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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 Highlander SUV and one other vehicle. Our correspondent learnt that one of the drivers of the vehicles, wh...

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 were released. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro, co...

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, Mrs Ayo Adeyemo, disclosed this after monitoring the exercise. Adeyemo said the present administratio...

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 apologised for his extremist views, claiming he had since changed. But the Presidency, in a stateme...

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 occurred along the Ondo-Akure Expressway at the Aponmu Village in the Akure-South Local Government ...