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The officers of Federal Fire Service, led by the South West Zone L Commander and Assistant Comptroller of Fire Service, James Olatunji, paid a courtesy visit to Ondo State House of Assembly on Wednesday July 19, 2023. While speaking, the Member representing Ese-Odo Constituency, Hon. (Primate) Toyin Allen, harped on the need for the Federal Fire Service to form synergy with Ondo State Fire Service in order to enhance their common goals which revolve around nipping fire incidents across the state in the bud.  He stressed that Fire Service management should intensify efforts in educating and sensitizing the people of the state on the prevention of fire incident The Honourable also reiterated the importance of having Fire Service presence in the coastal areas of the state - Ese-Odo and Ilaje Local Government Areas which residents constantly make use of bamboos for building construction, smoking fish and other uses, thereby making them prone to inferno. Reacting, the Federal Fire Servi...

Residents of Ketu in Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have called on the state government swing into action over the Obaship tussle in the town  This was coming after some mysterious incident started happening in the town which was connected to the cutting down of an ancestral tree popularly called "IGI OBALUAYE" orchestrated by one Akeem Oluwo Wahab who has been restrained by court as new Alaketu of Ketu Kingdom Our correspondent learnt that since the ancestral tree popularly called IGI OBALUAYE have been cut off strange things like pregnant women dying, man committing suicide and many bad incidents started happening in the town.  A source within the clime while speaking with our correspondent alleged both Tokunbo Wahab, an immediate past special adviser on education to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his cousin, Akeem Oluwo Wahab of selling the land where IGI OBALUAYE was uprooted which was a taboo and has led to several calamities and social unres...

The lawmaker representing Ile-Oluji/ Okeigbo/Odigbo Federal Constituency, Hon Festus Adefiranye has moved a motion on the need for rehabilitation and dualisation of Ore, Ondo, Akure federal road. Adefiranye who moved the motion on the floor of the house, said the  88. 41kilometer road has been earmarked for dualisation by the federal ministry of works several years ago. According to him, it is unfortunate that efforts by successive government to construct the road have failed to yield desired results. He added that the road section that took off from Akure traversed several cities, communities and towns in Akure south, Ondo east,  Ondo West, Odigbo local government areas. He urged the national assembly to instruct the ministry of works and housing to include the reconstruction and dualisation of Ore, Ondo and Akure federal road in the 2024 budget estimate and prirotise the funding of the budget. He also urged the federal government to award the road project to reliable and com...

In the past weeks, some parts of Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State have been ravaged by flood and rainstorm, following incessant heavy downpour. Consequently, the Member representing Ese-Odo State Constituency at Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. (Primate) Toyin Allen has called on the leadership of the House to swing into action and save the people from the devastating effects of flood and rainstorm in the affected areas. Hon. Allen made the call during the plenary session of the House held on Tuesday July 18, 2023, saying that the human and environmental conditions in the flooded and storm ravaged areas of the constituency require urgent and practical intervention in order to alleviate the sufferings of the despondent victims. The Honourable, joined by his colleagues, urged the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji to summon concerned government agencies over the menace posed by the flood and rainstorm. The flood affected communities in Ese-Odo Constituency includ...

The State Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps, Oyo State, Mr Odoba Abel Oche has urged corps members to move with the trend of self employment and entrepreneurship rather than searching for non-available white collar jobs. He encouraged the corps members to embrace valuable entrepreneural ideas that will reduce the unemployment rate in the country. The State Coordinator stated this while delivering his address during the flag off ceremony of Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development Programme for 2023 Batch 'B'stream one Orientation Course.  He reaffirmed the commitment of the Scheme at ensuring that corps members pass out from service with a clear vision. Odoba stated that acquiring a Skill will make them progress, build their confidence, potentially find career opportunities and also have a sense of achievements. He added that people with Skills do not go for job hunting because their skills are better off.  He urged the corps members to acquire the know...

By Eleniola Bamidele, Ekiti A leading and fastest young growing University in Nigeria , Federal University Oye Ekiti is set to hold her 10th inaugural lecture. The lecture is scheduled to hold on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, at the Faculty of Science Auditorium of the institution A statement signed by the registrar, Mr Mufutau Ibrahim said the inaugural lecture titled: titled, Cut Throat Obligations:Quandary in Acres of Diamonds will be delivered by Professor Babatunde Afolabe, a Professor of Finance who doubles as the Incumbent Dean of the Faculty of Management Sciences. “Members of the University Community, friends, and well-wishers are invited to this epoch-making event as the lecture will not only showcase the intellectual prowess of the ivory tower but also serves as a celebration of the collaborative spirit that drives the institution forward,” the statement added.

By Eleniola Bamidele, Ekiti  Students of Food Science Technology, Federal University Oye Ekiti on Thursday, July 13, 2023, organized a natural and nutritious food expo to celebrate her FST Day.  The event which was held at the Faculty of Agriculture Building of the institution with the theme with the theme " Food science and Technology: Prospects and challenges in a Pandemic age was to create awareness among the younger generation of the serious health hazards being caused by ‘fast food culture and the consumption of food being prepared in an unhygienic manner,  Newsline NG gathered that about 110 students of the Faculty of Agirc, who were divided into groups, had displayed 200 varieties of natural foods, all prepared with traditional food grains, pulses, fruits, etc., in t, the expo christened ‘Food Science and Technology: Prospects and Challenges in the Pandemic Age ’. It was also gathered that students from various faculties visited the exhibition, where the visi...