Author: Tunde Akingbondere
The Senator representing Ondo Central Senatorial District in the House of Senate, Mr. Adeniyi Adegbonmire SAN, has reacted to the viral allegation by a socio-cultural group in Idanre, Makanre International Brothers (MIB), challenging him over paying scant attention to the plight of the community despite his visible contributions to other communities in the Senatorial District. The president of the group, Dr. Ebenezer Akinsunlola JP, raised the allegations in a strong-worded statement addressed to the Senator on June 11, 2025. The statement reads: “The people of Idanre are tired of being treated as second-class citizens within Ondo State Central Senatorial District.…
An operative of the Osun State Amotekun Corps, Sheriff Ogundiran, has been announced to have collapsed in his house while preparing for work and was later confirmed dead minutes later. The spokesperson for the corps, Yusuf Idowu, during an interview with journalists on Thursday, further clarified that Ogundiran suddenly took ill at home and could not be revived. Idowu said Ogundiran, who until his death, served as the Provost of the B Division at the Ila-Orangun Command, “collapsed unexpectedly and was later confirmed dead,” noting that the death left a profound void within the corps and the larger security community…
The Ekimogun Roundtable, a socio-economic advocacy group comprising indigenes of Ondo both home and in the diaspora, has raised serious concerns over alleged mismanagement of constituency projects in the Ondo East/West Federal Constituency. Of particular concern is the controversial ₦500 million Ondo City Library project, alongside several questionable empowerment programmes. In a statement signed by its Acting Secretary, Ms. Christiana Ayodele, and released to journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the group described the handlers of the constituency projects as “economic warlords waging a monumental war against the well-being of the people of Ondo City by raking billions from them but…
Former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has credited President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for deeming it fit to remember some of the heroes of the June 12 Struggle. The ex-governor applauded Tinubu on Thursday during a Channels Television special June 12 event tagged ‘Nigeria’s Democratic Journey: An Inter-Generational Conversation On Building A Better Nation’. He however confessed that Nigeria has yet to achieve real democracy fought for by many, including himself. This is irrespective of her successful transition from military administrations to civilian rule in 1999. While spotlighting his role in the June 12 Struggle, he said he and other…
The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ondo State Branch, has today commenced an indefinite strike to press home its consistent demand for the implementation of judicial and financial autonomy. JUSUN, Ondo State branch, in Its notice of Industrial Action to its functionaries, said: Dear Esteemed Members, We, the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ondo State Branch, hereby notify you that we will commence our planned industrial action starting today, June 13, 2025. This decision follows the expiration of the 7-day ultimatum issued to the Government of Ondo State on June 4, 2025, and the lack of response from…
In a turn of events some have described to be renewed hope for Nigerians, Mr. Bayo Ojulari, the Group CEO, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), has made his first audacious shot at transparent operations, by releasing the details of its activities for the month of April to the public. The Bayo Ojulari-led national oil company, which was appointed by President Bola Tinubu on April 2, 2025, also announced that in the month under consideration, the total revenue of the company reached N5.89 trillion. The development has been dubbed a milestone for the new leadership of the national oil company,…
To the Westerner, land is one of the four factors of production, riding in the same vehicle with labour, capital and entrepreneurship. In the terminology of modern economics, land is a variable. A variable is inconsistent, like Nigerian politicians. Land is also a utility, like the Nigerian masses, used and dumped. Land is a means of profit. Prophets profit in Nigeria sinfully. Land is an asset…A broader definition adds technology and human capital to the four basic factors. In Africa, land holds a spiritual significance beyond its role as a factor of production. Land’s ancient name is Earth. Land is…
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa, has released the list of his first 12 Commissioner Nominees with former Adekunle Ajasin University Vice Chancellor, Professor Amos Igbekele Ajibefun, Engr. Ayorinde Abiola Olawoye, Dr Oluwaseun Abosede Osamaye, Otunba Adewale Akinlosotu, Mr. Olaolu Akindolire, featuring prominently. Other nominated Commissioners whose names have been forwarded to the Ondo State House of Assembly for onward ratification are: Hon. Ayodele Akande, Engr Alabi Johnson, Alhaji Amidu Takuro, Mr. Idowu Ajanaku, Dr Tob Loko, Hon. Sunday Olajide, Mr. Omoyofunmi Segun Henry. The governor, in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Ebenezer Adeniyan,…
The full pardon granted Ken Saro-Wiwa and his Ogoni colleagues, popular as Ogoni 9, has elicited mixed feelings among many Ogoni indigenes. Saro-Wiwa, Writer and Environmentalist, along with the other Ogoni 8, were put to death at the Port Harcourt prisons on 10th November, 1995 after a jury said to have appointed to carry out a sham trial found them guilty of allegedly masterminding the horrendous murder of four Ogoni Chiefs, including a former Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Albert Barde. They were killed in an atmosphere many have alleged to be “premeditated,” and “murderous.” Meanwhile, on Thursday, June…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has taken a swipe at opposition parties, declaring that it was a “pleasure” to witness the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) in disarray. The president made the remarks on Thursday during a joint sitting of the National Assembly to mark this year’s Democracy Day, where he also welcomed defectors from the opposition into the All Progressives Congress (APC). “You are all welcome to the progressive fold. Nobody should close the door,” Tinubu said in a jab at the internal divisions plaguing opposition parties. “It is indeed a pleasure to witness you in such…