The Ondo State Government has reiterated its readiness to harness her abundant human and natural resources with a view to transforming the state to one of the most developed states in the country. According to the government, this plan will…
Three undergraduates nabbed for allegedly gang-raping female student in Ondo State (Guardian)
Three students of the Ondo State College of Health Technology, Akure are currently in police net for allegedly gang-raping a female student of the institution. It was gathered that the victim (name withheld), a student at the Environmental Health Technician…
Rape: Akeredolu’s wife trains girls on taekwondo for self defence (Nation)
Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu, has engaged the services of Taekwondo professionals to train young girls on the sport for self defence against rapists. Mrs Akeredolu said this on Friday, when she delivered a letter to the…
Ondo police quiz appeal court judge over assault on RCCG pastors (Punch)
The Ondo State Police Command, on Thursday, said it had commenced investigation into the alleged assault on worshipers and the pastors of the Redeemed Christian Church of God by a judge of the Court of Appeal, Justice Folayemi Omoleye. The…
My only son wants to be a girl, e gba mi!
I am a mother for five children, four girls and one boy. I married into a polygamous home, the second wife of an Owo Chief. My husband is in his late 70s and like many Nigerian men in his days,…
Do you know Orlando Owoh? -Dami Ajayi
Orlando Owoh died in 2008, but his music did not die with him. You may not hear his Kennery sound as often as you want to in the snarl called Lagos traffic but the music rules the airwaves in such…
I go to Akure every now and then – Ajidahun Oluwatobi
Ajidahun Oluwatobi is a young businessman who hais from Akure, Ondo State but lives in Anthony, Lagos State. He however loves to travel home every now and then. As a matter of fact, he had been there ony weeks prior…
10,210 bags of Indian hemp discovered in Ondo warehouse (Punch)
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has uncovered 10, 210 bags of cannabis sativa concealed in a makeshift warehouse in Ondo state. NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, made this known in a statement made available…
AAUA lecturers express fear, ask Akeredolu to tackle kidnapping (Punch)
The lecturers of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko branch have expressed worry over the spate of insecurity in the Ondo North Senatorial District of Ondo State in the recent times, following the abduction of lecturers of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic,…
NSCDC arrest two over illegal petrol station (Nation)
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo has arrested one, Mrs. Semore. T. suspected to be the owner and manager of Wumi Filing Station, Ore, Odigbo local government area of Ondo state. Mrs. Semore and one Mr.…
