LAGOS DECEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A dramatic scene unfolded yesterday at the Ibadan private residence of the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. The presence of journalists that converged to cover the condolence visit of the chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum, Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq and his Oyo State counterpart, Seyi Makinde to the deceased residence sparked off resistance….
LAGOS DECEMBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, is dead. A family source said on Wednesday that Akeredolu died in Lagos. Sources revealed that he was managed by State House doctors up to his death because they could not fly him abroad. “Akeredolu is dead; he died in Lagos,” the source said. “They were…
LAGOS OCTOBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Akure, Ondo state capital, has been shut. Men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) are currently at the secretariat. Daily Trust reports that the development is not unconnected with the plan by the members of…
LAGOS JULY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has extended his medical leave indefinitely overseas. The extension was contained in a letter he forwarded to the State House of Assembly. The date of the governor’s resumption was not however stated in the letter. The Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, said the…
LAGOS JANUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-President Muhammad Buhari, yesterday, asked Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to flush out all the criminals in his state, especially the forest reserves. Akeredolu briefs Buhari: Although the Governor failed to grant State House correspondents an interview at the end of his close doors meeting with the President at Aso Rock in…
LAGOS JANUARY 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Presidency has condemned the seven-day ultimatum given to herdsmen by the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to vacate forest reserves, urging the governor ‘not to act outside the constitution of the country’. Akeredolu had on Monday issued a statement giving herdsmen seven days to vacate all forest reserves due to the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The wife of Olugbenga Ale, the Chief of Staff to the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been kidnapped. The police and sources within the government house confirmed this to PREMIUM TIMES. Mrs Ale was abducted at Owena in Idanre council of the state on Thursday night. The incident happened hours after…
LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS) The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, the winner of Ondo State governorship poll. Governor Akeredolu was returned elected after polling the highest number of votes in the keenly-contested poll conducted on Saturday, 10th October 2020. He won in…