 29th 2013, all things being equal, Nigeria will be celebrating 14 years... Read More

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December 28, 2012

Fiery December: Fire guts Ondo FRCN station, shuts down operation

by Akan Ido This season is turning out to be a fiery one as the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Positive FM, station in Akure was yesterday gutted by fire. Sources say the fire which destroyed many of the station’s vital equipments started around 6:40am when the station has barely commenced its daily transmission. Just... Read More

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December 19, 2012

Stop selling coffins near hospitals – Ondo set for ban

by Hauwa Gambo Yesterday, the Ondo government signalled that it is ready to push a law banning the sale of coffins near hospitals. The state’s commissioner for health, Dr. Dayo Adeyanju said this yesterday in the capital, Akure during the launch of a programme called ‘Working Together for Health’ – to coordinate the activities of... Read More

Akure, coffins, Dayo Adeyanju, Ondo

December 18, 2012

Jungle Justice: 9 men arraigned in Ondo for attempted murder

by Akan Ido Nine men were earlier today arraigned before an Ogbese Ayede Magistrates’ Court over an alleged attempt to commit murder. They were accused of beating one Ogundele Oluwatosin (female) and Ogundele Femi (male) with iron rods to a state of coma. The suspects are James Godwin, 30; Godwin Peter, 32; Sunday Bameyi, 28; Francis... Read More

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December 9, 2012

Opinion: Corruption – The 37th State of the Federation

by Theophilus Ilevbare “Corruption has become a state of the Federation, drawing its weekly and monthly allowances from the Federation Account unabashedly” – Lawyer, Fred Agbaje Lately, the Nigerian media has been awash with opinion, analysis and editorials on the spiralling rate of corruption especially under the President Goodluck Jonathan led administration. The war against... Read More

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October 31, 2012

Opinion: How opposition parties helped Mimiko win Ondo poll

by Sam Fatoyinbo The weapons that the oppositions used before and during the election were outright lies; half-truths; character assassinations; display of money; false propaganda; imposition of candidate(s); personality-based campaigns rather than issue-based ones among others. The just-concluded governorship election in Ondo State has added another dimension to the democratic dispensation in Nigeria. The election... Read More

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October 29, 2012

Road transport chairman killed over N100 association fee

by Isi Esene Ebenezer Adedeji, a branch chairman of the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria, RTEAN, at a park in Ondo State, has been reported killed by an unidentified commercial motorcycle driver in an argument over the daily N100 ticket collected by the association. Adedeji was said to have accosted the commercial motorcycle operator... Read More

Akure, Ebenezer Adedeji, motorcycle operator, okada, Ondo, RTEAN

October 28, 2012

Simon Kolawole: Achebe and the future of Nigeria

Actually, I used to expect so much from our leaders. But I have grown frustrated. After closely observing Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan in the last 13 years, I have come to the painful conclusion that we have a long way to go. I’m very sorry to disappoint you – this... Read More

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October 26, 2012

Hauwa Gambo: Bola Ahmed Tinubu, you have a message (YNaija FrontPage)

In the South-West which it dominates, the ACN has ambled along with juvenile irredentism (Rauf Aregbesola, Osun) arrogant elitism (Babatunde Fashola, Lagos), oblivious inaction (Ibikunle Amosun, Ogun), wanton profligacy (Abiola Ajimobi, Oyo); redeemed only by flashes of brilliance (Kayode Fayemi, Ekiti). One of the distinct tragedies of our politics is that a succession of leaders... Read More

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October 23, 2012

Kumbaya: PDP pays congratulatory visit to Mimiko

by Stanley Azuakola There are no permanent foes in politics, the saying goes. Here’s your proof: The Peoples Democratic Party, which along with the Action Congress of Nigeria, fiercely contested the just concluded gubernatorial poll in Ondo State with Olusegun Mimiko of the Labour Party, paid a congratulatory visit to the latter at the Ondo... Read More

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October 23, 2012

Opinion: Jagaban returns to Lagos empty-handed

by Niyi Akinnaso Several mediators appealed to him to leave Governor Olusegun Mimiko alone, that he was too popular in Ondo State to be dislodged, that Ondo politics was kind of unique, and that a Mimiko victory might dent his political stature and expose his vulnerabilities. But the National Leader of the Action Congress of... Read More

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October 23, 2012

We have “incontrovertible evidence” of rigging in Ondo – ACN

by Hauwa Gambo Public sentiment be damned – the Action Congress of Nigeria is insisting it should have won the Ondo gubernatorial elections this weekend. In a statement issues yesterday, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Rotimi Akeredolu insisted that the win by the Labour Party’s Olusegun Mimiko was tainted with irregularities –... Read More

acn, akeredolu, Labour, Mimiko, Ondo

October 21, 2012

TICKER: #OndoDecides: Police arrest two with N1m at polling booth

The police on Saturday arrested two persons in possession of N1 million and instructional materials on how to vote with the inscription of the Peoples Democratic Party. The Commissioner of Police deployed for the governorship election in Ondo State, Mr. Mohammed Ndabawa, told our corespondent on the telephone that two persons were arrested at a... Read More

