On ministerial nominees By Adewale Kupoluyi | Few days ago, President Muhammadu Buhari forwarded names of 43 ministerial nominees to the Senate for confirmation. Among the 43 nominees are 12 persons, who were ministers in the president’s first term in office while the remaining 31 nominees, when cleared by the upper legislative house, would become […]
Snake sends ODHA members on indefinite recess By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Lawmakers at the Ondo State House of Assembly have proceeded on indefinite recession. The Speaker of the house, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun announced this yesterday while speaking with journalists shortly after the parliamentary sitting. Oleyelogun disclosed that the ‘honourable members’ jointly took the position due […]
Fasoranti daughter’s murder: Police arrest driver, other Two persons including a driver are now helping detectives to unravel the puzzle sorrounding the death of the daughter of Afenifere leader, Mrs Funke Olakunori. Mrs Olakunori, 58, a lawyer was gruesomely murdered on Friday July 12 by yet to be identified killers on her way to Lagos. […]
Chicken fight over a rooster By Sunmola Olowookere | Handsome boyfriends are hard to come by. Any lady lucky enough to get one for herself jealously guards her copyright as we live in a society where ladies abound and the guys; whether ugly or handsome are not enough to go round. Kenny as he was […]
Spread immunisation gospel, Akeredolu charges By Adebola Omotoye | Ondo State governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has tasked stakeholders in the health sector not to be tired of spreading and actualising the gospel of immunisation. Akeredolu stated this yesterday at the 2019 second quarter meeting of the state taskforce on polio eradication and routine immunisation in […]
Be good ambassadors, Akeredolu charges 276 intending pilgrims By Adekola Afolabi | Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has charged the 276 intending pilgrims to this year’s Hajj to be good ambassadors of the state and abide by the rules of their engagement at the Holy Land. The governor who gave the charge while addressing […]
Court ends 20-year-old marriage over desertion Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti \ An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court has dissolved a 20-year-old marriage between Bunmi Awolusi and her husband, Olusola Awolusi, on grounds of threat to life and desertion. Bunni, 47, a fish seller and resident of Adehun, Zone 7, in Ado-Ekiti, had dragged her husband before the court […]
Driver remanded over alleged death of passengers By Sade Adewale, Ondo | A driver, Moses Jeremiah, who allegedly drove dangerously on highway, thereby causing the death of three people, has been remanded in prison custody. The Ondo Magistrates’ Court gave the order after the police charged Jeremiah to court for driving recklessly along Igushin, Ondo […]
Octogenarian docked over threat to life By Sade Adewale | An 80-year-old man , Isaac Olufemi Akinfesola, has been dragged before the Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo town, for allegedly threatening the life of one Isaiah Taye with cutlass. The police brought Akinfesola before the court for also forcibly entering into Junaid cocoa family farmland. […]
Lawyer frowns at Fulani herdsmen recall to North By Kayode Olabanji | An Akure-based legal practitioner, Mr. Olaleye Akintububo, has condemned the purported order by the Northern Elders directing Fulani herdsmen to return to the North, saying it is not only divisive, but a tall order that is grossly unrealistic. Akintuhubo, who stated this in […]
