Recent trends in our national life have forced Nigerians to abandon the virtue of incurable optimism and unconditional hope in the nation as a perpetual reality. It used to be that in all circumstances, Nigerians would never believe that the nation is under any terminal threat. But in recent...
Ondo State
No fewer than 14 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have thrown their weight behind the Speaker, Chief Olamide Oladiji, issuing a formal vote of confidence in his leadership barely 24 hours after a rival group of lawmakers demanded his impeachment. The development comes after 12 lawmakers...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to make genuine, sustained investment in the education sector, insisting it remains the most reliable path to securing Nigeria’s future. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday at the ASUU Secretariat of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, the...
Ondo State Police Command has begun an investigation into a suspected arson attack that razed a prepaid meter warehouse in Okitipupa, destroying equipment valued at over ₦10 million. Police spokesperson, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade, confirmed the development in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday....
I was a year ahead of Temidayo Morgan Omodu at the University of Ilorin. We were from separate departments: Morgan, Mathematics Education, and I, Statistics, in the Faculty of Science. Prior to our meeting, I had been invited by Bashir Tayo Lawal, then President of the National Association of...
A fatal accident in front of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, has claimed the lives of eight people on Wednesday night, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ondo State. The State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Dr. Samuel Ibitoye, confirmed the tragic incident in a statement issued...
Kogi State Government has called for calm following reports of a possible terrorist plot targeting areas within the state and neighbouring Ondo. In a statement issued Wednesday in Lokoja, Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo, assured citizens that there is no need to panic, stressing that security agencies are already...
Nigerian Army’s 32 Artillery Brigade has pledged swift disciplinary action against a soldier implicated in the death of a commercial driver following a confrontation at a military checkpoint in Akunu-Akoko, Ondo State. In a statement released Thursday in Akure, Maj. Njoka Irabor, Assistant Director of Army Public Relations for...
Ondo State Police Command has successfully rescued a four-year-old girl, Jesinta Sunday, who was allegedly sold for ₦3.7 million in Asaba, Delta State. This was confirmed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, in a statement released on Thursday in Akure. He also revealed that two suspects...
Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspect in connection with the death of a young boy, allegedly beaten after being accused of harvesting cocoa pods without permission. In a statement released on Tuesday in Akure, Police spokesperson DSP Olushola Ayanlade revealed that the incident took...
……Hails Bishop Arogundade on 35th Ordination Anniversary Governor of Ondo State in South-west Nigeria, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, on Saturday vowed that his administration would not relent in the pursuit of justice for victims of the June 5, 2022 terrorist attack in Owo, describing security as a top priority...
Otunba Bamidele Akingboye, who ran as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate in the November 16, 2024, Ondo State governorship election, has tragically passed away. According to a statement issued by his Personal Assistant and Media Adviser, Oyeniyi Iwakun, Akingboye died in the early hours of Wednesday at his...
Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps, has intensified its fight against crime by targeting not just criminals but their influential backers, according to the agency’s State Commander, Mr. Adetunji Adeleye. Speaking to journalists in Akure on Tuesday, Adeleye revealed that the corps is adapting to the...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Ondo State Police Command has exposed a self-kidnapping scheme orchestrated by 42-year-old Mrs. Sanmori Taiwo, who conspired with her 62-year-old husband, Pastor Sanmori Olubumi Joshua, to extort money from her relatives overseas. Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday...
In a significant political shift, two Ondo State House of Assembly members, Felix Afe and Tope Agbulu, elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday. Afe represents Akoko North-West 2, while Agbulu represents Akoko South-West 2. Their resignation letters were...
Ondo State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of Isah Ibrahim, a commercial motorcyclist whose body was discovered in a well at Ore Stadium, Odigbo Local Government Area. According to reports, Ibrahim was reported missing on August 17 before his remains were found on Thursday, as...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Department of State Services (DSS) has cautioned a Federal High Court in Abuja against granting bail to the five men being prosecuted over their alleged involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack at St. Francs Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State in view of their...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court on Tuesday in Abuja ruled in favor of protecting witnesses set to testify in the trial of five suspects linked to the June 5, 2022 bombing of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State.The ruling followed...
Ondo State Police Command has verified the passing of CSP Nimrod Anaka, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) stationed at Kajola Police Station in Odigbo Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olushola, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Olushola provided no specifics...
Ondo State Police Command has made a breakthrough in the kidnapping case of two staff members of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA). The command’s spokesperson, Olushola Ayanlade, said the three suspected kidnappers have been arrested in connection with the abduction. According to him, the suspects were caught while sharing...