Tag: Akeredolu
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Presidency never summoned South West Governors over launch of ‘Operation Amotekun’ – Akeredolu
Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has denied reports the six South Governors were summoned by the Presidency over the launch of Western Nigeria Security Network code named Operation Amotekun. There had been insinuations in the social media that the Presidency had, a day to the inauguration, summoned the Governors to defend the security outfit for the…
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PDP left us with N220bn debt – Ondo gov
The Ondo State Government on Monday declared that it had reduced the debt inherited from the immediate past administration of the Peoples Democratic Party, by 50 per cent. The government also disclosed that the Dr Olusegun Mimiko-led Peoples Democratic Party administration left a sum of N220 billion debt The state Commissioner for Information and Orientation,…
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JUST IN: APC lifts suspension on Akeredolu, Okorocha, Amosun, others
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has lifted the suspension on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Ibikunle Amosun, Rochas Okorocha, Osita Okechukwu and Pastor Usani Uguru Usani. A statement issued by the party said the move was in line with the party’s deliberate policy of fairness and actions targeted at ensuring harmony…
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Ex-Ondo gov, Mimiko loses mother
…Akeredolu mourns Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has commiserated with his predecessor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, over the demise of his mother, Alhaja Muyinat Mimiko. Alhaja Mimiko died in the early hours of Saturday in her hometown, Ondo at the age of 88. She died in her sleep at the residence of her son where…
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DSS invasion: Judges at risk of being arrested during court session ― Akeredolu
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, has condemned the manner in which operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) stormed the court to rearrest Omoyele Sowore on Friday. The DSS rearrested Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, at the federal high court in Abuja less than 24 hours after he was released following a detention…
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Photos: Tinubu, Amosun, Ajimobi, Akande, others storm Ondo for Akeredolu’s daughter’s wedding
It was a beehive of activities at the Owo residence of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu and his Wife Mrs Betty Anyanmu-Akeredolu on Saturday as political big wigs converged to felicitate with him on the Traditional and Wedding ceremony of his daughter. Personalities at the ceremony include former Governor of Lagos State and national…
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Akeredolu reshuffles cabinet
The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, on Friday announced a cabinet reshuffle as he changed the portfolios of some of his commissioners. The development came barely 24 hours after he inaugurated five new commissioners and two special advisers, as well as the new caretaker chairmen of the 18 local government areas of the state.…
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Akeredolu rejigs cabinet, drops three commissioners
…Names five commissioner-nominees, special advisers Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has rejigged his cabinet. According to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Segun Ajiboye, three commissioners were relieved of their duties. They are Prince Solagbade Amodeni of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development; Taofiq Abdusalam of the Ministry…
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Nigerian roads only safe for VIPs – Ondo Governor, Akeredolu
Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has decried the spate of kidnapping on highways but assured that the menace would become the thing of the past soonest. He spoke on Sunday evening during the maiden participatory Radio/Television programme tagged” an evening with Mr Governor’ in Akure, the state capital. Akeredolu lamented that Akure/Ibadan road is now…
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Akeredolu emerges Chairman, South-West Governors Forum
Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has emerged the chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum. Akeredolu emerged chairman of the group at a Special Security Meeting of Governors from the South West region, held at the Ondo State Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja. The meeting was held to address the growing spate of insecurity in the…