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  • Ondo Football Stakeholders Disassociate Itself From Calls For Sports Commissioner’s Removal

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    The Ondo State Football Stakeholders Forum (OSFSF) has disassociated itself from the calls for the removal of Commissioner for Youths and Sports Development in the State, Mr Bamidele Ologunloluwa.

    The convener of the Forum, Otunba Dele Ologbese in a chat with newsmen said it’s unimaginable to call for the remover of a man whose resourcefulness and proficiency ensured Sunshine Stars started the first stanza of the highly competitive league on a promising note.

    The pioneer Secretary of the Ondo State Football Agency (ODSFA) while assuring the Commissioner of Stakeholders support at all times in ensuring Sunshine Stars attained maximum successes in their outings, added that the Stakeholders remained resolute in their stand against outright sales of Sunshine Stars and Sunshine Queens.

    A section of football fans and stakeholders had few days ago called for the removal of Sports Commissioner, Dele Ologunloluwa over poor results and sales news of the two State’s owned Clubs.

    Ologbese, who was immediate past Ondo State Football Association’s Vice Chairman said: “It’s unwarranted stigmatization to call for the removal of the Commissioner whose resourcefulness and proficiency ensured Sunshine Stars started league’s first stanza on a promising note.”

    The Commissioner, while reacting said the call for his removal is mischievous, exonerated himself from the team’s poor results.

    Ologunloluwa said: “The game we had few days ago, even the blind could see that we were robbed. It is broad day light robbery, even the match before this one and this would be the third time. I am not a striker, people can be mischievous and it doesn’t matter it is part of sports anyway.

    “So if they are agitating for my removal, there is no problem about that, it is normal. Football is a unifier. So it is normal when some people felt they should have won when they lost and it is normal when they react. But hope is not lost yet and I understand our people.”

    Ologbese added that Sunshine Stars Matchday13 encounter with Rangers International at the Ondo State Sports complex, Akure was an eyesore.

    He noted that it’s crystal clear that Akure Landlords were robbed by the centre referee in favour of Rangers.

    The match had largely exposed inadequacies of certain Nigeria’s football referees thereby given Nigeria’s Premier league bad image nationally and internationally.

    He said: “After painstakingly watched video clips of ill faithed tie, we were exceedingly stunned, that the centre referee who disallowed 83rd minute Sunshine Stars winning goal without infringements of any sort.

    “It was scandalous scenario which should be immediately probed by the IMC and any match official found culpable of gross misdemeanor should be brought to book with a view to serving as deterrent to others.

    “We appeal to IMC under the leadership of Otunba Gbenga Elegbeleye not to relax on current efforts at sanitizing Nigeria’s Premier league towards making it one of top 10 best in Africa.

    This can be expeditiously achieved through purging of the system of insatiable rots.”

    Credit : The Hope Newspaper

  • The True Story of Sunshine Stars Under Bamidele Ologun

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    By John Kayode

    Sunshine Stars Football club of Akure has continued to perform beyond expectations in the on going Nigeria Premier football league.

    For avoidance of doubt, it must be noted that Sunshine Stars have lost just two (2) matches in the current campaign, having played a total of 12 matches with an outstanding match against Rivers United.

    it is clear that the Akure based team is on the right track towards achieving the set targets at the beginning of the season as the team currently occupies the 5th position on the log with 18 points.

    The Akure based team which is tutored by Edith Agoye has recorded impressive results so far in the current football season occasioned by effective management anchored by the Ondo State Commissioner for youth and Sports Development, Mr Bamidele Ologunloluwa.

    Mr Ologunloluwa had a clear vision of what he wanted sunshine Stars to achieve this football season leading to the appointment of Edith Agoye as the Head Coach and so far, the Akoko born tactician has not disappointed.

    It is therefore unacceptable and high level of irresponsiblity and shenanigans
    for anyone who claim to be fan(s) of the darling team of Ondo State to see negativity in the efforts of the team and its handlers.

