The police in Ondo State have arrested a 45-year old school teacher, Nelson Akinsowon, who has allegedly been having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter since she was 10 years old. The suspect was arrested and detained by the police…
Constitution review: Senate should be scrapped, says Akeredolu
As the process of amending the 1999 Constitution is ongoing, the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has called for a unicameral legislature for the country. Specifically, the governor said the upper chamber of the National Assembly should be scrapped while…
Ondo drags ex-Deputy Gov to police over unreturned vehicles
Ondo State Government has petitioned the Nigerian police over the refusal by immediate past Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi to return official vehicles. The vehicles are: Land Cruiser SUV, New Toyota Hilux, New Toyota Hilux and Toyota Hilux. The Ondo Government…
Family kicks over planned handover of mentally-ill woman’s baby to Lagos couple
The family of Funke Olujide, a mentally-ill woman, has raised the alarm over the planned handover of her child to another family in Lagos. Funke’s mother, Foluke, who spoke to PUNCH Metro amidst tears, said the Ondo State orphanage wanted…
Dangote truck kills 8 near Adekunle Ajasin varsity
Tragedy struck in the university community of Akungba-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Saturday as no fewer than 12 people were feared dead in a fatal road accident. The accident occurred opposite Adekunle…
Navy arrests 24 with six boats, 100,000 litres of diesel in Ondo
Men of the Nigerian Navy in Igbokoda, Ondo State, have arrested 24 suspects and intercepted six boats loaded with over 100,000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), popularly known as diesel along Ondo/Lagos coastal axis. Parading the suspects and the…
Akeredolu Commiserates With Family Of His Chief Protocol Officer
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has condoled with the family of Tosin Ogunbodede, his Chief of Protocol (COP), who died on Saturday, Jan.2, after an auto crash on Ilesa-Akure Road. Mr Donald Ojogo, the state’s Commissioner for Information and…
Buhari congratulates Rotimi Akeredolu on re-election as Ondo governor
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Rotimi Akeredolu, on his re-election as governor of Ondo State for another four-year term. A statement by Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), Femi Adesina, Said the President lauds the resounding victory of…
Ondo election: Akeredolu votes, confident of reelection
The incumbent governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has said he his confidant of winning the gubernatorial election in the State, adding that “My victory is divine”. Akeredolu made this known in an interview with newsmen after casting his vote…
Ondo election: Boat conveying electoral materials, INEC staff capsizes
A boat carrying some electoral materials to the riverine Ilaje communities of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State has capsized. The PUNCH gathered that the boat carried some ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission with some election…