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Punch Newspapers Sections Samson Folarin, Peter Dada, Raphael Ede, Dennis Naku and Matthew Ochei Published 12 May 2021 Published 12 May 2021 GOVERNORS in the 17 states of southern Nigeria on Tuesday demanded that the President, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (retd), should address the country on mounting security challenges and restore the confidence of the people. The governors, who held a four-hour meeting in Asaba, Delta State, chaired by the Governor of Ondo State, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, r...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Published 12 May 2021 The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Tuesday, said it had deployed 1,855 officers and men to the streets of the 18 local government areas of the state to provide adequate security before, during, after the Eid el Fitri celebration. The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Eweka Dauglas, disclosed this in a statement. He urged his men to be conscious of all identified flashpoints in the state He...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Peter Dada Published 4 May 2021 A legal practitioner, Mr Wale Odusola, has said there are about 3,000 Fulani men taking shelter inside the Okitipupa Army Barrack in the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Odusola stated this barely 24 hours after the state government returned 45 northern youths, who were apprehended by the men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, to their home towns. Odusola posted his allegation on his Facebook ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Published 1 May 2021 There was tension among the residents of Okitipupa, the headquarters of the Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State as no fewer than 45 youths from the northern part of the country were arrested by men of the Ondo State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps. It was gathered that the youths, conveyed in a truck, were intercepted in front of the Okitipupa Army Barracks at about 10pm on Thursday and were taken to Akure, the ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Published 28 April 2021 ONDO State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress in the state, to show commitment to the party by paying their membership dues. The governor made the appeal while receiving the report of the APC Membership Revalidation and Registration Committee, in Akure, on Tuesday. While receiving the report from the committee chairman, Mr Murphy Lawal, at his office, the governor said, “I am thrill...

Punch Newspapers Sections Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Peter Dada Published 27 April 2021 Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Peter Dada Published 27 April 2021 • Speeding bus crushes two okada riders in Ondo One person was confirmed dead as a commercial bus collided with two vehicles at the Admiralty Circle Toll Plaza area of Lekki in Lagos State on Monday. It was gathered that the accident, which occurred around 8am, involved a black Volkswagen commercial bus with plate number FKJ123YC, a black Highla...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada and Abiodun Nejo Published 27 April 2021 Peter Dada and Abiodun Nejo Published 27 April 2021 The three construction workers, who were abducted last week on the Ikaramu-Akunnu Akoko Road in Ondo State, have been set free. It was gathered that the victims, who were abducted by gunmen while rehabilitating the road, regained their freedom on Sunday after spending four days in captivity. However, it could not be confirmed if ransom was paid before the victims w...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Peter Dada, Akure Published 26 April 2021 No fewer than 65 people were arrested on Saturday in Akure for violating the Ondo State Environmental Law. The suspects were arrested by officials of the Ondo State Waste Management Authority, the state Committee on Waste Management and the state Ministry of Environment during the monthly environmental sanitation held on Saturday across the state. The General Manager, Ondo State Waste Management Authority, M...

Punch Newspapers Sections •CAN, NBA, PDP, others say minister must go As controversy continues to surround the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Pantami, over alleged links to terrorist groups, the Presidency has come under severe criticism for backing the embattled senior government official. Pantami, in one of his old sermons that resurfaced recently, praises notorious terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, and also speaks highly of terrorist network Al-Qaeda. However, he recently...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada Published 4:54 am Family members and well-wishers preparing for the wedding of Mr Adewale Adekunle and his heartthrob, Ronke, are in shock following the death of the groom in a ghastly motor accident while the bride is currently receiving treatment at the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Akure. The ceremony is scheduled for Saturday (today) in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Sadly, the accident happened a week to the ceremony. The auto crash...