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Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, said it was foreign herders that were perpetrating crimes in the state forest rese...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A man, whose identity could not be ascertained as at the time of filing this report, was almost lynched by the residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital for raping a yet to be identified lady. He was alleged to have also plucked the victim’s eyes. The details of how the suspected rapist perpetrated the act was yet to be revealed as both the suspect and the victim were reportedly in the hospital and yet to regain their consciousness. It was gathered...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A member of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Ondo State, identified as Adejuyigbe Daniel, has been reportedly killed by some suspected Fulani herdsmen in the Iju community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The deceased was said to be one of the youths of the town who were searching for a missing farmer, Mr. Solomon Akinmeji, before he was attacked and killed by the bandits in the forest on Sunday. Akinmeji was reportedly abducted by the...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday said it was high time to create state police as part of the solution to the spate of insecurity in the country. The Governor noted that the protection of lives and property of the people must take a major priority, adding that it was part of the reason he was elected to the office to perform. Akeredolu stated this in Akure, the state capital while playing host to representatives of lawmakers of t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress in Akure North Local Government Area of the state has condemned the attack on the chieftains of the party in Iju town on Friday by some youths. The attack happened after some youths invaded a meeting held ahead of the forthcoming registration for members of the party. Many of them were reportedly injured in the attack. A source said the invaders were members of a faction of the party in the local...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The agrarian community of Akungba Akoko in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State was thrown into mourning on Saturday, January 23, 2021, after a road accident which occurred opposite the Adekunle Ajasin University killing many people, including some students of the institution. The state sector command of the Federal Road Safety Corps and the state police said nine people lost their lives while several others were injured in the acc...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has said having a postgraduate diploma in education does not qualify anyone to be a professional teacher if they do not register with the Council. The Ondo State coordinator of TRCN, Mr Adesina Akande, said this during the matriculation ceremony of  Professional Diploma in Education students of the Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo State.  Akande explained that the significance of the PDE programme was t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in Ondo State, Mrs. Jumoke Anifowose has alleged that she has been receiving death threat from some chieftains of the party in the state following her insistence to continue her court case against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The APC officers in Igboroko 1 ward two of Owo Local Government had placed suspension on Anifowose, who is the daughter of the first Executi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in Ondo State, Mrs. Jumoke Anifowose, has alleged that she has been receiving death threat from some chieftains of the party in Ondo State following her insistence to continue her court case against Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. The APC officers in Igboroko 1 ward two of Owo Local Government had placed suspension on Anifowose, who is the daughter of the firs...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Mr Usman Momoh, who was accused by his daughter, Fatima, of sexual abuse has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command. Fatima, in a viral video, said her father had been sleeping with her for a very long time and whenever she refused to have sex with him, he would send her out of the house in the midnight. Momoh, a staff of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, was paraded at the state headquarters of the police in Akure, the state capita...