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Campaign: Buhari, Osinbajo arrive Ondo, Ekiti amidst tight security

Prophet, man, 25, arrested for allegedly stealing woman’s pants in Ondo

Five Ondo civil servants arrested over N200m fraud

Ondo: You must marry corpse of our daughter, family tells killer boyfriend

Herdsmen sack Ondo council secretariat

Ondo: Niger Delta militants protest

Ondo: CAC pastor impregnates member, prays for naked women

Acting Ondo Chief Judge, Temitayo Osoba, caught in age falsification scandal

Ondo guber: APC will send PDP packing –Imolehin

Scores injured as APC supporters clash in Ondo

Campaign: Buhari, Osinbajo arrive Ondo, Ekiti amidst tight security

Prophet, man, 25, arrested for allegedly stealing woman’s pants in Ondo

Five Ondo civil servants arrested over N200m fraud

Ondo: You must marry corpse of our daughter, family tells killer boyfriend

Herdsmen sack Ondo council secretariat

Ondo: Niger Delta militants protest

Ondo: CAC pastor impregnates member, prays for naked women

Acting Ondo Chief Judge, Temitayo Osoba, caught in age falsification scandal

Ondo guber: APC will send PDP packing –Imolehin

Scores injured as APC supporters clash in Ondo

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Posted by admin Ekiti, Elections, Elections 2019, Latest Politics, National Politics, Ondo, State News Wednesday, February 6th, 2019

President Muhammdu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday arrived in Akure, the Ondo State capital, amidst heavy security on a campaign visit to Ondo and Ekiti states for the 2019 general elections. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Buhari and Vice President started their campaign from Ekiti to seek re-election to […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Wednesday, January 30th, 2019

Bamigbola Gbolagunte, Akure The Police in Ondo State have arrested a 25-year- old man, Ojonugwa Adejoh, for allegedly stealing pants belonging to his brother’s wife. Adejoh who was alleged to have used the pants for rituals was paraded before newsmen in Akure. He was arrested alongside a 53-year-old Prophet, Olajide Ogunleye, who is the pastor […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Tuesday, December 18th, 2018

Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Police Command has arrested five workers of the Ondo State Government for defrauding their employer of a sum of N200m through the issuance of fake receipts. The suspects are, Oluwatoyin Abiodun, Ojo Ayodeji, David Omoyajowo, Isaac Solomon and Femi Tuki and one Ayadi Orimisan, who allegedly assisted the five […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Imo, Ondo, Sex and Relationship, State News Monday, May 21st, 2018

Ondo: You must marry corpse of our daughter, family tells killer boyfriend Peter Dada, Akure The family of a girl, Confidence Nwanma, allegedly killed by her boyfriend has declared that the killer boyfriend must marry the corpse of the deceased in line with the tradition of the family. Nwanma was allegedly stabbed to death last […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Tuesday, February 13th, 2018

Peter Dada, Akure Some Fulani herdsmen this morning chased out the workers at the Akure South Local Government Secretariat following a disagreement. READ ALSO:Herdsmen destroy UNILORIN multi-million naira research farms It took the intervention of the Ondo State Commissioner of police, Mr. Gbenga Adeyanju, and the Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Niger Delta, Ondo, State News Saturday, January 27th, 2018

By Josiah Oluwole A large number of youth claiming to be former armed militants in the Niger Delta area of Ondo State on Friday protested in Akure, the state capital, over their non-inclusion in the extended amnesty program. The youth, numbering about 500, also threatened to return to the creeks to bear arms against the […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, Religion, State News Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

Peter Dada, Akure A woman, Mrs. Omotola Akerele, has alleged that a pastor, Mathew Olakunle, had sex with her when she was undergoing spiritual healing in his church, adding that the intercourse resulted in pregnancy. Olakunle, who was the head of the Christ Apostolic Church, Oke Itura, in Iju town, in the Akure North […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Judiciary, Ondo, State News Monday, May 22nd, 2017

An investigation by SaharaReporters has revealed that Acting Chief Judge of the Ondo State High Court, Justice Temitayo Olubusola Adefunke Osoba, falsified her age in official documents to enable her to remain in service. As the most senior judge in the state, Justice Osoba took over in acting capacity after the immediate past Chief Judge, […]

Posted by admin Headlines, Ondo, State News Friday, April 29th, 2016

Ondo guber: APC will send PDP packing –Imolehin — 29th April 2016 Tunde Imolehin is a well-known architect, environmentalist, media personality and politician. He is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In this interview with INIABASI OYOK, he bares his mind on various issues including the Change Agenda of the Buhari administration plus his […]

Posted by admin All Peoples' Congress (APC), Headlines, Ondo, Party Politics, State News Thursday, February 11th, 2016

About twenty persons sustained injuries during a bloody clash among members of All Progressives Congress (APC), at Oka-Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government area of Ondo State. Also, an unconfirmed report said two persons were feared dead during the fracas which ensued between the loyalists of a Governorship aspirant, Dr Segun Abraham who were […]

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