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Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Following the violent clash between the factions of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers on Tuesday morning, the state government has announced the indefinite suspension of all activities of the union across the state. The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr Doyin Odebowale, also ordered the NURTW members to immediately vacate all motor parks across the state. The g...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has invited for questioning the Speaker, Ondo State House of Assembly, Mr Bamidele Oleyelogun, over an allegation of fraud that allegedly rocked the Assembly recently. Besides the speaker, it was gathered that the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu, and the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye, and the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole, and some civil servants were inv...

Peter Dada, AkureThe Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu has approved the appointment of 19 Permanent Secretaries, three Tutors-General, a...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Some members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, in Akure, Ondo State, clashed on Sunday evening at Owode Area of Akure, the state capital. The cause of the clash was yet unknown as of the time of filing this report but it was gathered that the incident was a clash between the factions of the union. Many members of the union were reportedly injured in the clash. One of the injured, Mr Omoniyi Oni said he and his fellow drivers were allege...

Peter Dada,  Akure A Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday struck out the appeal filed by a former lecturer of Obafe...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada,  Akure An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced one Kolawole Apoti to life imprisonment for raping four teenagers. One of the victims was identified as the convict’s niece, a secondary school pupil,  said to have invited other teenage girls to his house where he forcefully had sex with them and gave each of them N100. The convict had reportedly been having sex with his niece for a long time before she started introduci...

Peter Dada,  AkureAn Ondo State High Court,  sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced one Kolawole Apoti to life imprisonment for forc...

Peter Dada, AkureA Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Friday struck out the appeal filed by a former lecturer of Obafemi ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada,  Akure THE Ondo State House of Assembly has approved a request by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN, to appoint 13 Special Advisers. This was contained in a statement issued by the Director of Information Services,  Mr. Sehinde Falokun, on Wednesday, in Akure. Shortly after his inauguration, last week, Akeredolu announced the appointments of his Chief of Staff and Chief Press Secretary, Chief Olugbenga Ale and Mr. Richard Olatunde, respectively. According to ...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure THE Independent National Electoral Commission, on Monday, appealed for public support for its planned increase in the number of polling units across the country. INEC equally stressed the need for enhanced voter education in order to ensure the delivery of free, fair and credible elections. The Commission’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity, Mr. Nick Dazang, said this in an address during the opening ceremony of the INEC/IFES Voter Education...