An aspirant of the ruling All Progressive Congress, in the last senatorial primary elections in Ondo State, Dr Tola Awosika, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He had resigned from the ruling All Progressives Congress APC last week. His spokesperson, Prince Segun Adesemoye, told newsmen in Akure, that Awosika’s interest in politics is […]
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The chairman of Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB,, Rt. Hon Victor Olabimtan, has assured that the state will work towards achieving the standard requirement of 35 pupils per class. Besides, he declared that his board will continue to give on the job training to its teachers in line with the modern trend. These […]
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Wants him disqualified as PDP’s candidate over alleged perjury The Senator representing Ondo South Senatorial District, Nicholas Tofowomo, has dragged a former deputy governor of the state, Agboola Ajayi to a Federal High Court sitting in Akure seeking his disqualification as the 2023 Senatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the district over […]
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Neighbours living around the Whole Bible Believer Church also known as Ondo Church at Valentino area of Ondo City in Ondo State where 77 persons including many children, youths and adults were rescued from its underground have continued to open cans of worms, as they vowed to stop its operation in the area. When our […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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