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Peter Dada, AkureA former Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, has commiserated with the Lagos State Government and the Jakande family o...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in the South-West has taken a turn for the worse as leaders of a former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, have directed their members to steer clear of a peace meeting convened by ex-Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun State. Fayose’s supporters are also said to have started mobilising support for a former National Vice Chairman (South-West) of the party, Dr Eddy Olafeso, to return. This is contai...

Punch Newspapers Sections and  Bola Bamigbola South-West states including Ekiti, Ondo and Osun on Sunday said they had deployed Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun corps,  in their forests and boundaries to check killer herdsmen. The state, however,  differed on the presence of killer herdsmen in the forests of the region. While the Ekiti State Government in an interview with The PUNCH said there were no killer herdsmen in the state forests, Ondo and Osun states explained their effor...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than 15 persons have been arrested by the men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, for illegally mining gold in the Owo Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, who were from the northern part of the country, were said to have been apprehended in about 50 different locations in the local government. The suspects are: Shuaibu Yahaya, Habbi Usman, Kabiru Waheed, Mohammed Nurudeen, Mohammed Sulaman, A...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The nurses at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State on Monday staged a protest on the premises of the hospital over the alleged beating of their colleagues by some relatives of a dead patient. It was gathered that the relatives of the dead patient, who was brought to the hospital on Saturday, stormed the ward where the patient died on Sunday, beating the nurses on duty and blaming them for the death of the patient. The patient was said to have p...

Punch Newspapers Sections • Tinubu supports Akande’s view on revalidation, Odigie-Oyegun disagrees ​ Leke Baiyewu  Factions of the All Progressives Congress in Imo and Rivers states have opposed the party’s membership registration and revalidation holding across the states. The factions listed among other reasons court orders halting the exercise in their respective states. For instance, in Rivers State, while the faction loyal to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, support...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada,  Akure Some suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly killed a farmer,  Mr Dayo Ibiye, on his farm at Ajowa Akoko in the Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Friday. The deceased was said to be a cousin of the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on New Media, Mr Gani Muhammed-Ajowa. Mohammed-Ajowa, who confirmed the incident, said the herdsmen and his cousin were involved in an altercation on Thursday when the herders ...

Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe and Peter Dada A yet-to-be-identified man was almost lynched by residents of Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday for allegedly r...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada and James Abraham A member of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Ondo State, Adejuyigbe Daniel, has been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Iju community in the 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, Solomon Akinmeji, before he was killed in the forest on Sunday. Akinmeji was reportedly abducted by the herdsmen on Saturday at Okeji farm settlement in t...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Governor,  Mr Rotimi Akeredolu on Tuesday said Nigeria was ready for state police as part of  solutions to 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 one of the reasons he was elected to the office. Akeredolu spoke in Akure during the visit of some All Progressives Congress lawmakers,  South-West caucus in the House of Representa...