Category: Ondo State

Newly elected APC Chairman in Ondo State, Hon Kolawole Babatunde Aiyedatiwa urges discipline, internal democracy The All Progressives Congress, APC, on Thursday elected a former member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Kolawole Babatunde, as its new Chairman in Ondo State. He and 35 other members of the party’s State Working Committee emerged through consensus […]

Credit: Debbie Funmilayo, Ondo State Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources Ondo State Government has confirmed that gold deposits in large quantity abound in Ose Local Government Area of the state. In fact, it disclosed that geological indications suggest the possibility of more substantial deposits beneath the surface of the council area. The commissioner for […]

Ondo State Government has directed security agencies in the state to crackdown on kidnappers. A statement on Tuesday by the Information and Orientation Commissioner, Mr Idowu Ajanaku, said: “The Ondo State Government has expressed deep concern over the recent kidnapping incidents in the state which has been discovered that it was orchestrated by some locals […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and APC South West National Vice Chairman, Dr Isaac Kekemeke, at the party’s stakeholders meeting in Akure, on Tuesday says congress to hold Tuesday, officers’ll emerge by consensus No official court order stopping us – Kekemeke The All Progressives Congress, APC, seemed set to go ahead with its Ondo State […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has stopped the state Congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. It stopped the congress, scheduled to hold on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, via its granting of an application filed by aggrieved members of the party. The court, presided over by Justice Toyin […]

The Police have advised all religious bodies in Ondo State including churches, mosques, and traditionalists, to suspend night activities for now in view of the security situation prevailing in the land. The state police boss, Mr Adebowale Lawal, at a press conference in Akure on Friday, warned that such gatherings expose congregants to avoidable risks. […]

Another victim of the violence which rocked the recent ward congress of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, has died. The state police boss, Mr Adebowale Lawal, who announced this at a press briefing said the victim died in the early hours of Friday. This […]

distributes ambulances, patrol vans Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Friday commissioned 10 ambulances, and took delivery of 10 patrol vehicles for security agencies. He also  presented official cars to new Permanent Secretaries. At the presentation, which took place at the Government House in Akure, the Governor stressed that healthcare delivery goes beyond policy […]

Ondo State Police boss, Mr Adebowale Lawal, has confirmed the arrest of 11 suspects over the recent abduction of six worshippers at a Celestial Church in Uso community, in Owo Local Government Area of the state. He disclosed this at a press conference in Akure, where he also announced the rescue of one of the […]