Security

Ondo Graduates Pioneer Officers Of Amotekun Corps

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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has appealed to the National Assembly to support the timely formation of community policing to end incessant crisis in the country. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu made the appeal at the passing out ceremony for the pioneer officers of Security Network Agency, Continue Reading

Politics

Ondo Guber Polls: INEC, IPC, Train Journalists On Unbiased Reportage

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it is committed to conducting credible, free, fair and acceptable elections in the nation. The Chief Press Secretary to the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmud Yakubu, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi made the assertion in a remark at a webinar training for political reporters in Ondo State organised by the International […]Continue Reading

Economy

Akeredolu Kicks off CA-COVID-19 Palliative Intervention

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Forty-eight monthly salaries with six-month arrears have been so far paid to Ondo State workers by the recent administration. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu disclosed this at the flag off of the CA-COVID-19 Palliative Intervention in Akure. Governor Akeredolu who said the six-month arrears was inherited from the immediate past administration pledged to continually Continue Reading

Education

Resumption: We will close non-complying schools – Ondo Govt.

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The Ondo State government has threatened to temporarily close down secondary schools that fail to adhere strictly to the protocols against COVID-19 as SS3 students resumed for the preparations of WAEC and NECO Examinations. Radio Nigeria correspondent who monitored resumption of students in Akure the state capital reports that many secondary schools observed all preventive Continue Reading

Economy

Akeredolu, Labour Unions, Agree on Payment of Leave Bonus Arrears, Others

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Oganised Labour Unions and the Ondo State government have agreed to the approval of the immediate payment of five months outstanding deductions from salaries of the state workers from February to June, this year. Similarly, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu ordered payment of 2018 leave bonus to all workers and settlement of 2019 leave bonus for workers on […]Continue Reading

Economy

Ondo Begins Bitumen Exploration

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The age-long dream of prospecting world second largest bitumen deposit in Ondo State is becoming a reality as the exploration of the resources begins. Conducting newsmen round its processing yard in Irele, an official of the Southwest Bitumen Limited, Mr Oluwatominiyi Adeiya said the needed equipment had been procured for excavation, scooping and processing of the Continue Reading

Crime

Irate Youths in Ondo Set Ablaze House of Suspected Killer of Teenage Girl

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Hell was let loosed in Akoko area of Ondo State when irate youths from Irun Akoko set ablaze in Eshe Akoko the house of the okada rider suspected to be behind the murder of a 13year old girl a few days ago. The youths armed with dangerous weapons chased out the house occupants setting it on fire […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Dr. Adegbenro’s Demise: Ondo Declares July 3 Work Free

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The Ondo State Government has declared Friday 3rd July a work free day while flags are to fly at half mast for seven days to mourn the passage of the state Commissioner for Health , Dr Wahab Adegbenro. A Statement from the commissioner for information , Donald Ojogo says the state is saddened by the […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Breaking: Ondo State Commissioner for Health is Dead

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Ondo State Commissioner for Health, Dr Wahab Adegbenro has passed away. Details laterContinue Reading

Crime

Gunmen Abduct Nine Passengers at Isua Akoko, Ondo

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About nine passengers aboard a Toyota Sienna space bus have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The passengers were heading from Abuja to Lagos but were abducted at Isua Akoko area of Ondo State. The state Police spokesman, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, however said one of the victims has been rescued. A family member […]Continue Reading

Politics

We cannot be induced or swayed from true democratic values – ODHA Members

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The Ondo State House of Assembly, ODHA, has debunked the rumour making the rounds that members received the sum of ten million naira each to fast-track the impeachment process of the embattled deputy governor, Chief Agboola Ajayi. The lawmakers in a statement by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Olugbenga Omole and made available […]Continue Reading

Politics

I Still Remain Ondo Deputy Gov – Agboola

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In spite of his defection to the opposition Party PDP, the embattled Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi has insisted he remained the state’s Deputy governor. Ajayi spoke when the National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus led the party’s leadership to formally receive him to the party in Akure Mr Ajayi revealed that he joined the […]Continue Reading

Politics

Ondo Guber Race: Deputy Governor Defects to PDP

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Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, dumping the All Progressives Congress, APC. The Deputy Governor resigned his membership of the APC at Ward 2, Apoi, In Ese Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. This came a day after he was prevented from moving out of […]Continue Reading

