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  Ondo State - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NG-ON Ondo State, Nigeria was created on 3 February 1976 from the former Western State.
The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, Akure, Ikale, Ilaje, Ondo, and Owo.
Ondo State contains the largest number of public schools in Nigeria- over 880 public primary schools and 190 public secondary schools.
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 Ondo State Government, Nigeria - ONDO STATE INFORMATION
Ondo State of Nigeria was one of the seven states created on 3rd February 1976 by the then Federal Military Government of Nigeria.
Edo and Delta States bound Ondo State on the east, on the west by Ogun and Osun States, on the north by Ekiti and Kogi States and to the south by the Bight of Benin and the Atlantic Ocean.
Among the states of the Federation, Ondo State is one of those with the largest number of public primary and secondary schools.
www.ondostategovernment.com /ondo.html   (3558 words)

  
 Nigeria - SendMail   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ondo State took off formally on 1st April, 1976, consisting of the nine administrative divisions of the former Western State (Ministry of Information and Culture, 1979).
Ondo State is bounded on the east by Edo and Delta states, on the west by Ogun and Osun States, on the
An important aspect of the administrative setup of Ondo State is the recognition of four subordinate area authorities.
www.onlinenigeria.com /links/send.asp?blurb=343   (290 words)

  
 Nigeria Bitumen Exploitation Articles
The minister lauded state governors in Edo, Ondo, Ogun and Lagos States, where the bitumen resources are deposited for holding consultative meetings with the local communities and enlightening them on the need to cooperate with investors in conducting themselves in a peaceful manner to ensure a cordial and beneficial relationship with the investors.
Meanwhile, the state government's desire to establish a seaport in the riverine area of the state got a boost as President Olusegun Obasanjo during his visit to the state said that a seaport wold be developed at Igbokoda area of the state.
Ondo State Governor, Chief Adebayo Adefarati, disclosed this yesterday while briefing a consortium of bitumen exploration experts and bank chief executives on the outcome of his discussions with potential financial partners on bitumen exploitation during his recent visit to Calgary, Canada.
www.chrrd.kabissa.org /nigeria-bitumen-articles.htm   (10989 words)

  
 Kayode & Co. Law Chambers
The state of administration of criminal justice in nigeria organized by legal defence and assistance project (ledap) in october, 2001 which devised ways and methods of enhancing the administration of criminal justice in nigeria.
Nigeria rule of law assistance project founded by usaid which took place between november, 2000 and december, 2001 which formulated the process of national strategic, policy formulation for improving the judicial sector in nigeria.
She is from ovia south west of ondo state (by birth) and akoko north west of edo state, Nigeria (by marriage).
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 Ogun_State,_Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It borders Lagos State to the south, Oyo and Osun states to the North, Ondo State to the east and the republic of Benin to the west.
Abeokuta is the capital and largest city in the state.
The ethnic composition of Ogun State is largely from the Yoruba subgroups of the Awori, Egba, Egbado, Ijebu, and Remo.
www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Ogun_State,_Nigeria   (126 words)

  
 Ondo State -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ondo State, (A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country) Nigeria was created on February 3, 1976 from the former Western region.
The state contains eighteen Local Government Areas, the major ones being Akoko, (Click link for more info and facts about Akure) Akure, Okitipupa, (Click link for more info and facts about Ondo) Ondo, and Owo.
The ethnic composition of Ondo State is largely from the (A Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba people in southwestern Nigeria) Yoruba subgroups of the Akoko, (Click link for more info and facts about Akure) Akure, Ikale, Ilaje, (Click link for more info and facts about Ondo) Ondo, and Owo.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/o/on/ondo_state.htm   (180 words)

  
 Chevron's Oil Spill in Ilaje in Nigeria's Ondo State, 1998
Larry Bowoto is an indigene of Ilaje community in Ondo State.
It was also reported to the Ondo State Environmental Protection Agency at Akure.
The Ondo State Environmental Protection Agency was prompt in its response.
www.waado.org /Environment/OilSpills/NigerDelta/Ilaje.html   (1125 words)

  
 Nigerian students injured by police gunfire and then arrested in Ondo State
He was arrested along with five other NANS (National Association of Nigerian Students) activists at the Ondo State University during a two-day lecture boycott by the students to protest the victimisation of the students' union leaders of the university.
The Ondo State government had to bring in a new mobile police detachment in order to carry out the deadly assault as the students had established friendly relations with the police stationed permanently on their campus.
Send protest letters and e-mails to the Vice chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, (Ile-Ife, Osun state, Nigeria), Prof ROA Makanjuola, (Rogerm@oauife.edu.ng), demanding that he intervene to guarantee the immediate release of the arrested students immediately and any charges dropped, as some of the students involved are from the Obafemi Awolowo University (Ile-Ife).
www.marxist.com /Africa/ondo_state_arrests.html   (1158 words)

