The traditional Orosun festival indigenous to the Idanre people has kicked off in Ondo State, South West, Nigeria. It will run through June 15 to June 19, 2025. This annual celebration honours Orosun, a wife of Olofin Aremitan, the founder of Idanre, and showcases the rich cultural heritage of the Idanre people, reports Daily Independent. [&he...
•Oba Odidiomo Afolabi There have been serious protest in Igbokoda community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State over the attack on Olu of Igbokoda, Oba Odidiomo Afolabi by a community leader and his cronies. Youths, traditionalists and women dressed half-naked protested the attack on the monarch by a community leader who is close [&he...
•Cultists Five persons have been killed in renewed cult clash in Ondo City, Ondo West Local Government Area. One person was killed around FFF junction, Oka area and three others were shot dead near Ife Garage area, reports The Nation. It could not be confirmed which of the cult groups were involved in the clash […]
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State The Ondo State Government has revealed that it is on a drive to absorb doctors and nurses as well as other healthcare professionals seeking employment in the state in order to bolster the gaps in the health sector. According to the Special Adviser to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Health, […]
•Gunmen In a dramatic turn of events, abductors of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, have seized and detained the ransom bearers who brought money to secure the freedom of the abducted chairman. Adepoyigi was abducted from his home on Monday evening, along [&hellip...
•Gunmen The abductors of the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, have reportedly demanded a N100 million ransom for his release. Family source said the victim, who is a ward chairman in Ose Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped while parking his car in his house about […]
•Fulani herdsmen Angry farmers stormed the streets of Akure, the Ondo State capital, today to protest the killing of four farmers by gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen. The bodies of the victims were dumped on streets near the Governor’s office by the protesters in a show of sadness, reports The Nation. The farmers were […]
•Some prison inmates In a bid to alleviate overcrowding in Nigeria’s correctional facilities, four state governors have granted pardons to over 120 inmates across various prisons in their states in the last three months. The pardon is part of ongoing efforts to reduce congestion in the nation’s correctional system, reports Sunday PUNCH. Govern...
•The protesters Protesters have shut the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure, Ondo State capital, over the killing of another five farmers by armed Fulani herdsmen. The farmers were shot dead in another invasion by armed Fulani herdsmen at Aba Oyinbo, Akure North Local Government Area of the state, reports Daily Independent. Angered by the se...
•Bandits The nine surveyors abducted last week at a site in Ilu-Abo, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been released. Sources said a ransom of ₦20 million was paid, reports The Nation. A brother to the Ejemikin of Akure, High Chief Oluwole Omotayo, Pastor Ajibade Owolanke, confirmed release of the surveyors. Owolanke [&hell...
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