By Adeboye Ado  No fewer than 5 travellers lost their lives in a lone accident that occurred in Ikaram Akoko, in the Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. While others sustained varying degrees of injuries, it was gathered that the 18-seater bus conveying the victims had one of its tyre busted on high speed, leading to loss of wheel control. An eyewitness said that the tyre busted along a junction leading to two neighboring communities, said the incident had since thrown the agrarian community into mourning. “It happened very close to a junction leading to Ajowa and Akunnu Akoko, infact tears rolled down today. No one is happy ever since the incident occurred today”  Confirming the incident, the unit commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ikare-Akoko, Mr Oluropo Alabi, warned motorists against reckless driving and use of expired tyres.  Efforts to speak with the Chief Medical Director of Ikare State Specialist Hospital, Dr. Ade Idowu were unsucce...

B y Tai Oguntayo Publisher,  Fountain Newsbreaker L et no one be surprised that the wife of former Ekiti governor, Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi is being celebrated by everybody, everywhere on her birthday. It is so because of who she was before coming to Ekiti State as the first lady, who she was when she was the first lady and who she remains to be even after living the stage as the wife of the governor. She touched many lives and still touches many lives more than anyone can expect. She was the stabilizer of the Fayemi administration and for her many, including those who served in that government would have lost their faces in the various communities. She gives everyone sense of belonging and identifies with the underprivileged.  When you want to talk about Erelu as an author, then you want to talk of a prolific and renowned author who, within a space of six years, chuned out four voluminous books apart from other contributions to national and international journals. You will ...

By Adeboye Ado  There have been huge concern in the last few days over the state of polity in Ondo State following the ill-health of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu.  Rumour was rife last weekend that the Governor had passed away, but it was immediately debunked by the State Government, insisting that he is alive and not dead as widely speculated in many quarters.  “We have been inundated with calls and messages concerning the state of health of the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, CON. We had chosen to ignore this wicked fabrication until it appeared that certain persons seek to draw political mileage from the disinformation. “Though the Governor has been indisposed for sometime, he has been attending to state matters and delegating functions to functionaries of the Government, when necessary. We enjoin the members of the public to ignore the rumour. Aketi is very much alive, the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Bamidele Ademola-Ola This ...

The pan Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, has stated that the 2023 Democracy Day is very significant because one of the leading lights of the June 12 Struggle, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, is now the President and Commander in Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  The organization made this declaration in press released signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi as the nation marks the 30th anniversary of the presidential election considered then as the freest and most credible in the annals of Nigerian elections since independence in 1960. It would be recalled that the election which was won by the business mogul, Basorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, GCFR, was annulled by the military administration that conducted it under the leadership of General Ibrahim Babangida. The annulment caused a lot of uproar both within and outside Nigeria. Its aftermath made the country to be isolated by many countries for some years. A lot of lives and proper...

In line with the administration’s Governance agenda, the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has signed five new laws, following their passage by the state House of Assembly.  In a press release statement signed by the Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, Olayinka Oyebode, he says that the signing of the new laws came barely five days after the Governor signed three laws at a brief ceremony on the last day of the sixth Assembly.  The newly signed laws are:Ekiti State local Government staff loans board law, 2023, Ekiti State Fire Service Law. 2023, Ekiti State Wealth and Fund Law, 2023. Ekiti State Local Government Administration Law, 2023, Yoruba language preservation and promotion law 2023.  Governor Oyebanji restates his administration’s commitment to promoting good governance through relevant legislations and policies that have direct impact on the people.  

... As Owa Ooye, FOIU Congratulates Proprietor Hillside University of Science and Technology in Okemesi Ekiti and 36 other Universities newly established by the Federal Government have been presented provisional licence of operation by the National Universities Commission (NUC ). This epoch making event took place in Abuja today where the Executive Secretary, NUC, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed presented the licences to the universities making the number of private universities in the country to now stand at 147. Prof Rasheed, who said that the country now has 264 universities, said that investment in tertiary education was a pre-requisite for human capital development in the country. It would be recalled that the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on May 15. The Executive Secretary said that access to university education remained a challenge due to the high demand and increasing number of secondary school graduates. In a good will message, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board...

The International Institute of Journalism, Ado Ekiti campus has asked its students to pay their school fees while announcing the date for the first term examination. The State coordinator of the International Institute of Journalism, Mr Dare Daniel made this declaration during a meeting with the students of the institute on crucial matters relating to the students today, 8th June, 2023. Mr Dare who encouraged every students to pay up their school fees, said this would fasten the preparation for the forthcoming Matriculation which will hold on 20th June, 2023. The coordinator announced the date for the examination as 22nd June, 2023. He promised the students that the school would make available everything needed for the examination. Reacting to some shortcomings as raised by the students, the coordinator encouraged the class governors to reach out to the school. He enjoined them to organize themselves to take care of the classroom. He urges the students to cooporate with the students re...