Browsing: Ondo

No less than 45 individuals were apprehended by the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, for purportedly participating in certain unlawful acts across the state. The suspects supposedly carried out offenses such as abduction, destruction, stealing, housebreaking, and cultism. Displaying the suspects at the corps headquarters in Akure, the […]

There was a tense exchange between the Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, who is the chairman of the seven-member committee overseeing the Ondo All Progressives Congress governorship primary, and one of the aspirants for the party’s gubernatorial ticket, Gbenga Edema, over the distribution of election materials for the party’s primary on Saturday. The disagreement started when […]

The Ondo chapter of the All Progressives Congress will any moment from now begin the governorship primary to elect the party’s candidate in the November 16 governorship election. To this end, the Primary Election Committee set up to oversee the primary, headed by the Kogi State Governor, Mr Usman Ododo, has expressed assurance that the […]

The Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of ZL Global Alliance Nigeria Limited, Dr Abiola Bashorun, on Friday, accused the Ondo State Government of not fulfilling its part of the agreement signed on the waste management of the state. The ZL Global Alliance was contracted by the state government to manage the waste in […]

Ondo State Government has approved the recruitment of 2,000 teachers into the state civil service as part of its efforts to reposition the education sector. The state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, made this known on Friday at the inauguration of late Rosa Jane Pelly legacy project at Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School, Akure. Aiyedatiwa, who was represented […]

No fewer than five individuals lost their lives and many others were injured in a serious road collision on the Benin-Ore-Shagamu Expressway in the Akinfosile area of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State on Saturday evening. As indicated by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, the crash included a Toyota […]

A non-governmental organisation, the Varsity Gate Resources, has given scholarships to no fewer than 563 secondary school students from the 18 local government areas of Ondo State. According to the organization, the scholarship was for students who had undergone the JAMB Form Scholarship Examination conducted by the VGR and performed excellently well. The Programme Director […]