Nigeria Centres for Disease Control (NCDC) has confirmed two deaths from Lassa fever in Ondo and Ebonyi states. NCDC, in the reporting Week 41 (October 8-14, 2018), published yesterday confirmed 13 new cases of Lassa fever from Edo (four), Ondo (four) Ebonyi (two) Delta (one), Kogi (one), and Imo (one). The Centre noted that from…

A masquerade, who stabbed a young applicant, Femi Makanjuola, aged 30, to death in Akure, Ondo State capital, has been arrested by the police.  The deceased, who just got employment with Dangote Group of Companies, was expected to resume his new job on Monday, but met his untimely death on Saturday evening.    The Guardian…

The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday said its had arrested a masquerader and one of his followers for allegedly stabbing to death a 30-year-old man who refused to give them money. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Olugbenga Adeyanju, told newsmen that the masquerader, Olu Olowokere and his 75 year-old follower, Adaramola…

The Federal Government has begun rehabilitation of electrical facilities neglected for over 10 years in Ondo South Senatorial District. Some residents in Ode-Aye, Okiipupa, Igbokoda and Irele confirmed this when a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the communities on Monday. According to them, the Niger-Delta Power Holding Company Ltd (NDPHCL) has…

As political parties struggle to conclude primaries and meet the October 7 INEC deadline for submission of candidates, the exercise has been characterised by inconclusiveness, cancellation, infightings and intrigues that may make or mar their chances in the 2019 general elections. Mostly hit by the development is the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) whose leadership…

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Oka-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area has remanded the Olusupare of Supare-Akoko, Oba Adejoro Adedeji, for contempt of court. Oba Adedeji was dragged before the court over a chieftaincy title of the Olokeogboran but failed to appear before the court when the case was mentioned. The court…

Ondo State wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has protested against a list released by the National Working Committee (NWC), saying the list smacked of imposition of some candidates on the party. Led by the state’s Youth Leader, Omotayo Babalayo, they described NWC’s action as imposition that could spell doom for the party ahead…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly primaries in Ondo State yesterday took a dramatic dimension as the National Working Committee electoral members were nowhere to be found. Meanwhile, there had been crises across the three senatorial districts against alleged imposition of candidates by the governor and state APC chairman, Ade Adetimehin. It took a…

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has pardoned 17 prisoners to commemorate the independence anniversary. He granted the pardon in accordance with the recommendation of the State Advisory Council on Prerogative of Mercy. The announcement was made through a statement made available to journalists in Akure yesterday by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr.…

The Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) and ActionAid Nigeria have identified some challenges in the agricultural sector, revealing that they constitute obstacles to farmers in Ondo State.   At a one-day consultative meeting on the 2019 Ondo State Agriculture Budget in Akure on Tuesday, the organisations canvassed for more inclusiveness, especially among the smallholder…

To create more employment opportunities in Ondo State, the state government’s cassava-ethanol project is expected to commence before the end of the year. Special Adviser to the Governor Olurotimi Akeredolu on Development and Investment, Boye Oyewumi, disclosed this at the weekend when a team foreign experts and officials of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed drugs weighing 110.542 tons in Akure, Ondo State capital. According to the spokesman of the agency, Jonah Achema, “this is the single largest public destruction of exhibits by burning, coming after the one by Edo State, which gross weight was 136 tons. The drugs, mainly Cannabis…