President Bola Tinubu has said his administration will ensure that Nigeria is reformed for greater efficiency towards fairness and equity in all aspects of national life. Tinubu said this while addressing Afenifere leaders at the residence of Pa Reuben Fasoranti in Akure on Wednesday. The President emphasised his...
Ondo State
President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, described the former Governor of Ondo State, the late Rotimi Akeredolu, as fearless and a courageous man. Tinubu, who was accompanied by Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, eulogised Akeredolu when he paid a condolence visit to the immediate family of the former governor and the...
There was heavy security in and around the Akure residence of Pa. Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, a pan Yoruba socio-political organisation, on Wednesday as President Bola Tinubu arrived for a private meeting. It was only those that had their names on the security that could access the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Government has declared Thursday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 23 as public holidays in honour of the late former Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Akeredolu died in Germany on Dec. 27, 2023 and would be buried on Friday in Owo, his hometown, according to...
●Donates N2.5m take-off grant An infrastructure engineer, Engr. Olatunji Ariyomo, FNSE, has inaugurated a cooperative society for members of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Akure South local government area of Ondo State to offer interest-free loans for artisans, traders, and market women. While addressing a packed house...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 undergraduates of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State over alleged Internet fraud. The EFCC Spokesman, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday. According to him, they were arrested...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Fatai Adams is dead. Publicity Secretary of the party in the state, Mr Ikantu Peretei, confirmed the chairman`s death in a statement in issued in Akure on Wednesday. Peretei said...
The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has re-scheduled local government election in the state for July 15. The election was earlier scheduled for Feb. 17. The ODIEC Chairman, Mr Joseph Aremo, made this known at a stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday in Akure. According to him, the election...
Man machetes wife death suicide Akure A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, Mr Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly macheted his wife to death and committed suicide by drinking sniper, an insect-killing substance. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday in the Alagbaka...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Mr Ifeoluwa Ehindero, winner of the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal constituency by-election in Ondo State. Prof. Johnson Fasinmirin of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), the Returning Officer of...
Voting was disrupted on Saturday in the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal Constituency by-election at Unit 5, Ward 13 in Oyinmo, Ikare-Akoko, when suspected political thugs snatched the ballot box. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the attack by the hoodlums caused panic with...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Bakare Ayobami, for allegedly buying a car with fake bank alert. The command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Akure. Odunlami-Omisanya said that on Oct. 26, 2023, a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Former lawmaker, representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Senator Boluwaji Kunlere, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on whose platform he went to the National Assembly. Kunlere’s resignation is contained in a letter he personally signed and addressed to the party’s chairman in his...
The Police in Ondo State on Tuesday said it had arrested two persons in connection with the death of a man, Abiodun Akintomowo, in Ondo town, Ondo State. Akintomowo reportedly lost his life after allegedly having a sex romp with a woman suspected to be his girlfriend, in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has suspended the state chairman, Fatai Adams, over alleged anti-party activities. The PDP working committee in the state announced the suspension of the state chairman in a statement on Tuesday. ...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – An aspirant in the 2024 governorship election in Ondo State, Dr Abbas Mimiko, has mourned the death of Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu, saying his demise is a great loss to the Ondo State. Dr. Mimiko expressed grief over Akeredolu’s demise in a condolence message...
The Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has expressed sadness on the death of Ondo State Gov. Olurotimi Akeredolu (SAN). AbdulRazaq in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rafiu Ajakaiye, on Wednesday in Ilorin, described Akeredolu as an exceptional statesman...
The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers in Ondo state. Adetunji Adeleye, the Corps Commander of Amotekun in Ondo State, disclosed this on Sunday while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Akure. Adeleye, who is...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Mr. Chiedu Ebie, has described the departed centenarian and patriarch of the Abegunde family as a trail blazer in his community in Akure, Ondo State. Ebie, who spoke during the...