Politics

I did not bar Ajayi from leaving the Government House – Akeredolu

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It was a few hours of mild drama at the Ondo State Government House on Saturday when the Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi was barred from moving out of the government house with his pilot vehicle. In a short video that had since gone viral, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bolaji Salami was seen […]Continue Reading

News Analysis

INEC and the e-Voting Option

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Some weeks ago, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Mahmood Yakubu announced the commission’s readiness to use electronic voting in some elections slated for next year. The INEC boss noted that, the move is in response to the health threats posed by the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. While promising to work towards the full […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Covid-19 is Real, Protect Yourself – Outgoing-NOA Director

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Residents of Ondo State have been told to see Covid-19 as a reality and then take necessary measures against the pandemic. This was the farewell message of the state director, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Ondo State, Mr Bode Famose at his last meeting with the Ondo State Emergency Operation Center, EOC, for Covid-19.  Mr Famose is […]Continue Reading

Crime

Declare state of emergency on gender-based violence – Ondo CSOs

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Civil Society organisations in Ondo State staged a walk against rape calling on the Federal government to declare a state of emergency on gender based violence in Nigeria. Speaking on this trend, the CEO, Kids & Teens Resource Centre, Martin-Mary Falana on behalf of other organizations called on the Federal Government to immediately declare a state […]Continue Reading

Security

New Ondo State Police Commissioner Assumes Office

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The newly deployed Commissioner of Police, CP, in Ondo State, Mr Bolaji Amidu Salami, has resumed duty on Wednesday 3rd of June at the state headquarters of the Nigeria Police Command, Igbatoro Road, in Akure. Mr Salami took over as the 30th Ondo State Commissioner of Police from Mr Undie Adie, who was redeployed to […]Continue Reading

Health

COVID-19 Update: Ondo State Records Two New Deaths

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Ondo state has recorded two new deaths of COVID-19 taking the number of fatalities to four in the state. The two individuals both died at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMED) in Ondo town while the third new case had been moved to Akure for treatment. Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu confirmed this on his […]Continue Reading

Politics

I have no plans to dump APC – Akeredolu

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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu says he remains in the All Progressives Congress, APC, and ready for any mode of primary election ahead of the October 10th governorship election. The governor speaking through his Commissioner for Information, Mr Donald Ojogo maintained that he had no plan to dump the All Progressives Congress, APC in the event of […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ondo Court Sentences Killer Pastor to Death

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An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a Pastor, Kolawole Samson to death by hanging for killing one Ayo Olaniyi in a village near Okeigbo area of the state. The trial judge, Justice Ademola Bola held that Pastor Kolawole was guilty of inflicting injury on the deceased’s head with a cutlass at Gberinlegi […]Continue Reading

Crime

Cemetery Robbers Meet Waterloo in Ondo

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The Ondo state police command, on Monday, confirmed the arrest of four men in possession of human heads. The suspects, who were said to be workers at the Akure South local Government council’s cementery, are Adewale Abiodun, 40yrs, Akinola Sunday, 69, Oluwadare Idowu, 67, and one Olomofe, 45. The suspects were apprehended while severing the […]Continue Reading

Lifestyle

Ondo NYSC Donates Facemasks, Sanitisers, Food Items to Motherless Homes, Others

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The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, have distributed over two thousand facemasks to residents of Ondo state to stop the spread of Covid-19 and in commemoration of the 47th anniversary of the scheme. The scheme also donated food items to major motherless homes in the state capital to celebrate the day with a theme: “Deepening […]Continue Reading

Crime

Naval Officer Kidnapped on Owo-Ikare Akoko Road in Ondo State

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Few days after an Army Captain was abducted along Auga/Ikaramu Road in Akoko area of Ondo State, a Naval Commander whose identity is yet to be known, has also been kidnapped on Owo-Ikare Akoko Road by unknown gunmen. The naval officer was said to be travelling to Abuja when the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers […]Continue Reading

Education

Students Share Educational Experiences during Lockdown

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For close to two months now, schools have been shut indefinitely due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this report, Radio Nigeria correspondent Kayode Animasaun examines the challenges faced by students who may have to stay at home as long as schools remain closed. His report. Kayode AnimasaunContinue Reading