Category: Ondo State

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has ordered the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Igbara-Oke, the headquarters of Ifedore Local Government Area of the State. Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Richard Olatunde, made this known on Thursday in a statement titled, ‘Curfew Imposed on Igbara-Oke’. According to the statement, the curfew was as a […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has counseled youths across the country to channel their bubbling energies and talents towards positively productive and rewarding activities. By this, he said they would help to galvanise the potentials that abound in the country for the overall benefit of the entire Nigerian people regardless of ethnic, religious, social or […]

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu Ondo State will start the enforcement of its Land Use Act on December 1. The Chairman, Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), Mr. Tolu Adegbie, made this known yesterday in Akure at the start of a two-day road awareness and sensitisation programme. He said property owners had a month’s grace […]

Allays fears over soldiers’ withdrawal from checkpoints Cleric condemns kidnappings, urges Fed Govt to tackle insecurity Ondo State, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has assured the residents of the state that there is no cause for alarm. He said that contrary to fears from some quarters that the action of the army would jeopardise the security architecture […]

Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, aka Amotekun Corps, have apprehended a man, Ibrahim Sani, for allegedly kidnapping and raping a woman. The 19-year-old suspect was reportedly arrested in Akure, the state capital. The state Commander of the corps, Chief Adetunji Adeleye, during a parade of the suspect, said the teenager had participated […]

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said that the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, is effectively filling the vacuum created by the overstretched conventional security agencies, particularly the police in the state. He noted that Amotekun Corps is a child of necessity which is essentially created to fill the obvious security gap […]

Residents of villages and new communities in Ondo State are in agony due to the huge bills slammed on them by Benin City Electricity Distribution Company due to lack of prepaid metres. Investigation showed that the affected communities are paying huge bills following the introduction of bulk metres, security deposit which have put the residents […]