Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Two persons have reportedly died while three others were injured in an accident involving a truck and a Toyota Hiace bus at Iwaraja junction on Ipetu-Ijesa highway. The accident was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by Mrs Kudirat Ibrahim, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in […]
By Tola Gbadamosi & Michael Ofulue | A newly recruited Police Constable, Friday David , 27, attached to Odofin Police Station in Idanre, Idanre local government area of Ondo State, has been arrested for armed robbery. Arrested alongside David is a 24-year-old soldier, CPL Victor Innocent, presently serving with 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment, Akure. […]
By Runsewe Solomon | An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure on Thursday sentenced a former member of Promise Land Prophetic Ministry, in Akure, Pastor John Abiodun, to two years imprisonment for perjury and publishing life-threatening and inciting stories about one Emmanuel Jeminiyi Ajidahun. Abiodun alongside Prof. Lanre Olu-Adeyemi, were earlier brought before the […]
By Runsewe Solomon | The Ondo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Akure has adjourned till February 25, for final Written Addresses by parties in the ongoing legal tussle filed by the People Democratic party (PDP), candidate, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, challenging the outcome of October 10 election. Chairman of the panel, Justice Abubakar […]
EFFORTS of government to improve on the security of citizens and their territory should only earn accolades and enjoy maximum cooperation once they are confirmed to be genuine and out of patriotism . It is therefore important for Nigerians to realize that cyber-crimes of various degrees capable of running down economies , rendering organizations, corporate […]
Victor Akinkuolie Ado-Ekiti | No fewer than 11 persons have been jailed by a mobile court sitting in Ado-Ekiti for violating Environmental Laws across Ekiti State. Their conviction came less than a week after the government issued a warning that it would deploy it’s men under operation “Kick Against Bad Acts” to patrol the streets […]
Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti | The 32 technologists at Ekiti State University (EKSU) who were recently reinstated by an Akure Industrial Court, have appealed to Governor Kayode Fayemi, to prevail on the institution authorities to discontinue the process of appeal against the judgment which reinstated them. The technologists, who said they were happy with the industrial […]
Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Adewale Akanbi has appealed to the Nigerian Police Force to resume full operation nationwide, noting that the impasse created by the EndSARS protest has lessened the effectiveness of the force. Oluwo made the call today in his palace while receiving the newly deployed Commissioner of Police for […]
By Saheed Ibrahim | A widow and a mother of three, Mrs Apuwabi Olorunfemi has approached the Ondo State Judicial Panel of Enquiry on Police Brutality and Other Matters for compensation over the murder of her husband, Inspector Apuwabi Olorunfemi during EndSARS protest last year. The application is a fresh petition received by the Justice […]
By Saheed Ibrahim & Bode Adeyemo | The Ondo State Coordinator, National Identity Management Commission, Mr Akinwale Agbotoba has described the ongoing National Identity Number (NIN) registration as a necessity and solution to many problems bedeviling Nigeria. Agbotoba, who was speaking in an interview yesterday, said that the NIN is an aggregation of all the […]
