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Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged the people of the state not to lose faith in the country. The governor sta...

Punch Newspapers Sections A businessman, Ojomo Rasheed, aka AY Chiller, has been shot dead by gunmen in the Ibaka area of Akungba Akoko, in the Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident occurred around 8pm on Tuesday, four days after another businessman from Akungba Akoko, Babatunde Olubasa, was murdered at a hotel in Ijapo, Akure, by suspected assassins. Rasheed was said to be an indigene of Owo, but based in Ikare Akoko, and operated his business in Akungba Akoko bef...

Our Correspondents THE President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has assured Nigerians that adequate measures had been put in place by the legislative...

Adelani Adepegba, Gbenga Odogun, Olufemi Olaniyi, Raphael Ede and Peter Dada Churches in Kogi State have been told that they can observe the cross...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A middle-aged woman, identified as Mrs Oluwafunmilayo Folorunso, was shot dead by gunmen in the Kajola area of Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday. According to a source, the assailants followed the woman to the entrance of her residence before shooting her dead around 10pm. The deceased was said to be the wife of an officer of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers. Similarly, a young lady, whose identity was unknown a...

Punch Newspapers Sections Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin, Peter Dada THE Christian Association of Nigeria has called on churches in the country to follow strictly COVID-19 protocols and additional directives by state governments as they prepare for the crossover night service. The organisation advised that where the government placed embargo on the crossover night service, churches might meet earlier to give God praises for the gift of life despite the pandemic and to place their requests for 20...

COVID-19: Ondo CAN, govt disagree over ban on cross-over services Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Government on Tuesday insisted that there would be no going back on the ban placed on church activities, particularly the cross-over services on December 31, 2020, following the outbreak of the second wave of coronavirus pandemic. The government, through the Ondo State Inter-ministerial Committee on COVID-19, had announced the ban last week and said the enforcement of the COVID-19 protocols would ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure A-yet-to-be-identified person was killed in a road accident involving the vehicle of a serving Deputy Inspector General of Police along Akure-Ondo Expressway in Bolorunduro, the headquarters of the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday. It was gathered the DIG, whose identity has not been revealed, was however not in the Toyota Land CruiserJeep involved in the accident but some of his aides were present. A source said a commercial m...

Punch Newspapers Sections Workers of Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions, on Monday, suspended their 14-day warning strike. The workers under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of the Ondo State Tertiary Institutions had embarked on the strike following non-payment of their salaries and allowances by the state government. The members of the JAC include the Joint Action Committee of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union, the Nigeria Associatio...

Makinde, Fayose feud tears South-West PDP chairmen, top chieftains apart Our Correspondents The feud between Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, over the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has caused division among the state chairmen and other top party chieftains in the region. Fayose and Makinde have reportedly been at loggerheads over the latter’s role in the Ekiti PDP crisis as well as the leadership of the part...