The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has commended the Training of Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) ahead of the constituencies by-election holding on Feb. 26 in Plateau, Cross River, Imo and Ondo States. The commission in a Bulletin made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja, said the training was...
Akure
A ritualist, Alfa Tunde Olayiwola, who was in police custody in Akure over alleged possession of a human skull has slumped and died on Saturday. Police spokesman, DSP Olufunmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the death of the suspect on Sunday, denied that he was beating or tortured to death. Odunlami...
The Court of Appeal Sitting in Akure has discharged and acquitted a prophet, Alfa Babatunde, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the mysterious disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold Kolawole, from his church. Justice Hamma Barka delivered the judgement on Friday and set aside the judgement of an...
JohnVents Industries Ltd., a N15 billion cocoa processing plant aimed at boosting employment in the country, has started operation in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The Managing Director of JohnVents Industry, Mr John Alamu, at a news conference in Akure on Wednesday, said that 100 people had already been...
Some residents of Ikare-Akoko in Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo State defied Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s 24-hour curfew on Thursday and razed a bank building. The building belongs to the traditional ruler of the town, the Owa-Ale of Ikare. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov....