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Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure One person was killed on Tuesday during a clash involving some factional members of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, at the Oja Oba area of Akure, the state capital. Following the clash, the state government announced an indefinite suspension of all activities of the union across the 18 local government areas of the state. A witness said the clash caused pandemonium at Oja Oba and some streets in Akure, as residents ran for their lives following sporadic gunshots by the warring members. The incident came barely...

Punch Newspapers Sections our correspondents States on Tuesday started receiving their consignments of the  Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine with Lagos collecting 507,000 doses,  Nasarawa, 61,000; Ekiti,  52,960 and Ondo,  75,570. Officials of the states disclosed these figures to The PUNNCH  in separate interviews just as one of our correspondents gathered that between 150,000 and 160,000 doses would be given to Katsina State. Recall that the Federal Government  on Tuesday last week received  3.94 million doses of the  vaccine from  COVAX facility, an initiative co-led by the Vac...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State House of Assembly has said its Speaker, Mr Bamidele Oloyeloogun, was not invited by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission over an alleged financial fraud. It was gathered that the Speaker, Oloyeloogun; the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr Bode Adeyelu; the Deputy Clerk, Mr Amos Olowogorioye; and the Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education, Mr Felemugudu Bankole; and some civil servants were invited by the anti-graft agency. A source in the Assembly stated that they were invited over the fraud that was allegedly committed in 201...

Punch Newspapers Sections Our Reporters Women in the Federal Capital Territory,  Abuja on Monday,  staged a protest  against hunger, hardship and insecurity in the country to mark on this year’s International Women’s Day. They also called for the immediate resignation of the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for incompetence. Addressing journalists on behalf of the women, Mrs Stell Ajadi, lamented the lack of basic amenities in their community. Ajadi rebuked the President for his silence over persistent attacks by bandits and herdsmen across the country. She said, “W...

Punch Newspapers Sections Kindly share this story: The Ondo National Union of Road Transport workers' members clash at the Oja Oba area of Akure, vandalise vehicles on Tuesday March 9, 2021 Peter Dada, Akure There was pandemonium at Oja Oba Area of Akure, the capital of Ondo State on Tuesday morning as members of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers engaged in free for all. This came barely 48 hours after the factional unionists fought at the Owode area of the state, causing injuries to many people. Read Also