Ondo State
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.Security agencies launch manhunt for others Eight of the 25 choristers of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) kidnapped by gunmen in Ondo State, at the weekend, have escaped from their abductors. The Commander of the Ondo State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps, Adetunji Adeleye, disclosed this while confirming the abduction of the choir…
4 days ago
A mother of three, Tayelolu Solomon, has allegedly killed her 65-year-old husband, Felix Solomon, with a pestle in Ondo town, headquarters of the Ondo West Local Council of Ondo State. The incident, which occurred in the couple’s residence located in the Government Reserved Area (GRA) of the town, has plunged the community into a state…
26 Sep
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday restrained the Ondo State House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over alleged gross misconduct.
25 Sep
Sir: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC) was the intervention agency set up to cater for the needs of areas impacted by serial degradation on account of several years of oil production by former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. This agency was a creation backed by a law called the NDDC Act 2001. Chapter 12 of…
21 Sep
The intricately knitted personality, of Dr Olusegu Agagu, former Ondo State Governor was largely a function of his public-life spanning ‘tutelage’ as Deputy Governor of the old Ondo State to becoming the Executive Governor of the ‘new’ Ondo State
20 Sep
The Ondo State House of Assembly has initiated impeachment proceedings against the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The Guardian gathered that the impeachment process began on Wednesday following an emergency plenary session convened by the Assembly. According to the findings, the move comes amid allegations of gross misuse of office levied against the deputy governor. Aiyedatiwa…
19 Sep
Oba Samuel Adeoye, the Molokun of Atijere kingdom in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, has appealed to the state government for urgent intervention over the collapse of the only link road to the community. The traditional ruler made the appeal in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in…
18 Sep
A prominent member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), at the weekend, allegedly assaulted and injured the Ondo State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Olubunmi Osadahun, over the distribution of palliatives in Arigidi Akoko, Akoko North West Council of the state.
14 Sep
• Targets 6,000 households in first tranche Ondo State Government has begun to distribute palliatives to vulnerable households in the state as part of measures to cushion the economic burden resulting from the subsidy removal. While flagging off the distribution in Isua-Akoko, headquarters of the Akoko South East Council of the state,the Commissioner for Information and…
12 Sep
.Ondo State Forum sues for calm The return of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State from his three-month medical vacation in Germany has stirred both jubilation and panic in the state. While most residents, including civil servants, market women, religious institutions, and others, celebrate the governor’s return, strong indications suggest that the deputy governor’s camp was…
11 Sep
The governor of Ondo, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday signed the bill creating 33 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) in the state. The speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Oladiji Olamide, on Saturday presented the bill to Akeredolu. Akeredolu received the bill during a brief ceremony at the Ondo governor’s residence in Ibadan, Oyo…
10 Sep
As we are still deconstructing the complexity and implications of last Wednesday’s almost thirteen-hour Court of Appeal’s judgment on the 2023 presidential elections, it is important to note the word on marble above as it dealt us a blow ten years ago when a perceived electoral injustice claimed the life of a former Governor of Ondo State.
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