Twenty-six hours after the Nigerian Air Force’s ATR-42 airplane crashed into a swampy at Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, an Amphibious excavator, boogie man, just arrived in the town. The heavy-duty machine is expected to evacuate the bodies of victims and the wreckage of the airplane sunk and stuck in the 30 […]
•Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje and Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle during their wedding in Abuja on September 19, 2026 Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, one of the pilots of the Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft, NAF 931, which crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State, yesterday, got married in an elaborate ceremony in Abuja...
•Keyamo The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has confirmed that 32 people were on board the military aircraft that crashed in Ondo. The military aircraft with tail number NGR 931, en route from Lagos to Benin at 0913 hours today, crashed close to the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, reports The […]
•A crashed helicopter Many people were feared dead after a helicopter reportedly crashed in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, today. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred in the coastal community, sparked panic among residents, although details of the crash remained sketchy as of press time, repor...
•Herbal concoctions The death toll from the consumption of suspected locally prepared alcoholic and herbal concoctions in Ondo State has risen to 48, with five people reportedly rendered completely blind, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has said. The agency said 182 cases had so far been recorded in co...
•Herbal concoctions The death toll from the consumption of a suspected poisonous herbal drink in Ondo State has risen to 49, with about 170 people reportedly affected by the health crisis. The incident, which was initially reported in Araromi-Obu and Odigbo communities in the Odigbo Local Government Area, has also spread to the Irele Local [&h...
•The suspects For three days, a Lagos businesswoman remained in the bush at Ijedodo, unsure of what would happen to her, while her abductors negotiated with her family over a ransom running into millions of naira. The woman had allegedly been taken from a beautiful duplex in the Ijedodo area of Lagos State by a […]
•Gunmen Suspected gunmen have abducted two farmers along the Oke-Ifira/Idogun forest axis in Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. A relative of the victims disclosed the incident during a Phone conversation with our correspondent yesterday, saying the farmers were kidnapped on Saturday in the area, reports Daily Trust. The fam...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has commenced upload of its governorship and House of Assembly candidates onto the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Candidate Nomination Portal (ICNP). The electoral body opened the portal for uploading candidates’ details last Saturday, with the exercise expected to be completed by August 8,...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State Loyalists of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State have initiated a legal battle against the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over the outcome of the National Assembly primaries conducted ahead of the 2027 general...
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