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The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Assembly candidate in Akure North Constituency, Hon. Tomisin Edu Falade, has commended the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, for her intervention to support vulnerable residents of Ondo State through the Renewed Hope Initiative. Tomisin, while speaking on the food distribution programme held at the International Culture […]

……food outreach reflects Tinubu’s anti-poverty drive, says Gov Aiyedatiwa The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has intensified efforts to address hunger and child malnutrition through the establishment of community food banks and expanded food outreach programmes under the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI). The initiative, aimed at improving access to

… as EXCO ratifies 21 infrastructure projects, approves counterpart funding for Owena water scheme The Ondo State Executive Council (EXCO) has approved a $1.6 million United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Small Hydropower Project at the Owena Dam and a 7.5-megawatt gas-fired turbine to power government facilities across the state. The approvals were among far-reaching

The ancient town of Akungba-Akoko came alive on Saturday as sons and daughters at home and abroad gathered to celebrate Akungba Day 2026, a festival of culture, unity, and communal progress. Leading the goodwill messages, Hon. Niran Olanusi #IseOluwa, APC House of Assembly hopeful for Akoko South West Constituency II, felicitated with the people, describing

In a strategic move to reduce power outages, improve electricity supply, and stimulate economic and social activities, the Ondo State Government has commenced the first phase of the distribution of electricity transformers to communities across the three senatorial districts of the State. The transformers, which are of various capacities, including 100KVA 11KV/415V, 300KVA 11KV/415V, and

While the Ondo State Government has highlighted the ongoing rehabilitation of the Owena Water Treatment Plant as evidence of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa’s commitment to restoring public water supply, available project records show that the initiative is a multi-billion-dollar partnership involving international development institutions, the Federal Government, and the Ondo State Government. A fact check

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, NCDC, has reported a fresh increase in confirmed cases of Lassa fever, with the death toll for 2026 now at 229. According to the agency’s latest Lassa Fever Situation Report, Nigeria has recorded 963 confirmed cases so far this year. The report shows a rise in new

By Obadofin Ademola There is a Yoruba proverb that says, “Bí a bá ṣubú, a má ń wo ibi tí a kọsẹ̀”—when we fall, we should look at where we stumbled. But in Ondo State politics, it appears Jimmy Adekanle, popularly known as JAF, has chosen a different approach: instead of looking at where he

By Segun Olatunji Welcome once again to Ogun State, Nigeria’s undisputed capital of political drama, where the atmosphere is ever thick with the scent of burning ambition, the ground is strewn with the dry bones of dead party alliances, and the phone lines are apparently as secure as a screen door on a submarine reaching

The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has launched a fresh reconciliation initiative aimed at resolving internal grievances and restoring greater unity within the party ahead of the 2027 general elections. The initiative followed the inauguration of a high-powered Reconciliation Committee by the State Chairman of the party, Hon. Kolawole Babatunde, with