By Jubril Bada | Former Acting Chairman of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in Ondo State Chief Adetoro Adetokunbo-Saka has disclosed that over 50,000 members of the party in the state have defected with the lawmaker representing Ondo East/Ondo West Federal Constituency, Mr. Abiola Makinde to the All Progressives Congress, APC. The defection, she said […]
By Kayode Olabanji, Okitipupa | The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has promised to table the yearnings and aspirations of the Ilaje people to the Governor at all times. He made the promise at weekend during a special inauguration feast held at William’s Place, Event Centre, Igbokoda, in Ilaje Local Government area […]
By Jubril Bada | The Ondo State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has stressed the need for communities in the country to develop their home grown security through the use of hunters to confront the rampant insecurity in Nigeria. The State Secretary of the party, Mr. Oluseye Olujimi, who made the call during […]
By Adekola Afolabi | Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu yesterday disclosed that his administration’s investment and industrialization drive will be accelerated in the next four years of his second term. The Governor, particularly, pointed that the Port Ondo and other iconic projects will remain the signature projects in his second term industrialization strategy. He […]
By Jimoh Ahmed, Ikare Akoko. | Residents of Akoko have cried out over the abandonment of government projects in the area , especially buildings, meant to house key developmental facilities, which often times were razed down by inferno. They expressed displeasure about the situation following the burning down of a multi million naira federal government […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Nigerians have been enjoined to form a synergy with the aim of bringing an end to the security situation bedeviling the nation. Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola who stated this during an international colluquium during the weekend condemned the ethnic coloration the fight against terrorism and insurgentcy is taking. Governor […]
A member of a suspected kidnapping syndicate yesterday met his waterloo, as he was killed by a vigilante group and hunters in Akunu Akoko in the Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Hope Metro reliably gathered that one of the kidnappers was killed during a gun duel between his gang and […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | The Osun State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police Brutality, Human Rights Violations and Related Extra Judicial Killings, has reaffirmed its commitment in ensuring fairness and equity in all the petitions brought before it. Chairman of the panel, Justice Akin Oladimeji (rtd.), who gave the assurance, said members of the […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The Ekiti State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has disclosed that cocoa and kolanut farm plantations estimated at about 200 hectares have been destroyed by fire at Ikoro, and Iloro communities, Ijero local government areas of the state. According to the chairman of the agency in the state, Capt. Sunday Adebomi (rtd), […]
By Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Osun State Magistrate’s Court sitting in Osogbo over the weekend remanded a 32-year-old commercial driver, Jemilu Lawal, in prison custody for allegedly causing the death of an Immigration officer, Peter Ojo, in Gbongan. The defendant was said to be driving along Ife-Ibadan Expressway when the accident which led to the […]
