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The Supreme Court has said its February 8 order barring the  Federal Government  and its agencies from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the use of old 200, 500 and 1000 naira notes still subsist. The court made the clarification on Wednesday following complaint by lawyer to Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states, Abdulhakeem Mustapha (SAN) that the Fed Govt and its agencies have failed to comply with the order and have allegedly directed the rejection of the old notes. Mustapha said the plaintiff filed a notice of none-compliance with the order of the court order made on February 8. And demanded that the court take action against the respondent to protect the dignity of the court. He added: “That order has been flouted by the government. We are talking of executive lawlessness here. We have filed an affidavit to that effect…We want the court to renew the order for parties to be properly guided.” Justice John Okoro, who presided over a seven-member panel of the court, asked Must...

  The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria ASCSN, Ondo State Branch, has congratulated  Comrade Sunday Oluwole Adeleye on his recent election and inauguration as the National Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC. In its congratulatory message, the Ondo State Chairman of ASCSN, Comrade Musa Samuel Ademuyiwa described Comrade Adeleye as a principled and versatile unionist, who has championed the course of workers with outermost dedication. He said the antecedents of Comrade Sunday Adeleye as uncompromising union leader in Ondo State has earned him such a higher position to serve the entire Nigeria workforce. While congratulating  Comrade Sunday Adeleye on his new elevation as the National Vice President of highest labour union body in Nigeria, Comrade Ademuyiwa expressed confidence in his ability  to take the union to another level through his expertise. He described Comrade Sunday Adeleye as a pride, not only to the workforce in Ondo State,...

  Nigerians have hailed the Supreme Court judgement restraining the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Central Bank of Nigeria from enforcing the February 10 deadline for the phasing out of the old naira notes. Those who reacted to the rulling delivered by the apex court this morning, described it as a victory for the masses. The Supreme Court this morning issued an order of interim injunction restraining the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from enforcing the  February 10 deadline for the phasing out of the old naira notes. A five-member panel of the court, led by Justice John Okoro held that it was a matter of urgent national importance that the court intervenes and grant the order. The ruling was delivered by the apex court following an ex-parte motion filed by the governments of Kaduna, Kogi and Zamfara states The three states had filed an ex-parte motion before the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Federal Government and the Central Ban...

  No fewer than six farmers, traders & passengers have been gruesomely murdered in the last two weeks at Arimogija & Molege axis of Ose Local Government Area of Ondo state. The rampaging herdsmen were said to have attacked farmers, and destroyed their crops at Arimogija, Molege, Imoru and Ijagba in the last two weeks. Narrating the ordeal, a community leader, Mr. Owolafe Folorunsho said the recent attacks were triggered by efforts made by farmers to repel the continued wanton destruction of their crops and farmlands by fulani herdsmen. He said the herders have continued to invade their farmlands at night, destroying their crops and harvesting them to feed their cows. Mr. Folorunsho added that the Fulani herdsman had on many occasions forced the farmers to uproot their cassava by themselves to feed their cows at gunpoint during the day. He said the acts of the rampaging herdsmen had been reported to law enforcement agencies who acted promptly and chased them out of the ...

  The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN CON, said the University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo, being the first specialized medical and health sciences university in Nigeria has lived up to its agenda of providing education and exceptional research quality in all health-related sciences. The Governor made the assertion while addressing the 4th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Medical Sciences, UNIMED, Ondo, Ondo State. The Governor, also a Visitor to the university, said the light of UNIMED as a pioneer specialized medical sciences university in Nigeria, has radiated from the Sunshine State across the nation, with no less than seven similar specialized universities springing up after it. Represented by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olufemi Agagu FNIVS, Akeredolu noted that the tremendous progress that the institution has made over the last eight years, is quite impressive and inspiring. "It stride goes beyond health ...

 The University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria, has graduated 327 students from different specialized medical fields. At it's 4th Convocation Ceremony held at Ondo, 10 students graduated with First Class Honour, 128 will Second Class Upper Honour, 125 Second Class Lower Honour,  and 30 with Third Class Honour. Four candidates also graduated with Post-graduate Diploma in Public Health, while 34 others graduated with unclassified degrees in Physiotherapy. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Adesegun Fatusi, said the 327 graduants included the first of Medical Laboratory Scientists, and a significant increase over the 176 graduands of the 2020/2021 set.

The Ondo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olufemi Agagu FNIVS, has hosted in his office in Akure, the three Ondo State students who won the 2023 America Leadership Training Programme. Three students, Damilola Janet Akadiri, Oluwakemisola Favour Awoyode, and Faith Mercy Omowumi, all from St. Louis Girls Grammar School, Akure, Ondo State, were selected for the 2023 Pan Africa Youth Leadership Program (PAYLP) scheduled to hold in the United States of America this year. They were selected among the nine students recommended to the US Embassy by the Ministry of Education Science and Technology as a result of their outstanding  performances at the 2022 Joint SS2 promotion Examination. The nine nominated students were subsequently  screened by the US Embassy where the best three among them were selected for the programme. Presenting the students to the Commissioner, the Principal of Saint Louis Girls Grammar School, Akure, Mrs. Omobolanle Ayintete, thanked th...