Category: Ondo State

Owo Memorial Park On June 5, 2022, the ancient town of Owo, Ondo State, was thrown into mourning when gunmen attacked worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, leaving scores dead and many injured. Three years later, the grief still lingers — this time the ancient Owo town is enmeshed in controversy over the demolition of […]

Departed UNIMED registrar, Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adeniran invokes Coroner’s Law CJ appoints Chief Magistrate Ogunfuyi as coroner to lead inquest Family claims forced poisoning by assailants Ondo State Government has moved to probe the death in controversial circumstances, of the registrar of the state-owned University of Medical Sciences, Ondo, UNIMED, Mr. Ezekiel Imole Adeniran. Already,the […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiw has distributed new vehicles to 14 Permanent Secretaries in the state public service. His spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan in a statement, said that during a brief handing over ceremony at the Governor’s Office in Alagbaka, Akure, he described the event as a “symbolic one”. He said the gesture, extended to all […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday debunked an alleged rift between him and his deputy, Dr. Olayide Adelami. The governor, in a statement by his spokesman in the Deputy Governor’s office, John Akinduro, said that contrary to the report, he and his deputy share an abiding bond and mutual […]

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Monday received a former deputy governorship candidate of Labour Party, Hon. Dayo Awude, his supporters and others from other political parties into the All Progressives Congress (APC). Awude, a former Commissioner and former State Vice Chairman of the PDP, was the LP’s Deputy Governorship candidate in the last governorship […]

sues for calm vows to prosecute perpetrators Ondo State Government has condemned the destruction of some farms by cows at Ipogun in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. It vowed to investigate the incident and ensure that the perpetrators are prosecuted in accordance with the laws of the land. In a statement by Sola […]

The abducted Ondo State Worker and also a Staff of the state-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Mr Omoniyi Eleyinmi, has been freed after the payment of an undisclosed ransom. He was abducted by unknown gunmen at his residence along Akungba-Supare Akoko road last Sunday. A colleague of the victim at the university confirmed that […]

as World Bank flags off response project Ondo State Government has cried out over the worrisome recurring sea incursion ravaging, and sweeping away the once famous Ayetoro community in the coastal area of the state. Indeed Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Sunday lamented the long-standing problematic sea incursion which he described as a pathetic situation that […]

petition security agencies, Aiyedatiwa, warn on possible clashes Farmers at Ipogun, in Ifedore local government area of Ondo State have accused herdsmen who grazed with their cows of destroying the farms worth over N10 million. They have petitioned the security agencies including the Ondo State Amotekun Corps Commander, and Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to urgently intervene […]