    The recent results of the team which include drawn games against Wikki Tourists of Bauchi in Bauchi, Doma Fc of Gombe and Rangers Intl. of Enugu in Akure should not been seen or viewed as failures considering lots some circumstances surrounding those results.

    If not for the unprofessional conduct of the centre referee who disallowed the winning goal against Rangers in Akure on match day 13, the story would have been different as regards the position of the Akure based team on the league table.

    Sunshine Stars have been able to get this far because of the motivation by the state government under the leadership of the sports commissioner who is committed to better and improved welfare of the players and coaches.

    As a matter of fact, the soccer loving people of the state and government are appreciative of the efforts of the sports commissioner and the entire team so far in the current campaign as no one had thought that the team will be aiming for the super six finish at the end of the season.

    It is important for all stakeholders including fans to stay away from actions capable of distracting the team while apportioning blames where none exists.

    This is the best time to support the team to finish strong towards realising the set objectives at the beginning of the season.

    For a team that has lost just two (2) matches in 12 matches played so far, it can only get better with the support of all and sundry as government is making frantic efforts to bring more stability to the club.

  • Parents witnessed how son was stoned to death–Ondo Police

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    The Ondo State police command has reached to an Angry mob who today Monday lynched a suspected internet fraudster to death after he killed two persons with his car in accident along Ijoka road in Akure.

    Reacting to the incident when SUNSHINETRUTH probed for police reaction, the State Police public Relations officer, Mrs Funmi Odunlami said the killing of the boy by mob was a jungle justice.

    The PPRO said, “No one can confirm if the young man in question is an internet fraudster, there was an accident that led to the death of a motorcyclist, rather than people around to help, some resolved  to Jungle Justice by killing the young man  Olorunfemi Tope aged 35 who drove the vehicle and set the car ablaze.

    “But for the quick intervention of the police, his parents too would have been killed, in all 2 people confirm dead while 6 others involved and injured in the accident are currently in the hospital.

    “The parent of the driver now late (the boy) came to the scene (where the boy was lynched to death) but not in the vehicle with their son,” Odunlami said.

    Sunshinetruth

  • Breaking: Suspected Yahoo boy crushes 3 persons to death In Ondo

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    A suspected yahoo boy  has reportedly crushed three persons to death  at  Ijoka road, Akure, the Ondo state capital.

    It was gathered that the  accident  involved a Toyota car, suspected to be owned by an internet fraudster , known as Yahoo boy and some motorcyclists.

    The suspected Yahoo boy was attacked by angry youths.

    He was said to have rammed into about five commercial motorcycles carrying passengers at different spots along Ijo Mimo, to Sunday bus stop, Ijoka road.

    Three people died on the spot, while others sustained varying degrees of injuries.

    Some youths in the area attacked the Yahoo boy while trying  to escape from the scene.

    As at the time of filing this report, It’s not certain If he survived the attack.

    Some of the injured persons were rescued to nearby hospitals, while the lifeless bodies were left on the ground as of the time of this report.

  • Easter: Guard commits suicide

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    A lifeless body of a middle-aged man, a private security guard has been found under a mango tree at Dalimore area of the community in Ekiti state.

    The lifeless body of the man, said be a father of two, was discovered dangling under the mango tree in the early hours of Saturday  by residents of the area.

    It was  gathered that the man who was a private guard, reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on a mango tree located at the centre of the  street.

    It was learnt that until his death, the deceased was a private security man in charge of the street.

    Sources said no suicide note was found under the tree where the young man hanged himself, but the development has continued to generate reactions from the residents of the area.

    The cause of the incident which has thrown the entire area into mourning was sketchy as of press time while it was gathered from the residents that the incident happened in the middle of the night.

    A source in the area said the victim, until his untimely death was noticed in the street at about 8:30 pm working around hale and healthy.

