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    WE ARE RAISING ALL-ROUND FARMERS SAYS IFAD/LIFE-ND, AS INCUBATEES TOUR ESTABLISHED FARMS TO ACQUIRE MORE PRACTICAL LESSONS IN FARMING.      The IFAD/LIFE ND, Ondo Project Office has stated resolve to make its incubattes all-round farmers, capable of venturing into any agric activity.   The IFAD/LIFE-ND, Ondo State Project Coordinator, Mr. Olawale Ademola stated this mission after the incubattees had visited a crop/vegetable and Integrated farms in Idanre, in Ifedore and Ogbese in Owo local government areas of the State.     Mr. Olawale, who was represented by Mr. Agbotoba Gbenga, the State IFAD/LIFE-ND Knowledge Management and Communication Resource Person, explained that the development was to expand knowledge base of the incubattees.   "The training tour has allowed incubatees to gain more knowledge about vegetable and integrated farming in order to supplement their income in their respective enterprises of choice. We have 25 incubatees drawn from seven local government

TWELVE HOURS OF AN  INTRUDER.     By Sunday Ajibola Edobor  These days that technology, particularly, the internet has turned everyone into a recluse of sorts, numerous people now depend on tools, which are offshoots of the modern day invention. With telegram, whattsapp and others, communication has become a piece of cake. And the world, our world, is a global village as predicted by Marshall McLuhan decades ago. And the internet also came with its attendant human frailties. Internet fraud, such as card scam and yahoo are two offshoots of the technological advancement. Many have been duped via these vehicles. Money, materials and documents have been stolen, causing the owners trauma and immeasurable monumental losses of cash and other valuables.    I was battling with personal physical woes which had knocked me off active participation in anything worthwhile, when a whattsapp call came in. The intruder said he got my number from a christian platform I belonged to. He told me about a

  Donald Trump surrenders in Atlanta in fourth criminal case brought against ex-president this year Donald Trump  surrendered Thursday at the Fulton County jail on more than a dozen charges stemming from his efforts to reverse Georgia’s 2020 election results, the fourth time this year the former president has faced criminal charges. Trump spent a little more than 20 minutes at the Fulton County jail, where he was processed and released on bond. Jail records showed him at 6 foot 3 inches tall and weighing 215 pounds, with blue eyes and blond or strawberry hair. His booking number was P01135809. A mug shot of Trump was released soon after he left the jail. Trump’s surrender in Georgia marks the fourth time this year the former president has turned himself in to local or federal officials after criminal charges were brought against him – episodes that had never been seen in the US before 2023. The scene of Trump traveling to be arrested while denouncing the charges against him as politica

 TAXATION ENSURES AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR GOVT  DEVELOP THE COUNTRY, SAYS ODIRS BOSS ADEGBIE Chairman of Ondo State Ibternal Revenue Service (ODIRS), Mr. Tolu Adegbie has described taxation as one of the surest ways governments at all levels can generate funds to fund developmental projects.  The ODIRS boss made assertion in a message to the 2nd Annual Lecture and Dinner of Elizade University Tax Club held at the Ondo State Internal Revenue Learning Center in Akure the state capital.    Adegbie whose message was delivered by the Senior Special Assistant to the Ondo State Governor on revenue, Mr Olufemi Feyide explained that through taxes generated by ODIRS, the State government has been having to funds to execute its infrastructure programmes in all sectors of the economy. "We can all see the impact of revenue generating through, education, roads infrastructures and many other areas.”  “The economic activities of the state has picked up to the level that necessitate the three fl

 GOODNIGHT LATE ANTI ABIGAIL ADEDEJI: GOD HAS COMFORTED YOUR OFFSPRINGS.   By Sunday Ajibola   A major attribute of man is the right and power to do things his own way. He allows his prejudices, whims, perceptions and selfishness to override realities of life. My generation has come to accept it that we have the power to make our offsprings get to the top or become great via our influence. And most of the time, death put paid to this ambition by sniffing life out of the bread-winner. Yet, I have often find it intriguing that orphans and children of 'nobodies' excel at the expense of spoilt ones. It's a mystery.      Anti Abi, it's over forty years that we communicated last. It was the last time you interact with any living being again. Let me start by apologising for calling you anti. (You were old enough to be my mother. Your first born is older than me by a few years. But your elder sister (my mum) used to call you our anti and that stuck.) Anti Abi, let this piece be

 ODSG SENSITISES STAKEHOLDERS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT In a bid to find a workable and implementable solutions to the challenges of environmental assessment of all sectors in the state, the Akeredolu led Administration has held a one day  sensitization for selected stakeholders from various strata in the state to ensure their operations were in conformity with the relevant provision of Environmental Laws. The Commissioner for Environment, Mr. Sunday Akinwalire who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Chief Bunmi Slade said environmental assessment covers a wide range of areas that challenge our collective abilities to evolve innovative and sustainable approaches to promote socio economic and environmental management in the state. Akinwalire described Environmental Assessment as the process of identifying, estimating and evaluating the environmental impacts of existing and proposed projects by conducting environmental studies, to mitigate the relevant negative

