Category: Ondo State

Ondo State Goverment has slammed a restriction order on Okada Operators in the state as it intensifies fight against murder, banditry and other crimes in the state. Also, it ordered the immediate closure of Mai Asubahi Night Club and GidanBarau, in Ore, Odigbo Local Government area of the state. It said the closure became imperative […]

The absence of counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Ondo High Court on Tuesday stalled arraignment of Speaker Bamidele Oleyelogun. Oloyelogun was to be arraigned at the State High court within the Olokuta Correctional Centre in Akure. The Speaker, Clerk of the Assembly, Mr. Bode Adeyelu and three other staff […]

The National Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, on Friday appreciated Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for appointing seven new directors into some companies. It also felicitated with the appointees who it charged to discharge their responsibilities creditably to justify the trust reposed in them by  the “indefatigable and Talk-and-do Governor of Ondo State.” In a […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has approved the appointment of seven directors to represent the state on the board of some companies. Information and Orientation commissioner, Mr Donald Ojogo, made this known in a statement in Akure on Thursday. The directors are Dr Remi Olatubora and High Chief Stephen Arowojolu for Ore Irele Oil Palm […]

A secondary school  Principal, Mr Joshua Adeyemi, his Vice, Mr lfedayo Yesufu and three other teachers have been kidnapped along Auga-Ise road in Akoko North East council area of Ondo state. Adeyemi is the Principal of Auga Community Grammar School while lfedayo is the Vice. The three abducted teachers also of same school include Oloyede […]

Herders operating in Akure, Owo and Ose local government areas have pledged to flush out criminal herdsmen operating within their domain. The collaboration of the herdsmen already has led to the arrest of kidnappers’ informants and other syndicates operating in the axis. The herdsmen swore with the Qur’an to give out information about the activities […]

Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon Bamidele Oleyelogun Oladimeji heads for court, says: ‘My suspension is illegal’ Six councillors kick, say their signatures were forged Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday suspended the chairman of lfedore council area of the state, Alex Oladimeji over alleged gross misconduct. But Oladimeji, who has headed […]

Three persons have been feared dead and four others injured in a communal clash that occured in Ikare Akoko, Akoko Northeast local government area. Several houses were also shot at and vandalised by the warring groups. The fight in Ikare Akoko is an age long quarrel between the Olukare of Ikare, Oba Akadiri Momoh and […]

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has urged President Mohammadu Buhari not to consider lifting the ban on rice importation. He said the country had the capacity to produce rice for job creation and exportation. He spoke while inspecting rice harvest in Akure and environs cultivated in collaboration with the National Centre For Agricultural Mechanization (NCAM) […]