By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, have expressed anger over pressure to vote against the Local Government Autonomy in the new constitution being reworked by the National Assembly. Some members of the Assembly who…
The Federal Government has disbursed N57.3 million as Grant for Vulnerable Groups (GVG) to 2,866 households across the 18 local government areas of Ondo State as part of its National Social Investment Programme (NSIP). Hajia Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian…
The number of confirmed Lassa fever cases in Nigeria has risen to 994 while the death toll has increased to 178. This is according to the Lassa fever situation report for week 47 obtained from the Nigeria Centre for Disease…
The abductors of the Oloso of Oso- Ajowa Akoko, in Akoko North West Area of Ondo State, Oba Clement Jimoh Olukotun, have demanded a N100m ransom for the release of the monarch. According to a palace source, the kidnappers on…
The Oloso of Oso, Oba Clement Jimoh Olukotun, in Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been abducted by gun-wielding kidnappers. According to sources in the community, the kidnappers stormed the monarch’s home on Thursday…
A 14-year-old Senior Secondary School girl of Akure High School in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo state has been allegedly gang-raped by three teenagers in a bush within the school compound. It was gathered that the victim, a…
Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti, says the Ondo Sea Port is expected to play a role in contributing significantly to developing the state’s economy and its neighbouring states. Oyebanji who was represented by the Special Assistant (SA) to the governor…
Cecilia Idowu, 55, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital for allegedly killing her tenant. The defendant was said to have killed the 26-year-old person, Stephen Haruna, at her residence on Oke-Igbala Street…
The National University Commission (NUC) has approved Management Sciences programmes for Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State. This was contained in an NUC approval letter, signed by Dr N.B Saliu, Director of Academic Planning for…
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the Governor of Ondo State and Chairman of the South West Governors’ Forum, has faulted the position taken by the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, in support of Peter Obi of the Labour Party, LP, saying that they are…
