The police in Ondo State on Thursday confirmed an armed robbery attack at a bank in Ile -Oluji, headquarters of Ile Oluji/Oke Igbo Local Government area of Ondo State. CSP Femi Joseph, Ondo Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the incident to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone chat. Meanwhile, NAN gathered […]
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Ondo State Epidemiologist, Dr Steven Fagbemi, on Tuesday said that lassa fever has so far claimed over 16 lives in the state since its outbreak early in January. Fagbemi said this in Akure during a meeting between Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and major stakeholders, including the local government chairmen in Ondo North and Ondo Central Senatorial […]
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Kidnapped Judge of the Ondo State Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Dogo, has regained his freedom from his abductors. He was abducted alongside his vehicle driver about five days ago. According to reports Justice Dogo was released at about 2am on Saturday morning. He was abducted while on his way to Akure from Abuja, along […]
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The suspected kidnapper, who was arrested during a failed kidnap operation, has been confirmed dead. The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph on Tuesday, stated that the suspect died due to complications from high dose of Tramadol he took before the botched operation despite efforts made to revive […]
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Saidu-Shakiru Adeyemi, boyfriend of Khadijat Oluboyo, the slain daughter of Lasisi Oluboyo, former deputy governor of Ondo state, has denied involvement in her death. Oluboyo, the 25-year-old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was on Sunday found dead at the home of her boyfriend in Akure. Adeyemi denied involvement in Oluboyo’s death […]
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There was pandemonium on Sunday in the Sabo area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, as the Yoruba engaged in a free-for-all with some members of the Hausa community, leading to many people being injured. It was gathered that the fight involved some followers of a masquerader in Akure who entered the Sabo area, where […]
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Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever, recording nine deaths He said on Saturday in Akure that 36 cases have also been confirmed. In a Akeredolu a state broadcast, he said a total of 102 suspected cases of Lassa fever were reported in eight local government areas of the […]
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A coalition of militant groups in Ondo State on Friday gave oil companies operating in the state three days to leave over non-enrollment of their members in the Federal Government Amnesty Programme. General Akinfemi Raymond, the secretary of the coalition, gave the ultimatum in Akure while addressing journalists. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports […]
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Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, on Tuesday named 18 persons as his commissioner-nominees, containing names of former governors’ relatives. Among the list of the commissioner-nominees are the son of the late former governor, Adebayo Adefarati, Gboyega and a brother to the late former Governor Olusegun Agagu, Mr. Femi Agagu. This was contained in a […]
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Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu and the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, have given detailed account of how the six kidnapped students of Igbonla Model College, Epe, were rescued. Speaking Friday, in Lagos, shortly after the students were freed, Mr. Akeredolu said Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and Governor Akinwumi Ambode of Lagos […]
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