Category: Ondo State

APC condemns Owo killings, wants perpetrators punished By Banji Ayoola The chairman of South West Governors and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to urgently address the worsening terrorism in the country. Particularly, the Governor, who said he believes in One Nigeria, stressed that the Southwest has been sustaining […]

Cautions against visiting Southwest with war Sanwo-Olu, Abiodun, AbdulRahman donate N75m to victims of Owo attack By Banji Ayoola The chairman of South West Governors and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday warned that the Governments and People of the Region would not tolerate any further unprovoked attack under whatever guise anywhere in the […]

The mass burial of those who were killed in the terrorists attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo , Ondo State last week Sunday, will hold on Friday, June 17. At least, 40 people died in the attack while many others sustained injuries. Confirming the date, the Catholic Diocese of Ondo through its Director of […]

Vow to beef up security  Express concern over influx of okada riders into region Owo killings, attack on Yoruba race – Ondo Obas By Banji Ayoola Governors in the Southwest, under the aegis of Southwest Governors’ Forum, have declared a three-day mourning period in memory of the victims of the 5th June, 2022 terror attack […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]