There was pandemonium in Akure metropolis, the Ondo State capital, yesterday, as commercial motorcycle riders chased all traffic wardens off the street following the death of one of their colleagues. A fully loaded petroleum tanker belonging to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) crushed a commercial motorcyclist, Mr. Kayode Esan, to death around 8am. It…

Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo State have apprehended a middle-aged woman, Mrs. Abimbola Oreoluwa, for allegedly inflicting bodily injury on her 12-year-old houseboy. The woman, according to the NSCDC state commandant, Pedro Awili, allegedly assaulted the houseboy with hot water and razor blade over stealing. Awili, who disclosed…

Sequel to the payment of six out of the seven months salary arrears to Ondo State workers, organised labour in the state has revoked its planned strike. The labour unions had threatened industrial action due to backlog of salaries despite the N20 billion Paris Club refund the state got from the federal government. Nigeria Labour…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), yesterday, confirmed two new cases of Lassa fever in Ondo State and one in Edo. One has reportedly died in Ondo. This is despite efforts by the federal government through NCDC to rid the country of Lassa fever, monkey pox and yellow fever. According to the latest figures…

Horror was let loose on a cocoa farmland in Bolorunduro, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State at the weekend as suspected Indian hemp barons attacked a family, threatening to wipe out the entire household. The Guardian gathered that the hoodlums swooped on the farm over an alleged disappearance of the illicit Indian hemp…

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has reiterated the commitment of his administration to national sports growth, making efforts to harness the human and natural resources to drive the passion. Akeredolu said this yesterday when he received the 19th National Sports festival Torch of Unity at the Government House, Alagbaka, Akure. He said the forthcoming…

Telecommunications services in Abuja and nine other states may be disrupted soon. This followed the forceful shut down of facilities in Kogi State, due to disputes arising from unusual taxes and levies demanded by the state government. The payments, which are driven by the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS), are for the Ministry of…

Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has described the reordering of the 2018 Budget by the State Assembly as constitutional, saying it was to accommodate the Paris Fund release for payment of workers' salaries. Akeredolu, who recognised the Bamidele Oleyelogun-led Assembly stressed that the reordering was constitutional, stressing that the criticism against it by a faction…

Mrs. Grace Aramide Olawoye, who died on November 11, 2017, was born on March 13, 1941 into a royal family in Ondo town. She received her primary school education at St. Stephen’s Junior Primary School and Anglican Girls School in Ondo. After her primary school education, she proceeded to St. Louis Secondary School, Ondo for…

Some young people, especially graduates, see cocoa farming as a poorly rewarding business meant for only the aged people who have resigned to fate. They think farmers, and by extension cocoa producers, have nothing else to show for their labour and drudgery except a beggarly existence. These perceptions are not only false but also far…

Consultat endocrinologist at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, (formerly the Specialist Hospital, Akure), Dr. Adenike Enikuomehin, has raised the alarm over high incidence of diabetes in Ondo State. Enikuomehin, who spoke in Akure yesterday at the 2018 World Diabetes Day themed ‘Diabetes and the Family’, condemned the toll diabetes takes on the…

The Justice, Development and Peace Centre (JDPC), Ondo State chapter, has faulted the poor priority given to agricultural extension services in the state, warning that it will serve as an obstacle to the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in 2030.   The JDPC Director, Rev Fr. Damian Adesegha, said this yesterday in Akure at the…