Ondo State Government has announced that kidnappers found guilty in the state will face the death penalty by hanging. The government also declared that buildings and facilities used by kidnappers will be demolished after following due process in court. The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Kayode Ajulo,...
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, has reassured that the Nigerian Army will bring to justice the perpetrators of the recent killings in Benue, Plateau, and other parts of the country. Oluyede made this known during a media chat in Akure, Ondo State, where he...
Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) and its subsidiary BEDC Electricity Ondo Limited (BEOL), have strongly condemned an alleged plan by the Ondo State Government to assume control of electricity distribution operations in the state. The condemnation was issued in a statement responding to the announcement by the Special Assistant...
Police Command in Ondo State has arrested 46 suspects following a clash between rival cult groups that claimed five lives in Ondo town, Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Police in Ondo State have confirmed three people dead over clashes between two rival cult groups in Ondo Town, Ondo East Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Akure. Ayanlade, who said...
Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Wilfred Afolabi, has ordered the deployment of operational assets around worship centres across the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Akure. Afolabi explained that the deployment was based on reports of a...
Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has fixed June 4, to deliver judgment in the petitions filed against the Nov. 16 governorship election in the state. The three-man panel headed by Justice Benson Ogbu, announced the date on Saturday in Akure after all parties adopted their final written addresses....
Ondo State Weightlifter, Sunday Stephen on Monday won team Ondo’s first set medals at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 22nd edition of NSF, tagged Gateway Games is holding between May 16 and May 30 across different venues in Ogun...
The kidnapped Chairman of the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ward 5, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Mr Nelson Adepoyigi, has been reportedly killed by his abductors. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Adepoyigi was abducted on Monday, May 13, while parking his vehicle at his residence...
Police Command in Ondo State has launched investigation into the alleged missing of a two-month-old baby in Ode-Irele, Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Police Spokesperson, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said efforts were ongoing to...
The Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun Corps in Ondo, said five people have been rescued from kidnappers in the state without the payment of N150 million ransom. The state Amotekun Commander, Mr Adetunji Adeleye, who disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Akure, said the victims were rescued...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Gunmen suspected to kidnappers have abducted a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Nelson Adepoyigi in Ondo State. Mr. Adepoyigi, who is the chairman of Ifon Ward 5 in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, was abducted on Monday evening at...
The demand by the Ondo South Senatorial District for the chairmanship position of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is generating tension within the party in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP has, of recent, been facing some challenges, as its members are defecting in droves...
The Federal Ministry of Works has assured Nigerians that the Akure-Ikere road dualisation project will be ready for inauguration by President Bola Tinubu in December. The Federal Controller of Works in Ondo State, Engr Olajide Hussein, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in the Nov. 16, 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, Mr Olugbenga Edema, has resigned from the party. Edema’s resignation letter addressed to the NNPP chairman in Mahin Ward 11, in Ilaje Local Government of the state, was made available...
Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim(APC, Ondo South) has disbursed the sum of N11 million as ‘Easter meals’ to 220 women in Ondo South Senatorial district. Ibrahim, currently representing Nigerian Senate at the ancillary meeting of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Washington DC, United States, made the announcement...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Ondo State Police Command has debunked report alleging that a vehicle in the convoy of the First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, was responsible for the death of a nine-year-old girl in Akure on Thursday. The first lady was in Ondo State to launch the...
Nigerian Navy has uncovered eight illegal bunkering sites at Obe-Akinboye sea-side community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, Capt. Aliyu Usman, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Igbokoda. He said that the operation against maritime crime which was...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said Lassa fever has claimed 127 lives across 18 states in Nigeria as of Epidemiological Week 14. According to the NCDC, Ondo, Bauchi, and Edo states account for more than 70 per cent of confirmed infections. In its latest weekly...