Browsing: Ondo state

Parents and teachers of candidates who registered for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination are distressed by the 77% failure rate reported by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. JAMB mentioned on Monday that 77% of the 1,842,464 candidates whose 2024 UTME results were released scored below 200 out of 400. However, some parents and teachers […]

The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Dr Olayide Adelami, has expressed confidence in the victory of his principal, Lucky Aiyedatiwa in the ongoing All Progressives Congress primary election being superintended by Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State. Adelami said he has seen evidence that the people of the state are solidly behind Aiyedatiwa. In a statement […]

Violence erupted at Ward 1 at Stella Maris College, Okitipupa, between rival supporters of two people competing to be the All Progressives Congress candidate for the Ondo State Governorship election on November 16. Approved party members, who had gathered in large numbers to take part in the candidate selection process, ran […]

As the primary of the All Progressives Congress is ongoing, some of the stakeholders in the election have been crying foul over how the election committee handled the electoral process. The aggrieved party members alleged that the committee which was headed by the Kogi State Governor, Mr Usman Ododo, was biased in the assignment. Ododo […]

An Ondo State Magistrate Court in Akure has decided to keep a 24-year-old man, Peter Adebayo, in custody for supposedly causing his friend's death with a 3kg cooking gas cylinder. Adebayo got arrested by the state police for the act at Ireakari Street, Akure, and was later taken to court. […]

Richard Olatunde, former Chief Press Secretary to the late Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the late governor never wished the current governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to succeed him. Olatunde made his position known in a statement made available to journalists on Tuesday. He was reacting to Aiyedatiwa’s claim that the late governor […]