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October 21, 2012

TICKER: It’s looking like a landslide victory for Mimiko…

Results of some polling units announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission have shown that the Labour Party candidate, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, is leading. Mimiko polled 348 votes at his Ondo Ward 7 Unit 20, while the PDP and the ACN scored 18 and 16 respectively. Voters across Ondo trooped to the streets... Read More

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October 20, 2012

#OndoDecides: Voting underway in Ondo State governorship election

Reporting by Gbadebo Daniel (YNaija Ondo Correspondent) The elections in Ondo State is going on smoothly with reports of violence in isolated places. The three gubernatorial candidates in the election, the incumbent, Olusegun Mimiko, Rotimi Akeredolu, and Olusola Oke have been accredited and waiting to cast their votes in their respective polling units. Security personnel... Read More

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October 8, 2012

Onoshe Nwabuikwu Reviews: Bisi Olatilo goes over the top, the Ondo debate, and more

by Onoshe Nwabuikwu Did you know it was Independence? Monday October 1, 2012 was Nigeria’s 52nd Independence anniversary. Not that you needed reminding. I’m also fairly certain that the events of the past one to two weeks would have jogged the memory of even the worst amnesiac. So, did you feel the Independence Day... Read More

Airtime, Bisi Olatilo, Debate, election, Olusegun Mimiko, Ondo, Onoshe Nwabuikwu

September 21, 2012

N200m worth of items missing at ex-militants’ camp in Obubra

by Akan Ido There are reports that over N200m worth of items have been carted away during the relocation of ex-militants formerly camped at the Federal Government’s Amnesty Camp in Obubra, Cross River State. The camp was officially closed last year after the successful training of over 26,000 ex-militants on non-violence transformational training. Most of... Read More

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September 17, 2012

Petrol scarcity bites in Lagos, other South West states

by Isi Esene Scarcity of petroleum products is slowly creeping into Lagos and other south-west states due to the vandalization of the Arepo distribution pipeline which supplies products to depots in these states. The scarcity will affect Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and Ondo States because petroleum products from the Atlas Cove jetty is normally conveyed... Read More

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July 15, 2012

Student Union leaders die in Akure-Owo road accident

by Isi Esene Students of the Federal University Technology, Akure (FUTA) took to the streets yesterday in protest against the government for failing to regulate the movement of articulated trucks plying the Akure-Owo Road which they claim led to the death of three student union leaders, one of which was from FUTA. The Tribune reported that the vehicle which the... Read More

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June 24, 2012

“Kangaroo election” – Ondo ACN aspirants kick against (s)election of Akeredolu

by Stanley Azuakola Once again, the tradition of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in shunning democratic primaries in favour of hand-picking candidates is causing ripples within the party. In Ondo State, the party recently selected the former president of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Rotimi Akeredolu, as its governorship candidate for the October 20 polls. This... Read More

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They said, they said: Mimiko spent over a billion naira on inauguration – PDP, That’s a lie! – Labour Party

Opinion: ‘The Green Revolution’ and the realities of today’s youth

Debo Adejugbe: Gov. Olusegun Mimiko is the reference point for real leadership (Y! Politico)

23-year-old sentenced to 3 years in jail for stealing a ‘China BlackBerry’ phone in Ondo

SEE the 2014 Bentley acquired by the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom (SNAPSHOT)

Ondo monarch makes history by being first black person to buy 2014 Bentley worth about $235,000 (PHOTO)

Ondo: Commissioner slaps director over alleged tractor diversion

“He poured salt and dipped his fingers inside me” – 22-year-old woman alleges of ‘pastor’ who was brutally beaten

Michael Orodare: The Labour Party’s Orange Revolution (Y! Politico)

Fiery December: Fire guts Ondo FRCN station, shuts down operation

Stop selling coffins near hospitals – Ondo set for ban

Jungle Justice: 9 men arraigned in Ondo for attempted murder

Opinion: Corruption – The 37th State of the Federation

Opinion: How opposition parties helped Mimiko win Ondo poll

Road transport chairman killed over N100 association fee

Simon Kolawole: Achebe and the future of Nigeria

Hauwa Gambo: Bola Ahmed Tinubu, you have a message (YNaija FrontPage)

Kumbaya: PDP pays congratulatory visit to Mimiko

Opinion: Jagaban returns to Lagos empty-handed

We have “incontrovertible evidence” of rigging in Ondo – ACN

TICKER: #OndoDecides: Police arrest two with N1m at polling booth

TICKER: It’s looking like a landslide victory for Mimiko…

#OndoDecides: Voting underway in Ondo State governorship election

Onoshe Nwabuikwu Reviews: Bisi Olatilo goes over the top, the Ondo debate, and more

N200m worth of items missing at ex-militants’ camp in Obubra

Petrol scarcity bites in Lagos, other South West states

Student Union leaders die in Akure-Owo road accident

“Kangaroo election” – Ondo ACN aspirants kick against (s)election of Akeredolu

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