    Some residents of the street who suspected foul play over the death of the man had reported the matter to the police.

    Meanwhile, two persons among the landlords have been invited by the Ekiti State Police Command for questioning.

  • We will continue to tap from your wealth of experience – Ogundele tells retired PERM. secs, HOS, reiterates Govt. commitment to retirees’ welfare

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    The Ondo State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, FCIPM, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Akeredolu-led administration to the welfare of retirees in the state.

    The Head of Service made this position known while receiving the newly inaugurated Executive Members of the Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Service, Ondo State branch in at the weekend in Akure, the state capital.

    While noting that the public service is dynastic and requires a connection with the past, Ogundele said there would be the need to continually tap from the wealth of experience of the top-notch bureaucrats in the quest to move the system forward.

    According to him,  government meets with union leaders monthly after receiving federal allocation and sets aside reasonable amount to take care of the benefits of retirees.

    He added that Governor Akeredolu recently approved funds to clear all the arrears of the retirees in the Owena Press, publisher of The Hope Newspaper and it had since been cleared.

    He said while government had fulfilled its promise to clear arrears of workers’ salaries, he said efforts were on to replicate the feat in the area of retirees’ gratuities.

    The Head of service informed the gathering that Gov. Akeredolu also recently approved the payment of the consequential adjustment occasioned by the current minimum wage on the pension of the state retirees, making Ondo State the first to implement the payment of the increment in the federation.

    In his words, ‘we need people who are vast in the knowledge and experience of what the system is all about to be able to assist us and give us an insight of what has been happening in the past and see how to connect the past with the present,’ he said.

    Earlier in his remarks, the President of the association and former Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service Prince Fioye Bajowa, applauded the state government for giving the welfare of members priority in the scheme of things.

    He assured the HOS that members of the association are ready at all times to look for ways to support the state government.

    ‘We want to seize this opportunity to show, through you, our appreciation to the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who among his peers that have ruled the state has been very considerate and sympathetic about the problems of retired civil servants,’ he expressed. 

    Sina Adeyeye,
    Director (Information)
    Office of the HoS

  • We will continue to tap from your wealth of experience – Ogundele tells retired PERM. secs, HOS, reiterates Govt. commitment to retirees’ welfare

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    The Ondo State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, FCIPM, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Akeredolu-led administration to the welfare of retirees in the state.

    The Head of Service made this position known while receiving the newly inaugurated Executive Members of the Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Service, Ondo State branch in at the weekend in Akure, the state capital.

    While noting that the public service is dynastic and requires a connection with the past, Ogundele said there would be the need to continually tap from the wealth of experience of the top-notch bureaucrats in the quest to move the system forward.

    According to him,  government meets with union leaders monthly after receiving federal allocation and sets aside reasonable amount to take care of the benefits of retirees.

    He added that Governor Akeredolu recently approved funds to clear all the arrears of the retirees in the Owena Press, publisher of The Hope Newspaper and it had since been cleared.

    He said while government had fulfilled its promise to clear arrears of workers’ salaries, he said efforts were on to replicate the feat in the area of retirees’ gratuities.

    The Head of service informed the gathering that Gov. Akeredolu also recently approved the payment of the consequential adjustment occasioned by the current minimum wage on the pension of the state retirees, making Ondo State the first to implement the payment of the increment in the federation.

    In his words, ‘we need people who are vast in the knowledge and experience of what the system is all about to be able to assist us and give us an insight of what has been happening in the past and see how to connect the past with the present,’ he said.

    Earlier in his remarks, the President of the association and former Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service Prince Fioye Bajowa, applauded the state government for giving the welfare of members priority in the scheme of things.

    He assured the HOS that members of the association are ready at all times to look for ways to support the state government.

    ‘We want to seize this opportunity to show, through you, our appreciation to the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who among his peers that have ruled the state has been very considerate and sympathetic about the problems of retired civil servants,’ he expressed. 

