Bereaved and shocked Mrs. Adebori Oladunni, has petitioned the Ondo State police boss, Mr Bolaji Salami, over the circumstances surrounding the mysterious death of her six-year-old daughter, Esther Ajijolaoluwa. In her petition to the police commissioner, through her lawyer, Mr. Mufutau Adegboye, she said she suspected that her daughter must have been used for ritual purposes […]
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Oba Aladelusi and Chief Umenweke at the ceremony Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Ogunlade Aladelusi has scrapped the Eze Ndigbo title of the Igbo community in his kingdom as he installed a new Ndigbo leader in his domain. He is Chief Titus Umenweke. The royal father who had earlier approved the appointment about a year […]
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A Good Samaritan has rescued a three-year-old girl found inside a gutter in Ondo City, Ondo State. The little girl, who has been christened Esther, reportedly lost consciousness and almost died as she was tied in both hands and legs, put in a sack and dumped in a filthy gutter in the Ayeyemi area of […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has cautioned his people against carrying out retaliatory attack over Saturday’s killing of some Ondo indigenes in Plateau State. Noting that an unconfirmed number of deaths have been recorded while some persons were severely injured in the said attack. he called for calm in a statement by his Chief […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has described the death of its candidate for Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency in the 2019 election and a Special Assistant to former Governor Olusegun Mimiko, Mr Olawale Ogunleye, as a big blow. In a statement by the party’s spokesman in the state, Mr Ikantu […]
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Ondo State Governorship candidate of Peoples Democratic (PDP), Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, has explained why he did not join the national chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee and governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala Buni in his petition before the election petitions tribunal. Addressing leaders of his party in a meeting at the […]
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Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, in his Amotekun uniform A 14-year-old boy, names withheld, a secondary school pupil who also hawks slippers in Owo, Owo local government area of Ondo State, has narrated how he escaped from kidnapper’s den. The boy who said he was abducted by three men on Monday while going to the […]
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Students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure have blocked the Akure-Ilesa-Ibadan highway in protest over the death of their colleague in a road accident Five students of the institution were involved in a crash on Monday night around the Cathedral area along Oyemekun road, Akure. One of the victims, a 200 Level student in […]
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The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Ondo State says it is open to negotiation on its ongoing industrial action over the payment of half salaries to its members by the state government. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu had informed labour leaders that borrowing to augment payment of salaries was no longer sustainable hence the payment of half […]
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Ondo State Government will today host the two State High Court Judges elevated as Justices of Court of Appeal Nigeria to a state dinner. The justice are: Justices Ademola Bola and Olabode Adegbehingbe The event according to statement signed by the Secretary of the planning committee, Mr Kunle Adebayo will hold at the International Center […]
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