The National Population Commission (NPC), has said that the mentally-deranged, homeless people and every living being in Nigeria would be counted in the upcoming 2023 housing and population counting. Prince Diran Iyantan, the NPC Federal Commissioner representing Ondo State, said…
Owo Catholic Church reopens 10 months after gunmen attack
St. Francis Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owo in Ondo State on Sunday reopened for service ten months after the deadly attack on the church by gunmen. The News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) reports that over 40 worshippers died in the…
Ondo Catholic Church reopens 10 months after deadly attack
The St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, reopened for services on Easter Sunday, ten months after a deadly attack left over 40 worshippers dead and several others injured. During the attack, the assailants disguised themselves as worshippers, maiming…
2023: Don’t vote for tribe, vote for character – Peter Obi
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP) in the February election, has called on the electorate not to vote for tribe but look out for character. Obi said this on Saturday in Akure at the town hall meeting…
Police arrest three suspected kidnappers, rescue victim, recovers car in Rivers
Rivers State Police Command said its operatives have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Obelle community in Emohua Council of the state. The suspects, 29-year-old Ekene Micheal from Eliozu; 20-year-old Mohammed Oluwasegun from Ondo State; 25-year-old Vicent Sunday from Rumuji, and…
Hausa, Fulani clash in Ondo, 1 feared killed
One person was feared killed while many others sustained injuries when some Fulani and Hausa settlers reportedly engaged in a bloody clash at the Ogbese Community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was also gathered that…
Man kills wife in Ondo over alleged N10m deposit
A 42-year-old man Kelechukwu Onuka has reportedly killed his wife, Nnena, after a quarrel over N10 million deposited in her account. This incident happened at Aratunsi area of Akure the Ondo State capital. Sources said the money was deposited in…
Ondo teenager kills mother, remanded in prison
A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, the state capital of Ondo, has ordered the remand of an 18-year-old boy, Tope Momoh, for allegedly killing his mother, Late Mrs. Stella Momoh. The defendant was said to have strangled the deceased…
1 Dies, 6 Injured in Ondo road accident
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Ondo State Command, yesterday disclosed that one person died and six others sustained various degrees of injuries in a road crash in Akure, the state capital. The accident, THISADY gathered, happened around 4a.m. yesterday…
Ondo Gov’s mother, Grace Akeredolu, dies at 90
The mother of the Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Evangelist Grace Akeredolu, is dead, aged 90. In a statement made available to journalists by the chief press secretary (CPS) to the governor, Richard Olatunde, Akeredolu’s mother died peacefully in her…