Ownership of the oil-rich Eba Island has torn the neighbouring Ogun and Ondo State governments apart. The controversy followed the recent disclosure of President Bola Tinubu’s approval for the commencement of commercial oil exploration at the island, said to border both states, reports Daily Trust. Governor Dapo Abiodun made the disclosure on ...
•A collapsed building Many construction workers were today trapped while others sustained varying degrees of injuries after a two-storey building under construction collapsed along the busy Oyemekun Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital. As at the time of filing this report, it was unclear whether the incident resulted in any fatalities, repor...
Magistrates, Presidents of Grade ‘A’ Customary Courts and Legal Research Officers in Ondo State have suspended their two-week-old industrial action following agreements with the State Government. The suspension was announced last night in a statement jointly signed by Mrs O. Edwin, Mr Segun Rotiba, and Mrs Agbomola. The judicial officers, unde...
•Judges wig Judicial activities across Ondo State were yesterday brought to a standstill following the commencement of an indefinite strike by magistrates, presidents of Grade ‘A’ customary courts and legal research officers over unresolved judicial autonomy and welfare. The industrial action was declared by the Coalition of Magistrates, Presi...
The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has expressed concern over the surge in kidnapping incidents in Ondo, Kwara, Ogun, Osun, Niger and Plateau States, just as it condemns the reported attack on women who were at the gate of the Kwara State Government House on a Save Our Soul (SOS) mission. A press statement yesterday by [&h...
•Terrorists Some suspected terrorists last night attacked Ipele community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State torching a church and the Divisional Police Station. Sources disclosed that the perpetrators numbering about twenty invaded the community around 10pm and began to shoot, reports Daily Independent. Eyewitnesses stated in the narr...
•The arrested suspects and Amotekun Commander Commander of the Amotekun Corps in Ondo State, Adetunji Adeleye, has provided insight into how the Corps apprehended at least 61 suspected terrorists in the state after the US air strikes in Sokoto. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television today, Adeleye said 61 suspected criminals, incl...
•Terrorists Ondo State Security Network otherwise known as Amotekun Corps has arrested 39 fleeing insurgents from the Northern part of the country. The suspects were arrested at Elegbeka in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, reports Daily Independent. … developing storyÂ
•Ondo residents protest Residents of the Ijoka community, in the Akure South Local Council Area of Ondo State, shut down socio-economic activities today while protesting against the abandoned and deplorable state of the major road linking the community to other parts of the Akure metropolis. With the infuriated residents mounting barricades on...
Igbos resident in Akure, Ondo State capital, today joined the protest asking for the unconditional release of Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), as they did not open shops for commercial activities. Shops operated by Igbos along Oyemekun Road, Adesida Road, Arakale Road, NEPA, Carl Street, Old Garage and other [...
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