Candidates of the 17 political parties contesting the October 10 governorship election in Ondo State would sign a peace accord Tuesday October 6, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said. According to him, the commission has recovered from the recent fire incident which destroyed over 5,000 smart card readers […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo A young man, Wale Hazzan, is cooling his feet in the Akure Prison for killing a Ghanaian. He was remanded on Thursday by an Akure Magistrate Court sitting at Oke Eda Magisterial District in the Ondo State capital. Magistrate N. T. Aladejana, before whom the accused was arraigned, ordered Hazzan’s remand specifically […]
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By Banji Ayoola Most public schools in the rural communities of Ondo State now operate with only two teachers, who teach from Primary One to Six. This was discovered on Wednesday in Daada, an Igbatoro community in the Akure North Local Government area, when the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), […]
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By Kunle Adesida Sexual assault (an act of any form directed at person’s sexuality using coercion) though is a universal occurrence, unfortunately became one of predominant concerns across Nigerian society especially in the year 2019. Nonetheless, the year 2020 is just far from safer. In fact, child rape took an unfortunate surge on the books […]
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By Shefiu Adeyemo An Akure Chief Magistrate Court is probing into how thieves broke into one Aderinlewa Olufikayo’s house in the HOB Estate behind the Federal Secretariat Akure, Ondo State, and carted off properties valued N211, 000 at about 12.00 noon on March 15. The court is questioning two security guards and another one still […]
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Barely two weeks after a fire incident at the Akure office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), it has replaced the 5,000 smart card readers destroyed in the inferno. The smart card readers sourced from the Oyo State office of the commission have been received by the Akure office, it was learnt. The State […]
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Nigeria’s first chocolate factory on Tuesday rolled chocolate bars off its production line as the Ondo State Government vowed to give it operational freedom. Named Sunshine Chocolate Factory, the venture is a Public Private Partnership between Ondo State Government and a United States company, Spagnavola Chocolatiers.It was established at Alade-Idanre in Idanre Local Government Area […]
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Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has promised to end clashes between farmers and herders in communities in Akure North local government. He made the promise when he took his campaigns to Aiyede/Ogbese, Ilu Abo, Bolorunduro, Alayere and Eleyeowo communities . The PDP candidate stated that it was regrettable that […]
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The suspected political thugs being taken to Olokuta Prisons By Shefiu Adeyemo An Akure Magistrate Court on Tuesday remanded for one month, seven suspected political thugs who allegedly attacked the campaign train of All Progressives Congress, APC candidate in the October 10 governorship election and Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on September 19 at Ifon […]
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