Festus Adefiranye represents Oke-Igbo/Ile-Oluji/Odigbo Federal Constituency of Ondo State in the House of Representatives. In this interview with PREMIUM TIMES’ Temidayo Akinboyo, the lawmaker speaks on his experience as a first-time lawmaker in the lower chamber, the autonomy of the state legislatures, constituency projects and other sundry issues. Excerpts: PT: You have spent almost a … Read more
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, inaugurated a power substation with a 132 kV transmission line and 132/33 kV transformers in Ondo State. With the completion and inauguration of the substation, communities in the Okitipupa, Ilaje, Irele, Odigbo, and Ese-Odo Local Government Areas in Ondo South senatorial district, which had been without power supply for over … Read more
The National Chairperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has invited all the aspirants who participated in the just concluded governorship primaries in Ondo State. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the invitation by the national secretariat is aimed at finding a way to pacify the aspirants to secure a united front for the party … Read more
It was rancour on Saturday at the various wards, venues of the direct primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as stranded voters protested irregularities in the process. The exercise was to be used to determine who, among 16 aspirants, picks the party’s ticket for the November governorship election. Following the confusion that attended the … Read more
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has inaugurated a seven-member governorship screening committee to screen aspirants ahead of the party’s primary election in Ondo State slated for 25 April. Nze Duru, the party’s Deputy National Organising Secretary, inaugurated the committee on behalf of its NWC on Friday in Abuja. Mr … Read more
President Bola Tinubu has reassured Nigerians that the country will survive the current economic challenges and emerge as a greater nation. He said his administration was working to ensure that the country is reformed for greater efficiency with emphasis on inculcating fairness and equity in all aspects of the national life. Addressing Afenifere leaders at … Read more
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has formally declared his intention to contest the governorship election come November this year. The governor dropped the long awaited news, hours after his predecessor, the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, was buried on Friday. Mr Aiyedatiwa said he would wish to contest and win the forthcoming election as required … Read more
President Bola Tinubu, state governors, ministers and other political figures from different parts of Nigeria, on Wednesday, paid their last respect to the late Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. The remains of Mr Akeredou arrived the state for his final burial rites on Wednesday. Mr Akeredolu, aged 67, died of postrate cancer in a German … Read more
As political gladiators and parties prepare for the governorship primaries scheduled for April in Ondo State, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is facing allegations that his academic credentials are fake. Ondo State Redemption Initiative (OSRI), which claims to be a social-political group, on Monday, raised the alarm over the governor’s qualifications, warning the ruling All Progressives Congress … Read more
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos on New Year’s Day intercepted a consignment of ‘Colorado’, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America. A weeklong intelligence-led operation to get the receiver arrested was consummated … Read more