 ONDO IFAD/LIFE-ND ENGAGES PERSONS WITH DISABILITY, WOOS THEM TO EMBRACE FARMING. Video Newsreport

   Apostolic Faith Church, Ondo/Ekiti District celebrates 60th Anniversary, urges Nigerians to be prayerfully patient with Tinubu's administration The Regional Overseer of The Apostolic Faith Church, Ondo and Ekiti District, Reverend Akinwumi Ajayi has declared that Nigerians must be prayerfully patient with the new reforms being carried out by the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Rev. Ajayi said at the beginning of such reforms, things might seem tough, but if Nigerians remain prayerful and patient with the administration, the reforms would be in favour of the masses and Nigerians would smile at the end. The Cleric stated this in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, during a visit to the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Ondo State Council, to hint members of the union on the 60th Anniversary of Apostolic Faith Church in Ondo and Ekiti states. He said there are reforms that are necessary for the country to made the desired progress as long as they are not ant

    OUR RECORDS ARE OPEN TO EXTERNAL VERIFICATION, SAYS ONDO GOVT.      The Ondo State government has nothing in its record to hide from internal and external verification bodies.    Commissioner for Economic planning and Budget, Pastor Emmanuel Igbasan made the declaration when he hosted the Independent Verification Agents (IVA) on their second results assessment visit on the program NG-CARES.     Igbasan explained that the State government had nothing to fear about its dealings, activities and implementation of programs, particularly, the OD-CARES. "We have no restriction, bottlenecks to hinder any organisation or body from verifying our claims to enable them come out with a credible report".      While commending the World Bank and the Federal Government for coming up with the initiative, he applauded the design of the program. "This is the best design I have seen since I have been a Focal Person for the World Bank assisted projects in the State. It has controls and s

 Que Sera, Sera-WHAT WILL BE, WILL BE. HOW REALISTIC?     Man is so small. Yes, you, everyone, including my humble self, we are very small. We are inbued with some powers. Some of these powers include domination, overbearing and domineering over the world and everything therein. We are at liberty to do what we like on earth. It does not stop there. With spiritual, physical, money and political powers, we manipulate, oppress, dominate and even sniff life out of fellow men. These enormous powers are being used by those opportuned. Yet, notwithstanding, we are very small indeed. The  muscle-flexing  we exert to bulldoze ourselvelves, other creatures and inanimate objects is limited to the physical realm. Being denied gift of  clairvoyance, we behave as if tomorrow will never come. We delude ourselves that even if it does, we have power to make it a semblance of today. Foul. Tomorrow will come, definitely and it is loaded with gifts and it's own men, new owners. These new people will b

 BREAKDOWN OF THE NEW STUDENT'S LOAN President Tinubu signs the student's loan bill into law which seeks to provide financial solution to Nigerian Students for the purpose of Tertiary Education. Here are few things you need to know about the bill; PURPOSE OF THE LOAN The loan can be accessed for the purpose of paying school fees, accommodation, textbooks, research, education materials or any other purpose that's justified by the institutions. The amount will differ from student to student and department to department. Technical Courses will require more funding than Non-technical. ELIGIBILITY Students applying for the loan must;  1. Have secured an admission into any Tertiary Institution (Federal or State Universities, Polytechnics, Collages of Education or any other Tertiary Institutions) 2. Come from a family with an annual income of less than N500,000. 3. Provide at least 2 guarantors (Civil Servant above Level 12 or Lawyer with at least 10 years post-call experience) DI

 TEXT OF DEMOCRACY DAY NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU ON JUNE 12, 2023. 1. Fellow Nigerians, 2. It is exactly three decades today that Nigerians went to the polls to exercise their inalienable right to elect a President of their choice to lead the transition from military dictatorship to a representative government of the people. 3. The abortion, by military fiat, of the decisive victory of Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the June 12, 1993, presidential election, up to that time, the fairest and freest election in the country’s political evolution, turned out, ironically, to be the seed that germinated into the prolonged struggle that gave birth to the democracy we currently enjoy since 1999. 4. In rising to strongly oppose the arbitrary annulment of the will of the majority of Nigerians as expressed in that historic election, the substantial number of our people who participated in the struggle to de-annul the e

  ONDO GOVT. EXPRESSES SATISFACTION WITH TURNOUT AND CONDUCT OF 2023 ENTRANCE EXAMINATION INTO UNITY SECONDARY SCHOOLS. The Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olufemi Agagu FNIVS, has expressed satisfaction with the turnout of pupils for the Entrance Examination into Unity Secondary Schools across the state. The Commissioner while monitoring the examination at designated centres in Akure, said he was also impressed by the peaceful conduct of  the candidates and their supervisors.  Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs Folasade Adegoke, the Commissioner lauded the Department of Examination Management in the ministry for putting in place adequate logistics for the smooth conduct of the examination. Mr Agagu was particularly impressed by the increase in enrolment which he said was a significant improvement over previous years. He explained that the question papers for the examination, the names of the students, and seat numbers, were all customized to mak

Tinubu signs into law bill raising judges’ retirement age   President Bola Tinubu has signed into law the bill on uniform retirement age for judicial officers. Tinubu signed the bill into law on Thursday. In a statement by Abiodun Oladunjoye, state house director of information, the president pledged that his administration would strengthen the judiciary and empower judicial officers. The bill, titled: “Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (fifth altercation) (No.37) bill, 2023”, was the first to be signed by President Tibunu since taking the oath of office on May 29. The law extends the retirement age of high court judges — and others — from 65 to 70 years. The retirement age of justices of the appeal and supreme courts is already pegged at 70. The legislation also ensured uniformity in the pension rights of judicial officers of “superior courts of record” specified in section 6(5) of the 1999 constitution (as amended). On May 2, the national assembly directed Amos Oj