Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday said the Federal Government would dualise the Akure-Ikere carriage way. According to Akeredolu, the Federal Government has already completed the design for the dual carriageway project. Akeredolu made the revelation during a thank-you visit to Ifedore, Akure North and Akure South Local Government Areas in Ondo Central…

The Federal Government has announced a decline in number of new cases of Lassa fever in the country. Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, who disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja, said ....

Out of the total mobile subscriptions connected for voice services in Nigeria as at the end of 2018, states in the south west region including Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo had 51.7 million subscribers, amounting to 30.3 per cent. Statistics from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) put Nigeria’s active voice subscriptions as…

The United Democratic Party (UDP) yesterday rejected results of the governorship and House of Assembly elections conducted in Enugu State, saying it was fraught with irregularities. The party also called for forensic analysis of the election materials used in Enugu State, alleging that they were doctored to return the winner of the election. Explaining that…

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Sunday ordered that a Panel of Inquiry be set up to investigate the immediate and remote causes of violence perpetrated in Oba Akoko. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Akeredolu had, on Saturday evening, restricted human and vehicular movement into and from Oba-Akoko due to violence…

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday declared Mr Nicholas Tofowomo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the Ondo South supplementary election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Tofowomo polled 81,892 to defeat incumbent Sen. Yele Omogunwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who scored 55,610 votes. Prof. Kayode Onifade,…

The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against declaring elections in the state inconclusive. The party said the call became imperative in view of incessant attacks on its members by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) a few days before the House of Assembly…

Sooner than later, most politicians, especially from Western Nigeria who have apparently overrated their capacity to deliver votes and consistently failed to do so to their more resourceful allies in Abuja will know the implications of former U.S President Obama’s assertion that, ‘elections have consequences,’ after all. Here is the thing, most politicians and political…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed 23 new cases of Lassa fever that were recorded between Feb. 18 and Feb. 24. NCDC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Ihekweazu said that 1,279 suspected cases had been reported from 32 states and…

Mr Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has commended the large turnout that greeted Saturday’s polls in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Sowore had cast his vote at RCM Primary School, Apoi Ward II, Unit 005 in Kiribo, Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. He said…

Less than three weeks after the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (NDLEA), Ondo State Command, swooped on illicit drugs and their dealers in the state, four officers of the agency were murdered by unknown gunmen in an utmost bizarre manner. The unfortunate attack occurred on Sunday while the NDLEA officers, five in number, were at…

Two persons have been confirmed dead, as others sustained various degrees of injuries following Saturday’s political violence in deferent parts of Ebonyi State. The victims were killed in Ngbo Agbaja ward in Izzi Local Government Area of the state by suspected political thugs, while six others who sustained bullet injuries are receiving treatment at a…