  
 News -- Ondo State Association of Atlanta is making a head way in community services
While the discussion about the Ondo State Youth continued, we were served with water, soda, finger food and fruits so that no one would fall asleep during the meeting.
The Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, was at the launching of the noble course by OSAA in Akure, September 17, 2004.
It was at a gathering of Ondo citizens at the residence of Rufus Oladapo sometimes in October 2002 when the idea to mobilize Ondo citizens in Atlanta to come together and form an Association.
www.naijanet.com /news/source/2004/dec/3/1005.html   (2608 words)

  
 SCGIS Annual Conference Web Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ondo State, which is the focus of my presentation, is located in the southwestern part of Nigeria, covering a land area of about 11,000 km2 with a projected population of 3 million in year 2000.
Although the industrial timber supply and food tree products in the State are sustainable over a shot term period, findings have indicated that the forest resources in the state is faced with decline in quantity and quality occassioned by overharvesting, agricultural clearing (bush burning), and lack of investment in the resource.
The rural society in the state, largely at the level of subsistence farming, is also heavily dependent on a multitude of non-timber forest products and services that are currently being jeopardized by mismanagement and substandard forestry practices.
www.scgis.org /2003_Conference/abstracts/gideon_olaleye.html   (336 words)

  
 Ondo State Government, Nigeria - Governor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Olusegun Kokumo Agagu was born at Okitipupa in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State on February 16, 1948.
Segun Agagu was also a foundation member of the Peoples Democratic Party and was the gubernatorial flag bearer of the party in Ondo State in 1999; an election which though he lost showed him clearly as a good sportsman as he wrote to congratulate the winner then, ever before the election results were officially announced.
The Road-Map is basically a structured form of the "State of State Address" earlier delivered to parliament on his assumption of office.
www.ondostategovernment.com /governor.html   (1220 words)

  
 Ondo --  Encyclopædia Britannica
It is bounded by the states of Kwara and Kogi on the north, Edo on the east, Delta on the southeast, and Osun and Ogun on the west and by the Bight of Benin of the Atlantic Ocean on the south.
Ondo state includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bight of Benin, tropical rain forest in the…
Ondo state includes mangrove-swamp forest near the Bight of Benin, tropical rain...
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9057115?tocId=9057115   (395 words)

  
 ANPA NIGERIA MISSIONS POPOOLA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In a thought-provoking trip to Nigeria, a U.S. delegation of Nigerian-born medical personnel representing the Association of Nigerian Physicians in the Americas (ANPA) in conjunction with Pro-Health International, a Christian, non-profit organization, rendered a medical mission at Ifon Ondo State, Nigeria.
In Nigeria, the most populous fl African nation, infant and maternal mortality rates are among the highest in the world.
It is imperative that we continue these missions to various parts of Nigeria, that we obtain equipment and an abundance of supplies for these trips, and that we vigorously solicit, pursue and recruit volunteers from ANPA and other organizations to participate whenever there is such a mission.
www.anpa.org /PHI/popoola.htm   (1455 words)

  
 Ekiti State of Nigeria
It lies south of Kwara and Kogi State, East of Osun State and bounded by Ondo State in the East and in the south.
An important feature of the state is the large number of hills it possesses, which are often the site of towns in which much of the population resides.
In the Fourth Republic, now more secure perhaps with their own state, the electorate returned to the fold, as it were, embracing the AD to the turn of two out of three Senate seats, all six House seats, the governorship and 22 out of 26 state assembly jurisdictions.
www.ekiti.com   (413 words)

  
 Ondo State bans open-air religious meetings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
ABIDJAN, 1 Nov 2001 (IRIN) - The Ondo state government in southwestern Nigeria on Wednesday banned open-air religious meetings by both Christians and Muslims in a bid to pre-empt an outbreak of religious clashes, Nigeria's 'Vanguard' newspaper reported.
State governor, Chief Adebayo Adefarati, and religious leaders in the state made the decision in a meeting during which the governor said "religious extremists" had invaded the state, the paper reported.
He criticised Muslims in the state for displaying in front of the central mosque in the state capital Akure, "a highly inciting banner" which said, "Don't be deceived, Jesus is a Muslim".
www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=12644   (209 words)

  
 About me
I originated from Ondo Township in Ondo State Nigeria.
I am a prince because I am from a king family,my surname alias is "baba white white" meaning son of the man that put on white.
My Mum is from the Eastern part of Nigeria (Delta State) and my Dad is from the Western part of Nigeria (Ondo State).
talk2babs.4t.com /aboutme.html   (825 words)

  
 Infant Mortality and Mother's Education in Ondo State, Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A bivariate analysis of infant mortality in the 1986/87 Ondo State Demographic and Health Survey data indicates that children of secondary school graduates experienced a higher rate of infant mortality than children of less educated mothers.
Rather, results of a logistic regression analysis showed that breast feeding duration and maternal age at childbirth were statistically the most significant variables for predicting infant survival in Ondo State.
The conclusion from the study was that, although breast feeding and maternal age showed up as the most statistically significant variables, they apparently are just the variables that effectively captured the effects of the harsh economic conditions, especially among secondary school graduates, that prevent most young mothers from translating their child-rearing ideals into reality.
www.eldis.org /static/DOC5349.htm   (294 words)

