The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has sealed 10 packaged water companies in Ondo State over alleged non-compliance with the regulation and standards. The Ondo State Coordinator of NAFDAC, Mr Benu Philip, disclosed this in an interview on Sunday in Akure. He said the affected companies which spread across the […]
Continue Reading
The police have rescued 77 suspected abducted persons in Ondo City. A statement by the police spokeswoman of Ondo State Police Command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, said that they included 26 children, eight teenagers and 43 adults. According to the statement, titled “Case of suspected abduction,”: Following Intelligence Report gathered by the Police at Fagun Division, […]
Continue Reading
Scores of children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo City, Ondo State, on Friday evening. It was gathered that the children were allegedly kidnapped and kept in the underground apartment of the church. A source said victims were over 50 while the police had rescued […]
Continue Reading
Ondo Assembly to review Amotekun law Makinde approves recruitment of additional 500 corps Akeredolu issues executive order compelling installation of CCTV in churches, mosques, others Against the backdrop of the recent attack in a church in Owo where 40 persons were killed and many others were injured by terrorists, the state’s House of Assembly, has […]
Continue Reading
Policemen attached to Supare Divisional Headquarters on Friday in collaboration with local hunters in the state went on a tour of duty to comb the bushes in the area for possible arrest of suspected kidnappers. This joint operations became imperative based on the information received from a creditable source that suspected kidnappers were lurking in […]
Continue Reading
Some suspects linked with the Sunday June 5 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, have been arrested. The State Commander of the State Security Network Agency, codenamed Amotekun Corps, in the State, Adetunji Adeleye, confirmed this on Thursday. In the attack, 40 people were killed and over 80 others were wounded […]
Continue Reading
Owo Church Attack: ‘They shot choirmaster in my front’, survivor narrates as she marks birthday A Non-Profit Organisation, Ogundare Foundation, has offered to give scholarship to no fewer than 20 children of victims of the Owo massacre at the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State. During a condolence visit to the Olowo of […]
Continue Reading
Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and wife, Betty, at the funeral mass for 22 of the 40 slain victims of the Sunday, June 5 Owo massacre… at the Mydas Resort and Hotel, Owo, on Friday, June 17, 2022 By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has blasted the state’s chapter of Peoples Democratic Party, […]
Continue Reading
The police in Ondo State have arrested the mother of a crime suspect who was allegedly aware of her child’s profession and helps keep the son’s proceeds from the criminal act. Also arrested are 13 others including five suspected cultists, four robbery and four burglary suspects. These were contained in a statement by police spokeswoman […]
Continue Reading
The Chairman of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hon. Victor Afolabi Olabimtan, has reaffirmed the stand of government to evenly redistribute primary school teachers across the state’s 18 local government areas for better service delivery. This was contained in a statement on Tuesday by the board’s Press Officer, Mr Bisi Agboola. While responding […]
Continue Reading
