The dust raised by the sudden charge and proposed arraignment of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, who is the highest judicial officer in the country, before the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is yet to settle. Nigerians are still debating the propriety and legality of the action. Chief Ferdinand Orbih (SAN) in…

The ongoing Lassa fever outbreak in some parts of the country has killed eight additional persons and infected 35 others in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja and six other states. Latest update on Lassa fever released yesterday by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) Abuja, capturing Week 2 (January 7 to January 13,…

The last time I saw Chief Bernard Uwadinisu Onyenokwe was several years ago. I had driven from Port Harcourt straight to his house in Effurun, near Warri. He was expecting me because we had spoken earlier on the phone. We shook hands warmly, exchanged pleasantries and it was clear that though he was already in…

Residents of Ode-Aye community in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State have decried the arbitrary services and estimated charges by Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) after 48 months of mass disconnection from the national grid.  The community, under the aegis of Bring Back Our Light (BBOL), a pressure group campaigning for the restoration of…

President Muhammadu Buhari led Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, the leadership of the National Assembly and the judiciary to lay wreaths at the National Memorial Arcade in Abuja yesterday.

“The language of economic development, of transformation of nature, of the re-organisation of social activity is basically cultural and not, as some economists want us to believe, a mechanistic substitution of man’s social activity with abstract categories Dr. Sule Bello (1989) Sule Bello’s statement, cited above, reflect current thinking among experts on the symbiotic relationship…

Recently, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), confirmed seven Persons dead and 14 affected by the lassa fever virus in five states, which include Ondo, Edo, Delta, Plateau, Bauchi and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. In the face of this, health experts have advised that families, communities and individuals protect themselves by avoiding…

In a bid to rid Ondo State of crime, especially increasing kidnappings and armed robbery in recent times, the Nigerian Army 32 Artillery Brigade, Akure, has commenced Exercise Egwu Eke III. General Officer Commanding, 2 Division, Major General Okwudili Azinta, said during the inauguration yesterday in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Government Area, that there…

Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has presented a budget of N190.023 billion for the 2019 fiscal year to the House of Assembly, tagging it ‘Budget of Advancement’. According to him, the state has been paying debt, especially the six months salary arrears left by the immediate past administration, promising to pay the outstanding month soon.…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state has cautioned individuals and groups in the state against playing politics with security matters. The party’s Publicity Secretary in the state, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, made the call in a statement on Thursday in Akure. “Those playing politics with the security and peace of the state should urgently…

Ondo State government has suspended five senior civil servants over alleged graft and ticket racketeering in tax administration to the tune of N200 million. The Guardian gathered that Mrs. Oluwatoyin Abiodun, Mr. Ojo Ayodeji, Mr. David Omoyajowo, Mr. Isaac Solomon and Mr. Femi Tuki allegedly diverted the public fund to their private purses. They were…

Female farmers in Ondo State, through the Small Scale Women Farmers’ Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON), have alleged the government at all levels of marginalisation in the agricultural businesses. The women, from the 18 local government areas of the state, said this in Akure at the weekend during the SWOFON annual forum organised by Justice, Development and…