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...
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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...
The Police Command in Ondo State has begun investigations into the three headless bodies dumped in a river in Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ore,...
The spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Kennedy Peretei, has resigned, citing personal interests hijacking the party’s core purpose. In a letter to the Chairman of PDP, Arogbo 1 Ward, Ese-Odo Local Government, Peretei blamed the leadership’s indifference toward winning elections. He wrote: “I’ve...
Ondo State Police Command has deployed operatives to apprehend killers of three farmers at Ajagbusi community in Akure North Local Government Area of the state on Tuesday. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olushola, made the disclosure while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure. Olushola, who...
The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) in Ondo State, has said no court has confirmed Dr Boniface Aniebonam as the chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees, and Dr Agbo Major, as National Chairman. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a Federal Court in Abuja on Thursday...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has said it would impound any articulated vehicle seen carrying animals with passengers in the state. The state FRSC Sector Commander, Dr Samuel Ibitoye, made this known to newsmen after a meeting with members of the Ondo state House of...
Ondo State High Court in Ore on Monday granted an interlocutory injunction, restraining the Ondo State Government and Sao Agro-Allied Services Ltd. from forceful eviction of farmers in the Oluwa Forest Reserve. The farmers had approached the court to restrict the state government and the company from evicting them...
Ondo Central Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 general election, Mr Adefolarin Oria, has said the party is too divided to achieve electoral victory in 2027. Oria made the remark while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Akure, analysing the party’s...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – A 25-year old man, identified as Toye Dominic, has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a forest in Alagbodagbo Village, Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun State. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed this in a statement in Abeokuta...
House of Representatives has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) to prioritise rehabilitation of the vandalised pipelines linking Ore depot in Ondo for immediate resumption of operations in the facility. The call followed the adoption of a motion moved by Rep. Festus Adefiranye (APC-Ondo) at plenary on...
Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, in the early hours of Saturday, attacked four communities in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, leaving in their trail dead bodies. The affected communities are: Aba Alajido, Aba Sunday, Aba Pastor and Ademekun in the Akure North LG. It was reported...
A middle-aged woman and her two children have lost their lives in a fire incident which occurred on Sunday night in Ondo State. The fire incident happened at Rainbow Street, Onipakala Junction, off Adeyemi Road, Ondo, in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. A family source, speaking...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Wilfred Afolabi, has condemned the attack and arson on the divisional police station on Sunday in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area of the state. Afolabi also ordered a full-scale investigation to determine the circumstances that led to...
The Police in Ondo State have arrested seven suspected kidnappers, and rescued one victim between Feb.13 and 15 at various places across the state. Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Wilfred Afolabi, made the disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Akure. Afolabi, who said that the arrest followed the intelligence...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) have disagreed over the admissibility of an Apppeal Court judgment in the ongoing petition before the Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The contention followed the APC and its candidate, Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s, attempt to tender in evidence the...