  
 Travel Forum - Ondo City, Nigeria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ondo City is the largest city in Ondo state, Nigeria.
Ondo City was founded by the Yoruba, the largest single ethnic group in Nigeria.
Ondo City is the trade center for a farming region.
www.ttgforum.com /printthread.php?t=612   (134 words)

  
 Pakistan Journal of Nutrition Volume 3 Number 4, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A cross-sectional surrey was conducted among the 323 institutionalized adolescent females of 10-19 years age range in Akure South LGA, Ondo State.
The energy and micronutrient intake were determined by weighing the food intake of the subjects and part of the food samples were subjected to chemical analysis The mean mineral intakes were: Ca 567 mg/kg, Mg 261 mg/kg, Zn 7.58mg/kg, Fe 19.8 mg/kg and P 136.8 mg/kg.
The result showed that high proportion of the subjects were not meeting the RDA for energy and some of the micronutrients intake.
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 PadeCV2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I was in charge of the overall administration of the Rector's office, and acted simultaneously as liaison and protocol officer for the Polytechnic.
As a research officer and assistant secretary to the local government, I was responsible for co-ordinating a survey of six villages to determine the success of the State government's rural development population and birth control program in these villages.
" The State and the Democratization Movement in Africa; The Case of Nigeria", presented to the International Studies Department at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, on Nov. 11, 1991.
www.louisville.edu /~lobadr01/PadeCV2004.htm   (1396 words)

  
 Akure --  Encyclopædia Britannica
town, Ondo State, southwestern Nigeria, on the road from Akure to Ado-Ekiti.
A major collecting point for cocoa, it also serves as an agricultural trade centre (yams, cassava [yuca], rice, corn [maize], palm oil and kernels, okra, pumpkins) for the Ekiti branch of the Yoruba people.
town, Ondo state, southwestern Nigeria, at the southern edge of the Yoruba Hills (elevation 1,130 feet [344 m]) and at the intersection of roads from Akure, Kabba, Benin City, and Siluko.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005310?tocId=9005310   (368 words)

  
 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Ikakumo-Aworonke is a town in Akoko North-East, Local Government Council, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Ikakumo-Aworonke is related to such towns as Ayanran, Ikakumo-Olayele, in the present Akoko-Edo Local Government Council, Edo State, Auga and Ise in Akoko North-East, Local Government, Ondo State.
All these five towns are said to have migrated from Ile-Ife through Benin-City to Ayanran hill (former Kukuruku hills) and they later migrated to their various settlements as we now find them today.
www.utexas.edu /conferences/africa/2004/database/arohunmolase.html   (250 words)

  
 Adegoke Olubummo, Mathematician of the African Diaspora
In 1955, he began as a lecturer in the mathematics department the University College, Ibadan, Nigeria where he was promoted to (Full) Professor in 1964.
In 1985 he retired from the University of Ibadan, and became Dean of the Faculty of Science of Ondo State University.
Adegoke Olubummo, with James Ezeilo and Chike Obi, was one of a trio of fl (indigenous) mathematicians who pioneered modern mathematics research in Nigeria.
www.math.buffalo.edu /mad/PEEPS/olubummo_adegoke.html   (651 words)

  
 Nigeria Election 2003 - Gubernatorial Candidates
Has the text of Unongo's "Personal Reflections of Paul Iyorpuu Unongo on the Situation in Tivland expressed as an open letter addressed to all the Tiv people of Benue-Plateau State, Nigeria." Unongo is President-General, Tiv Progressive Movement.
Site for the Governor of Enugu State who was re-elected in the April 19, 2003 gubernatorial election for a second term.
Ran as the National Reformation Party candidate for Governor of Oyo State in the April 2003 elections.
www-sul.stanford.edu /depts/ssrg/africa/nigeria/nigeria-election-gubernatorial.html   (399 words)

  
 Red-flanked duiker
Active marking behavior in itself does not imply territoriality, as stated by Kingdon (1982).
The red-flanked duiker is primarily a browser, feeding on mostly on leaves (60% of diet) but also on twigs, flowers, and fruits (Agbelusi, 1992).
Studies on ticks of veterinary importance in Nigeria.
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 VirtualTourist.com - folawalk's Homepage
About Me My names are MOFOLARIN MOFADERIN KOLAWOLE; but my friends call me Folarin or Fola for short.I am a native of Ijero Ekiti in Ekiti State, Nigeria.I reside with my marvellous family in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria.I was born on the 25th of June, a long time ago.
My hobbies are travelling,drawing and painting,travel photography and probably modelling, reading, landscape photography, and map reading.I believe God has endowed me with the gift of tourism and geography studies, quite strange, isn't it?.Well, these are the main drive and propelling force behind most of the things I do or involve my self in.
*THE ENCHNTING IHO ELERU(cave of Ashes) AT ISARUN VILLAGE,ONDO STATE.
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 Henry Fadamiro's Lab - Research
Public Lecture: Faculty of Science, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
Impact of food supplements on lifespan and carbohydrate nutrient levels in a parasitic phorid fly.
International Conference on Science and Technology, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria, August, 14-19, 2005.
www.ag.auburn.edu /dept/entplp/faculty/fadamirolab/presentations.htm   (901 words)

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