The Nigerian movie industry has again been thrown into mourning after the news of the death of another veteran Yoruba Actor Ganiyu Oyeyemi popularly known as Ogunjimi, surfaced on social media on Friday. Ogunjimi’s death was announced by a Yoruba actor, Kunle Afod, in a post on his Instagram page. Mourning the actor, Afod wrote, […]
By Bukola Olamona Not fewer than 10 widows have benefitted from the Educational Support Fund of ₦500,000 launched by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State,Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan. Each beneficiaries was gifted ₦50,000 each for the education support of their children and wards. Adeniyan who disclosed that gesture is a continuous one […]
By Josephine Oguntoyinbo Ondo State Commissioner for Water Resources, Public Sanitation and Hygiene, Mr Sunday Akinwalire, has tasked Staff of the State Water Corporation due for promotion on total dedication, commitment and efficiency towards a smooth running of government activities. The Commissioner stated this while addressing 44 staff of the State Water Corporation during the […]
The Ondo State Police Command is on the move to apprehend the student driver of a Camry car involved in a fatal accident that claimed the lives of three non-students (indigenes) of Akungba. The fatal accident happened earlier today in front of Chicken Republic, at Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State. According to the Adekunle Ajasin University Students’ […]
The ancient town of Akungba-Akoko was on Friday thrown into mourning as a fatal accident allegedly claimed three lives. Details about the accident are still sketchy but The Hope learnt that three lives were lost and two were siblings. It was gathered that a private vehicle, claimed to belong to a Yahoo Boy, rammed into […]
By Adedotun Ajayi | The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has pleaded with aggrieved aspirants who lost out in the just concluded governorship primary of the party in Ondo state not to dwell on the past for the victory of the APC in the general elections. Ganduje spoke on […]
By Oluwadamilola Akinduro & Popoola Ayodele | The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun yesterday arraigned 11 suspects arrested for alleged murder, kidnapping, rape, illegal possession of firearms, and cultism, among other criminal offences in the state. The defendants were brought before Magistrate T.I. Ayodele-James. Specifically, seven suspects, including two brothers were arraigned for […]
By Jubril Bada,Bukola Olamona & Boluwatife Akinola |. Former Ondo State Deputy Governor and ex-Zenith Labour Party (ZLP ) governorship candidate, Mr. Agboola Ajayi, on Thursday was elected the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for the November 16 gubernatorial election in the state. He polled a total of 264 votes to beat […]
By Fatima Muraina | Amidst artificial scarcity of the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol in some parts of the country, some Nigerians have raised an alarm over the development, and blamed marketers for deliberately causing scarcity of the product. In Akure, the Ondo State capital, there have been scarcity of the product […]
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Ikare-Akoko, has nullified the removal of Sheikh Abdul Yekini, as Mufasir of Ikaado Muslims’ community. Delivering his judgment, Justice Femi S. Akinbinu, declared that Sheikh Abdul Yekini is the incumbent and substantive Musafir, declaring his removal as null and void. Yekini had earlier approached the court to challenge […]
