Vows killers of Catholic Church members will regret action The Olowo Owo Kingdom, Ondo State, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, speaks with Peter Dada about last Sunday’s attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, where many worshipers were massacred by suspected terrorists. How do you feel that the age-long peace in Owo was suddenly disrupted by some […]
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FG’s conclusion on ISWAP hasty – Akeredolu Ondo Governor: It’s dagger driven into our hearts Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka said yesterday that Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), was the target of the recent deadly attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Soyinka, who was at the governor’s office at Alagbaka, […]
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Editor’s Note: Graphic content / Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (3rd L) points to the blood stained floor after an attack by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, Southwest Nigeria on June 5, 2022. – Gunmen with explosives stormed a Catholic church and opened fire at the church on June 5, killing […]
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Nobel laureate and renowned playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has described the terror attack in Owo, last Sunday, as a message to the South West. He made the remark when he visited Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, on Friday, at his office, Alagbaka, Akure on a condolence visit over the terror attack in Owo. He […]
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The three convicts To die by hanging or firing squad By Banji Ayoola An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Friday sentenced to death three out of the four-man gang who killed Olufunke Olakuonri, daughter of Afenifere Leader, Chief Reuben Fasoranti. The three, including Mohammed Shehu Usman, Lawal Mazaje and Adamu Adamu, are […]
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By Martins Fasusi The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC in Ondo Central Senatorial District, Adeniyi Adegbonmire, has condoled with the victims and families of those killed in the gruesome attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, during worship last Sunday, by unknown gunmen. In a statement, which he signed, he expressed deep […]
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By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Police Command on Thursday debunked an alleged reprisal attack on the Hausa community at Sabo area in Ondo City. In a statement by the police spokeswoman in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, the command described the claimed attack as fake news and “an unhealthy rumour to stir still waters.” According […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (right); and the Ondo Diocesan Bishop of the Catholic Church, Most Revd Jude Arogundade, during a condolence visit to to Governor at his Owo home by Catholic Bishops from the South West … on Wednesday Catholic Bishops from South West visit Governor, condole victims State Assembly commiserates with Owo, Ondo […]
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Ganduje, C&S leader task FG, security operatives Chairman of North Central States Governors’ Forum (NCSGF), Governor Abubakar Bello of Niger State, has described as heinous, satanic and heartbreaking the killing of worshipers at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, on Sunday. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mary Noel Berje, […]
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Authorities of the Catholic Diocese of Ondo on Tuesday said 38 persons have so far been confirmed dead in the Sunday terrorists’ attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The Diocesan Bishop, Jude Arogundade, disclosed this in an interview. Gunmen had on Sunday attacked the church located on Owa-Luwa Street in Owo, the […]
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