A 50-year-old cattle trader, Lawan Sule, has been nabbed for allegedly defiling a minor in Ondo State. According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Femi Joseph, the suspect who committed the crime at Sango cattle market in Akure North Local Government Area of the state had been arrested. He said the mother of … Read more
– Ondo APC calls on the NWC to implement the peace parley resolutions – A special Interest Group (SIG) within Ondo APC at its meeting yesterday, made this known in Oba-Ile, Akure North local government Area – The APC stalwarts maintained that the dissolution would uphold the integrity of APC’s Constitution to deal with anti-party … Read more
– Thunder lightning killed eight cows in ondo state – The herdsmen were said to have roasted and started selling them to butchers in Akoko area before they were caught -The incident was planned to be concealed by the herdsmen, who owned the cows with the intent of allegedly selling the meat to unsuspecting public … Read more
– PDP said that the ondo state All progressives Congress was planning to fund Governor Yahaya Bello’s reelection – It is ridiculous for any individual or a political party, especially one that has national colouration, to allege that Ondo State chapter would build a war chest for an election holding in Kogi State – Without … Read more
A final year female student of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, identified as Doyin has lost her life after she was swept away by heavy flood. The unfortunate incident, according to eye witness, also claimed the lives of two other people. Read Also: Council Chairman Laments Deplorable Conditions of Schools In Oshodi … Read more
– Governor Akeredolu sacks his special adviser on Political matters, Augustine Palemo – Pelemo’s dismissal from employment was with immediate effect – The directive underscored the need to imbibe sanity and nip in the bud divisive acts and tendencies inimical to the existing cordiality and cohesion in the state administration The Governor of Ondo state, … Read more
A father of two has lost his life in Akure, the Ondo State capital after drowning in a flood following a heavy downpour on Friday night. The incident happened at Oke-Iya Area in Ijoka Quarters, Akure where the deceased, a commercial motorcyclist commonly known as ‘Okada rider’ was living with his family before his death. … Read more
A middle-aged-man, Ojo Daniyan, has been nabbed for allegedly setting his wife, Dorcas, on fire over her refusal to give him money. The incident occurred in Irese area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, after a misunderstanding between the couple over money collected from the sale of their land. According to a source, the wife … Read more
The Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi, on Tuesday said he is very loyal to his boss, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, noting that the state helmsman is like father figure to him. Ajayi spoke at a short service in celebration of his 51st birthday on Tuesday in Akure. The deputy governor described the speculations that … Read more
– Ondo state NYSC refuted statement of posting members to religious organization – NYSC Spokesperson said the Secretariat will not go against the established policy – The spokesperson said that the news is fake The Ondo State secretariat of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has refuted the posting of its members to religious organisations. … Read more
Former Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, APC National Leader Asiwsju Bola Ahmed Tinubu,Chief Bisi Akande Chief Paius Akinyelure, among others were in Ondo state on Saturday to celebrate with Ondo State Governor Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and his Wife Mrs Betty Anyanmu-Akeredolu,during the Traditional and Wedding ceremony of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu Daughter, at his Residence … Read more
The nationwide peaceful protests slated for Monday failed in Ondo State as business and social activities were at highest ebb throughout. Security forces and agencies deployed their men to strategic areas of Akure metropolis in anticipation of the protest. At the M.K.O Abiola Democracy Park, close to the main market, Oja Oba, in the heart … Read more
Tragedy struck in the riverine community of Biagbini in Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday following the death of a 70-year-old woman and her four grand-children in an inferno. According to an eyewitness, who gave the name of the deceased grandmother as Moyo Jide, the grandchildren identified as Jennifer, 3; Gbana, … Read more
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday took a position on the federal government’s plan to establish RUGA settlements in some states of the federation. With an emphatic negative reaction to the proposal by the Buhari-led APC federal government, Akeredolu maintained that the state was not interested in making land available for RUGA Settlements. … Read more
The Ondo State Police Command, on Tuesday, arrested a Fulani herdsman, who was said to be among a team of kidnappers, who attempted to abduct the The traditional ruler of Osi in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state, Oba David Olajide, on Tuesday, narrowly escaped being abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen. It … Read more
Some suspected herdsmen on Sunday allegedly abducted a woman, Mrs. Olawumi Adeleye and her stepson, Destiny Paul, on the Airport Road, in Osi town in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to have been kidnapped by the bandits while returning from church on Sunday evening. According to a … Read more
No fewer than 19 passengers were burnt to death on Saturday in an accident along the Akure-Owo Expressway in Ondo State. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, said that bodies of the victims had been deposited at the mortuary of the Ondo State General Hospital in … Read more
Two suspected ritualists alleged to have been killing aged women in Akoko areas of Ondo State were apprehended in Arigidi in Akoko North-West area of the state where no fewer than five octogenarian women have been murdered and their breast and other private parts removed by suspected ritualist, who have invaded the area in the last … Read more
Gunmen, yesterday, invaded the Akure Diocesan office of the Anglican Communion in Ondo State, killed the Bursar, Gabriel Abiodun, and took off with N500,000, less than an hour after Bishop of the Diocese, Rt Rev Simeon Borokini left the office, located at Alagbaka area of Akure metropolis. About same time, another set of robbers … Read more
The fourth student, this time the Senior Prefect, has fallen to his death from a mango tree while trying to get a fruit for a teacher in a school in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Last Saturday, Temitayo Oluwole, the Senior Secondary school, SSS, 3 student of a government school, Ijo Mimo High School, fell from … Read more