Category: Ondo State

An Ilaje oil producing community in Ondo State Ondo State House of Assembly says that the 2023 budget for the Ondo State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (OSOPADEC) will improve the well-being and standard of oil-producing areas. Mr Akintomide Akinrogunde, the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, stated this on Thursday at […]

Aiyetoro Community • Inhabitants in disarray, say over 10 kilometres already lost to ocean • We’ve been abandoned by govt, oil firms, dwellers say • It’s a huge project, we cannot handle it alone – Ondo govt Located on the frontlines of climate change and exploration activities of oil firms, Ayetoro, a coastal community in […]

The member-elect of the House of Representatives for Okitipupa/Irele Federal Constituency, Prince Okunjimi Odimayo, has prayed that Nigeria witnesses an economic breakthrough during the incoming Asiwaju Bola Tinubu administration. While celebrating the Eid-el-Fitr with the Muslims in a message, he also prayed that the nation will experience peace and prosperity, saying: “As Nigerians, we pray […]

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo state capital, on Wednesday, validated the nomination of Adegboyega Adefarati as the candidate of the House of Representatives for the All Progressives Congress at the last February 25, 2023, election. The State High Court earlier nullified the candidacy of Adefarati as the court dismissed the primary of […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State government has cautioned members of the public to desist from taking laws into their hands by applying jungle justice on people suspected of committing crimes or carrying out vengeance against fellow beings. The warning came just as the police arrest two over Monday’s killing of a driver by […]

A young man was stoned to death by an angry mob on Monday in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for allegedly killing two persons and injuring six others in a road accident. Police spokeswoman in the state, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, confirmed the incident. Visibly sad over the killing through jungle justice, she told news men […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Monday, April 3, 2023 proceeds on a 15 – working day vacation as the first installment of his 2023 Annual Leave. This was contained in a statement by his press secretary, Richard Olatunde. According to the statement: “In a letter transmitted to the State House of Assembly and addressed […]