By Bukola Olamona | Ondo State Ministry of Culture and Tourism yesterday unveiled the “Oloolu Sculpture” to promote the existence of the traditional weaving and dry cleaning of Aso oke which is already going into extinction. Unveiling the sculpture, the Commissioner of the Ministry, Mr Yemi Olowolabi said the ‘Oloolu sculpture’ is to celebrate the […]
Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | The police in Osogbo have arraigned a 40-year-old man, Taofeeq Adepoju, before an Osogbo Magistrate’s court, for allegedly defrauding 186 staff of Irepodun Local Government Area to the tune of N45,293,916. The prosecution said Adepoju, stood as a middle-man to secure loan for the 186 council staff from a first generation […]
By Saheed Ibrahim | The Ondo State Judiciary has approached the Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality in Ondo state and Other Matters, sitting in Akure for compensation over looting, destruction, burning and vandalisation of its facilities in some courts across the state, during the EndSARS protest last October. Giving details of the affected […]
By Tola Gbadamosi | The Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has pledged more support for all the security agencies in the state. The Governor represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tayo Oluwatoyin said this during the commissioning of projects by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (COAS) at […]
By Babatunde Ayedoju | As we proceed further into the year 2021, a lot of people, Nigerians inclusive, will not forget the just-concluded year 2020 in a hurry. It was a year full of many occurences. It was the year of the corona virus pandemic, known as COVID-19. It was the year of social distancing, […]
By Tola Gbadamosi | A 13-year-old girl, Habeebat Famuyibo of No 16 Fiwasaye, Abe koko, Ado Ekiti has been declared missing. Habeebat, a student of Olaoluwa Muslim Grammar school, Ado Ekiti was said to have left home for her work place, where she was a tailor apprentice since Friday morning. The girl’s father, Mr. Rasaq […]
By Babatunde Ayedoju | Journalists have been charged to be more zealous about their profession and make their impacts felt by the society more than before. This charge was given by members of the League of Veteran Journalists in Ondo State, in an interview with our correspondent, shortly after their meeting at the NUJ Press […]
By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | The State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Alhaji Rasheed Badmus, has condemned erection of some illegal structures along Arakale-NEPA Road, Akure, the Ondo state capital. He said the structures contradicted government’s plan on urbanization of the state capital. The commissioner noted that the structures were erected on spaces whose […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | Following the reopening of schools across the state, Ekiti State Government has reviewed the curfew earlier imposed on the State from 8pm to 6am. The government said the curfew will now commence from 10 pm to 6 am while the restriction order maximum of 20 persons in confined spaces was removed […]
Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | A 45-year-old man, Moses Sanni, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment by an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for stealing armoured cable pipes belonging to the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. The prosecution said the convict committed the offence on April 15, 2020 around 9:00p.m., within the premises of the Obafemi Awolowo […]
