By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Unknown people suspected to be political thugs invaded the home of a popular politician, Hon. Olaolu Oladapo, in Ondo city, Ondo state, on Saturday night. Nigerian NewsDirect, however, learnt that these hoodlums could not achieve their…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation in Nigeria (SWOFON), Ondo State Chapter, has expressed worry over the continuous rise in the prices of premium motor spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol, in the state, the situation, the…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Palpable fear has gripped residents of Arijodi/Ologunmolaare in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo state as court officials and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) sealed off their houses with children…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure has sentenced a 36-year-old woman, Opeyemi Omoyemi to four and half years in prison for brutalising and inflicting body injuries on his 12-year-old house help identified as Joel…
Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) have suspended their two-day warning strike. This is contained in a statement made available to journalists on Thursday in Akure by the president of the association,…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Residents of the Eleyowo Community in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have besieged the palace of the Deji of Akure, Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi over his alleged plan to impose a man on…
The Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS) has sealed three hotels and two event centres as part of the state’s enforcement of payment of consumption tax in Akure, the state capital. The leader of the enforcement team and Assistant Director,…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure Men of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, on Monday disclosed that no fewer than 150 suspects have been arrested in January for various crimes in the state. Parading 32 among them at the Corps headquarters…
A 20-year-old lady, Ebunlomo Osatuyi, has been reportedly murdered at her father’s house in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The perpetrators of the act were said to have broken through the window to gain entrance into the house. It was…
The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) has inaugurated solar street lights and other projects in selected communities in Ondo State. The projects include 20 units solar powered street light at road D4, Aule, Akure; and 9 units…
