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Peter Dada, Akure A former Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Prof. Claudius Daramola, has warned against giving the South-West security outfit, the Amotekun Corps, an ethnic colouration. Daramola, who threw his weight behind the formation of the security outfit in the region, said Amotekun would help address the spate of insecurity facing the region and the nation in general. The former minister stated this while speaking with journalists during the revalidation of his membership of th...

Akeredolu takes second-term oath, insists on state police Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, was on Wednesday sworn in for the second term in office, promising to continue tackling insecurity in the state. Akeredolu was sworn in alongside the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa, at the International Culture and Events Centre, Akure, the state capital. The ceremony was performed by the state Chief Judge, Justice Olanrewaju Akeredolu. The venue of the programme, the D...

Peter Dada, Akure As the inauguration of the Ondo State Governor,  Mr Rotimi Akeredolu,  for second term holds today,  the state government has de...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure THE President of African Development Bank, Dr. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has thrown his weight behind the call for the restructuring of the country, saying restructuring should not be driven by “political expediency but by economic and financial viability.” Akinwumi, who spoke as the guest lecturer in Akure at the second term inauguration lecture in preparation of the next tenure of the Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, said, “Economic and fina...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than 15 herdsmen have been remanded by a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Akure, the Ondo State capital, for their involvement in illegal mining. The defendants were listed as  Yesupa Masaubu, Kabiru Shuaibu, Abdullai Masuru, Jemiru Alasa, Sapianu Alaka, Saliu Haruna, Hulusa Sheibu and Habibu Mohammed. Others were Alikasehu Mohammed, Sifianu Musa, Habinu Muhammad, Aminu Halilu and Sanni Garba,  Iliasu Kabiru and Aminu Amadu. They were arrested...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Timber dealers, under the aegis of the Ondo State Filchers Association, on Monday, protested against alleged extortion, molestation and coercion by the Ogun State Revenue Service Agency. The protesters blocked the Benin-Ore-Ijebu Ode Expressway at the boundary between Ogun and Ondo states at Ajebamide community in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The protesters also disrupted the free flow of traffic for almost an hour singing various s...

Peter Dada, AkureThe Ondo State Governor and Chairman South-West Governors\ Forum, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday, declared that the governors...

Peter Dada, AkureThe Ondo State Governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu said he would not react to the statement credited to the Senate President, Ahmed ...

Peter Dada, Akure The office of the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, on Thursday, ordered the discontinuation of the suit...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Office of the Ondo State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice on Thursday ordered for the discontinuation of the suit filed against Mr Olupelumi Fagboyegun pending at the Chief Magistrate Court. Fagboyegun, who claimed to be a half-brother of the state Chief Judge, Justice Olanrewaju Akeredolu, in a viral video, accused the state CJ of remanding him without trial for three years, for going into his father’s house in Akure, the state cap...