The Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is flexing muscles over 11 months of unpaid salaries. Its Chairman, Comrade Ade Arikawe, told a news conference on the school’s campus on Tuesday that members were no longer able to discharge...
Ondo State
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Police have arrested a 28-year old ex-convict and internet fraudster, Fatai Bakare, for allegedly killing his father’s tenant, Onyimi Grace, at Ore town in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB), IGBOKODA, in Ondo State, in the early hours of Thursday arrested a 77-meter-long Motor Tanker (MT) VINNALARIS 1 LAGOS involved in crude oil theft. This Director of Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, disclosed this in...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – In his bid to restore political stability in Ondo State, President Bola Tinubu, late on Friday, waded into the months-long crisis between factions loyal to the Executive Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. This followed marathon negotiations between...
Ondo state Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says it will soon resolve the face-off between the legislature and a section of the executive arm of government in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there has been a face-off between some members of...
Police in Ondo State have arrested four robbery suspects over the alleged murder of their gang member following a dispute on sharing of their loot. SP Funmilayo Odunlami- Omisanya, the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, made this known when the suspects and 14 others were parade before newsmen on...
The Nigerian Army, on Monday, restated its resolve to flush out kidnappers, bandits and other criminal elements from Ondo State. The Commander, 32 Artillery Brigade in Ondo State, Brig.-Gen.Muktar Adamu, said this during the flag-off of a Field Training Exercise codenamed Exercise Still Water III, 2023...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Police in Ondo State have rescued no fewer than 8 Christian worshippers who were kidnapped on Friday afternoon by gunmen at Elegbeka in Ose Local Government Area of the state. The abducted persons are members of the Christ Apostolic Church(CAC), Oke Igan, Akure,...
Police in Ondo State have confirmed the abduction of some Christian worshippers traveling for a burial programme by gunmen at Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of the state. The abducted persons are members of the Christ Apostolic Church(CAC), Oke Igan, Akure, the state capital. SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya,...
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday in Abuja set up a nine-man committee to intervene in the impeachment crisis rocking Ondo State Government. Mr Edwin Olofu, Ganduje’s Chief Press Secretary announced this in a statement. He said the committee...
The Ogun State Government has alerted the public on a possible cholera outbreak in Ijebu North Local Government area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the Special Adviser to the governor on Health, Dr Tomi Coker, on Sunday in Abeokuta. Coker defined Cholera...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 39-year old Pastor, Michael Ogundepo, over alleged visa scam. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, DSC Aidamenbor Daniel, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Akure,...
A 26-year-old suspected ritualist and fraudster, Franklin Akinyosuyi, arrested with human head and other parts, said untold hardship and low patronage caused his involvement in rituals. The suspect was arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Police’s anti-crime section attached to Funmbi-Fagun police Station, in Ondo town, the headquarters...
Tragedy struck on Tuesday in Akure following the over 24 hours rainfall which led to part of a building collapsing and causing the death of a man. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday that the incident occurred at 3.00 p.m., at Itedo Eledumare Street,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Four suspects facing trial at the Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, who were apprehended during the 2023 UTME for registration and examination infractions, are to remain in detention following their failure to secure bail. The suspects are to spend two more...
By OLA MUDOPE,Akure – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a 35-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Peter Nweke, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old boy (name withheld) in Ondo State. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, DSC Daniel Aidamenbor, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
Three suspects alleged to have killed Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun of the Nigerian Navy in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been arrested by the police. Parading the suspects before journalsts on Thursday in Akure, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said...
The Police in Ondo State have arrested a nurse, health assistant and security guard at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Emure-IIe, Owo Local Government Area, over the mysterious disappearance of a baby’s placenta. The Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, made this known while speaking with the newsmen...
The security operatives in Ondo State had rescued no fewer than 13 victims of kidnapping along Abuja Road in Isua, the headquarters of Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the development on Thursday to newsmen. The spokesperson said...