    Sina Adeyeye,
    Director (Information)
    Office of the HoS

  • We will continue to tap from your wealth of experience – Ogundele tells retired PERM. secs, HOS, reiterates Govt. commitment to retirees’ welfare

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    The Ondo State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, FCIPM, has reaffirmed the commitment of the Akeredolu-led administration to the welfare of retirees in the state.

    The Head of Service made this position known while receiving the newly inaugurated Executive Members of the Association of Retired Permanent Secretaries and Heads of Service, Ondo State branch in at the weekend in Akure, the state capital.

    While noting that the public service is dynastic and requires a connection with the past, Ogundele said there would be the need to continually tap from the wealth of experience of the top-notch bureaucrats in the quest to move the system forward.

    According to him,  government meets with union leaders monthly after receiving federal allocation and sets aside reasonable amount to take care of the benefits of retirees.

    He added that Governor Akeredolu recently approved funds to clear all the arrears of the retirees in the Owena Press, publisher of The Hope Newspaper and it had since been cleared.

    He said while government had fulfilled its promise to clear arrears of workers’ salaries, he said efforts were on to replicate the feat in the area of retirees’ gratuities.

    The Head of service informed the gathering that Gov. Akeredolu also recently approved the payment of the consequential adjustment occasioned by the current minimum wage on the pension of the state retirees, making Ondo State the first to implement the payment of the increment in the federation.

    In his words, ‘we need people who are vast in the knowledge and experience of what the system is all about to be able to assist us and give us an insight of what has been happening in the past and see how to connect the past with the present,’ he said.

    Earlier in his remarks, the President of the association and former Secretary to the State Government and Head of Service Prince Fioye Bajowa, applauded the state government for giving the welfare of members priority in the scheme of things.

    He assured the HOS that members of the association are ready at all times to look for ways to support the state government.

    ‘We want to seize this opportunity to show, through you, our appreciation to the Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, who among his peers that have ruled the state has been very considerate and sympathetic about the problems of retired civil servants,’ he expressed. 

    Sina Adeyeye,
    Director (Information)
    Office of the HoS

  • Easter: Mimiko Felicitates Christians, Preaches Unity

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    Former governor of Ondo state, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has rejoiced with Nigerian christians on the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration – the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

    John Paul Akinduro, the former governor’s Special Assistant on Media and Digital Communications, said in a statement that Mimiko urged Nigerians to put behind them ethnic and religious scrimmage experienced during the just-concluded general elections, saying the country can only move forward in unity.

    According to him, “There is no question about the fact that Nigeria is undergoing some teething issues often associated with fledgling democracy like ours but we shall overcome.

    “The scripture puts it unequivocally in Romans 12: 5-10 ‘In the same way, though we are many, we are one body in union with Christ, and we are all joined to each other as different parts of one body’. Therefore, we must understand that we are one before God and, be our brothers keeper”

    Mimiko enjoined all stakeholders in project Nigeria to eschew utterances and actions that are detrimental to the unity of the country as he wished all a happy Easter celebration.

  • Easter : Adegbonmire Felicitates Christians

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    …… Urges Love and Unity.

    Senator-elect Ondo Central Senatorial District,Adeniyi Adegbonmire, SAN, has felicitated with Christians as they mark this year’s Easter.

    Adegbonmire urged Christians to bear in mind and recognise the importance of the crucification and resurrection of our lord Jesus Christ, treat everyone with love and act in unity and in the best interest of our dear country, Nigeria.

    He stated that Christians must not loose sight of the lessons of love and sacrifice which are the hallmarks of Easter.

    While wishing all Christians and residents of Ondo Central Senatorial District a happy Easter celebration.

    Adegbonmire called on them to continue praying that God bestows upon all political leaders in Nigeria, wisdom that surpasses that of Solomon so that our country, Nigeria, may again be our pride.

    He further urged all Nigerians to pray for a smooth transition come 29th May, 2023.

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