Ondo State Government has denied reports claiming that a man recently arrested over alleged possession of illicit drugs and firearms is an aide to Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. The government described the claim as false and said the suspect has no connection with the governor’s administration. In a statement...
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Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has distanced itself from a truck intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State with 2,145 kilograms of cannabis allegedly concealed in a hidden compartment. The company also praised the anti-narcotics agency for what it described as its...
Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ola Olukoyede, has charged members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), across the country to strive to be new breed youths by taking ownership of the fight against corruption, economic and financial crimes and upholding integrity, discipline...
In line with extant military tradition, Headquarters 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigerian Army, witnessed a change of command on Thursday, 30 July 2026 at Owena Cantonment, Akure, Ondo State. Brigadier General Jibril Garba assumed duty as the 15th Commander of the Brigade. In his farewell address, the outgoing Commander, Brigadier...
Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, has dismissed the campaign for his removal over an alleged N44 million financial misconduct as a political move linked to the 2027 elections. He claimed that some lawmakers were working to stop him from returning as Speaker...
In the feverish race towards the 2027 elections, no one is concerned that many Nigerians may be left out of the democratic process. Yet democracy by its definition and nature ought to be a majoritarian enterprise. The originators of democracy designed it to be inclusive; a unifying platform that...
Ondo State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough in its ongoing campaign against cultism and other violent crimes with the arrest of six suspected cultists during a well-coordinated intelligence-led operation carried out by operatives of the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) in Akungba and Iwaro Akoko communities of the...
Ondo State Police Command under the proactive leadership of CP Felix Ohagwu psc, mnips, mspsp has successfully foiled two separate kidnap attempts in Owo Local Government Area of the State, rescuing all victims involved and forcing the fleeing criminals to abandon their mission following swift and coordinated security operations....
Owo Church attack: Aiyedatiwa welcomes conviction of 4 terrorists, says justice has taken its course
Owo Church attack: Aiyedatiwa welcomes conviction of 4 terrorists, says justice has taken its course
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has applauded the conviction and death sentence handed down to four individuals found guilty of participating in the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, describing the judgment as a significant triumph for justice and the rule of law....
Federal High Court Abuja has sentenced four persons to death by hanging for their roles in the deadly attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, following their prosecution by the Department of State Services (DSS). Justice Emeka Nwite said evidence presented by the prosecution and defence made it...
All Progressives Congress (APC) has released the names of aspirants barred from participating in its forthcoming House of Representatives primaries in several states ahead of the 2027 National Assembly elections. The party announced the development on Saturday after concluding its screening exercise for aspirants seeking the APC ticket across...
Jamiu Abdulmalik, the third defendant in the ongoing 2022 Owo church massacre trial has denied any knowledge of a fundamental human rights suit filed on his behalf by their lawyer, Abdullahi Mohammed. The denial emerged during cross examination by Counsel representing the Department of State Services at the Federal...
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected what it described as a purported announcement dissolving its elected State Executive Committees in Ogun State, Ekiti State and Ondo State, insisting that the move is unlawful and should be disregarded by party members. In a statement issued by the party’s National Publicity...
Ondo State Government has expressed deep concern over the recent kidnapping incidents in the state which has been discovered that it was orchestrated by some locals within those parts of the state and the government has directed all security agencies to crackdown on them. This is contained in a...
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday admitted in evidence the confessional statements and gadgets of one of the five men being prosecuted by the Department of State Services (DSS) for the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State. The...
An officer of the Department of State Services,(DSS) on Wednesday told a federal high court how cell phone analysis of the four men being prosecuted for allegedly carrying out the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, placed them at the crime...
*Prosecution tenders autopsy report confirming victims died of gunshot wounds A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS), in the ongoing trial of four men accused of being behind the June 5, 2022 attack on the St. Francs Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State on Tuesday identified one...
Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man suspected to be a quack doctor for allegedly operating an illegal clinic in Ore, headquarters of Ore/Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Akure. DSP...
‘I lost my legs, left eye in the attack’ – another witness A couple took turns before a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday to recall how the St. Francs Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State was attacked on June 5, 2022 and gave details of what transpired....
The second prosecution witness in the trial of five men accused of being behind the June 5, 2022 attack on a church in Owo, Ondo State, on Tuesday identified two of the defendants as those who took part in the attack. The witness, who said he is a member...