•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 [...
•FUTA main gate Ondo State government has transferred the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital complex in Akure to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), for it to serve as its College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital. This was approved by the State Executive Council yesterday during its meeting in Akure, the...
•Gunmen A health worker with the Federal Medical Centre Owo, Pastor Ayodeji Akesinro, has been abducted from his residence at Uprnme, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. He was said to have been abducted by some armed men around 7pm on Thursday, reports Saturday Independent. Confirming the incident, a senior labour leader under the [&hell...
•Governor AiyedaÂtiwa and gunmen Sudden rise in cases of kidnapÂping, killing and other crimes in Ondo State calls for concern and immediate actions by all secuÂrity agencies and the state govÂernment as the state is currently under siege again. The situation has worsened to the point that the perpetrators have become daring that they go [&hel...
•Protest Scores of angry youths today blocked the Ayede Ogbese road in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State to protest the rising cases of kidnapping in the community. The protest came less than 24 hours after suspected armed men killed a 34-year-old man, Okudili Okoro, and abducted a businesswoman, identified simply as Mrs. [&helli...
•Gunmen Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have killed a man and abducted a businesswoman in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victim, identified as Okudili Okoro, 34, was shot dead last night when the attackers stormed the community to abduct Mrs Orogun, a popular provisions store owner, reports The [&hellip...
•Amotekun Corps Following the recent armed attack in Kwara State that claimed six lives at a motor park, state governments and security agencies across the South-West have intensified measures to avert similar incidents in the region. The state governments and security agencies in the South-West, particularly the Security Network Agency (coden...
•Nigerian doctors Medical doctors in government service in Ondo State, under the umbrella body of the National Association of Government General and Dental Practitioners (NAGGMDP), have declared a three-day warning strike starting from Monday, July 14, 2025. The strike is in response to what the doctors described as gross neglect of the health...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen The gruesome killing of a local farmer, Rabiat Atere, by suspected Fulani herdsmen at Oka Akoko, in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has sparked outrage. Atere was reportedly attacked on her farm in Oka on Monday evening, reports The Nation. The deceased, who hailed from Uba in Oka-Akoko, […]...
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