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…as Governor rounds off campaign tour The Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC) on Friday clarified that its fuel purchase for operators of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, in Akoko communities was not an attempt to induce them ahead of Saturday's governorship primary-election of the All Progressives Congress (APC). At press time, no fewer than 1,500 okadas had got the freebie of having their tanks filled at various petrol stations in Ikare, headquarters of Akoko Northeast, and in its environs, streaming to communities in Akoko Northwest and Akoko Northest. Justifying the gesture, the LACO-FSIC Convener and prominent indigene of Ikare, Dr Oladipupo Okeyomi, said the gesture was a continuation of palliative measures emb...

By Kayode Fasua In an unprecedented manner, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State stormed the ancient town of Owo amid tumultuous crowds of supporters on Wednesday, in continuation of his campaigns for the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Owo is the hometown of the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), who was Aiyedatiwa's immediate predecessor. Various APC groups had been mobilised to receive the governor under the aegis of Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council (LACO-FSIC), led by its Director-General for Owo Local Government, Dr. Adeyemi Olayemi, widely known as Koko. Olayemi's LACO-FSIC team was also complemented by Wumi Network group, floated by the state's Commissioner for Finance, Mrs Omowumi Isaac. ...

Convener/National Coordinator of Social Rehabilitation Gruppe (SRG), Dr. Marindoti Oludare, has tasked government at the state and local government levels to replicate the kind gesture of the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by assisting indigent students and pupils of secondary and primary schools, respectively. The President recently announced student loans cutting across tertiary institutions in the country. Oludare, a US-based medical doctor from Ondo State, Nigeria, gave the admonition at the end-of-session party organised for pupils of Delad Nursary and Primary School, Iro, Akure, Ondo State. The medic and socio-political activist noted that President Tinubu had set the template for giving access to children from poor homes who aspire to become graduates but a...

General Evangelist of Christ Apostolic Church, Prophet Ezekiah Oladeji, has expressed the conviction that ailing Ondo State governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), would return to his desk hale and hearty soon. He gave the forsee at a thanksgiving service, powered by Prince Oyeleye Fasua, to mark the 67th birthday of the governor at the Chapel of Grace, Government House, Akure, over the weekend. Oladeji, who expressed consternation at insinuations that the governor was incapacitated or dying, sneered, saying many of the governor's detractors were his supposed friends. "I know some people are already rejoicing, trying to fathom out the type of 'aso ebi ' apparel to be bought in the event of the governor’s death. Whereas, these are people close to him, who are supposed to be his frie...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State, Mr. Kamoru Ogundare, has raised the alarm over continued threat to his life and those of his family members as a fallout of the political hostility in his Okeigbo hometown of Ileoluji-Okeigbo Local Government area, since last year. Kamoru, who is currently in hiding, has sought for assistance through his uncle, Alhaji Sumola Faremi, who spoke with our correspondent in Okeigbo over the weekend. He said Ogundare's ordeal dated to May 2022 when his principal to whom he was a special assistant on politics and strategy, contested for the PDP ticket to run for the House of Representatives' election from the area. "There were seven other contestants along with Kamoru's boss known as Honourable Olatunji Timothy Felder. "Some o...

Nigeria-born US medical practitioner, Dr. Marindoti Oludare, who joins other eminent Nigerians in congratulating elder statesman and Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti on his 97th birthday, has described the nonagenarian as not just a builder of men but also of the nation. Thirty-four-year old Oludare, who is Convener/National Coordinator of Social Rehabilitation Gruppe (SRG) in a statement titled, "A Prose to a Sage", issued from Texas, USA, described Akure, Ondo State-born Fashoranti as a leader who could have easily become governor or aspired to be president, but opted to retreat to the background and help in shaping policies that all are today hailing as fantastic. Recall that Pa Fashoranti who turns 97 on Thursday, was an acolyte of the late sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and ...

Founder of the Change Agent Foundation International (CAFI), a non-governmental organisation, Dr. Dipo Okeyomi, has applauded the maturity displayed by the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the face of persistent criticisms from opposition parties, in the wake of his electoral victory. Okeyomi, popularly known as Carry-Go, in a goodwill message to mark Easter celebrations, said "Asiwaju, rather than dignify his attackers with responses, has instead retreated to his desk, planning seriously on how to take Nigeria out of the wood". Commending the President-elect to other politicians, Okeyomi, also a leading member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said Tinubu has by his approach, demonstrated that politics is not a do-or-die affair, but a call to service. He, as such ta...

Convener/National Coordinator of a socio-political organisation, Social Rehabilitation Gruppe (SRG), Dr. Marindoti Oludare, has tasked all security organs of government to work assiduously towards ensuring a hitch-free handing over of government to the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, come May 29. Oludare who gave the charge in a statement on Sunday, said the alarm raised by the Department of State Service (DSS) that some groups were plotting to instigate violence ahead of the May 29 handing-over should not be taken lightly. He traced the plot to truncate the Democratic process to losers in the presidential election, urging that they should be reined in. "It is with great concern that I have watched the post-election agitations and instigations in my dear country. I find mos...

Vice-Chancellor of University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, has commiserated with the family of the late Dadakuada music maestro, Alhaji Jaigbade Alao, who died in the early hours of Monday at the age of 121. This is contained in a condolence message issued by the university’s Head of Information and University Relations, Dr Habib Yakoob, on behalf of the Governing Council, Senate, staff members and students of the institution. The vice-chancellor commiserated with Kwara government, Gov. Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq and the Emir of Ilorin, Dr Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, Maimartaba Sarkin Ilori, friends, fans and lovers of the deceased across the world. Na’Allah, who said he had researched extensively into Jaigbade’s music as resource for African Oral Literature and Performance, sai...