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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade The Ondo state government has said it did not hire the aircraft of Associated Airline that crashed last week in Lagos while carrying the body of former Governor of the state, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, to Akure for the commencement of the burial rites. The clarification […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Sunday, October 6th, 2013
As AIPB commences Black Box analysis BY LOUIS IBA, OGE OKAFOR and JOB OSAZUWA, Lagos The management of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), yesterday said it has started the identification of charred bodies of victims of the ill-fated Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, last Thursday, few minutes after take-off. This is coming […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Saturday, October 5th, 2013
Chief Olu Falae | credits: Sunday Aborisade A former Secretary to the Federal Government, Chief Olu Falae, has said he lost a political successor in his son, Deji, who died in the ill-fated Associated Airline on Thursday. Deji, who was the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Ondo State, led the state government’s […]
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Aviation, Headlines, Ondo, State News
Thursday, October 3rd, 2013
The casket, bearing the corpse of the Ondo State former governor, Dr. Olusegun Agagu, has been recovered by rescue agencies at the site of the Associated Airlines plane, which crashed in Lagos on Thursday morning. The casket was intact as of the time of recovery. The only casket on board the plane, which was supposedly […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Saturday, September 21st, 2013
To stop death of prominent sons Iju-Odo, an Ikale town in Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State is blessed with sons and daughters who have excelled in their various fields of endeavour. The town, which has long been celebrating her successful sons and daughters with pomp and ceremony, recently witnessed an uneasy calm as […]
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General Politics, Headlines, Ondo, State News, Top Stories
Saturday, September 14th, 2013

The former governor of Ondo state, south west Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Agagun is dead. Report reaching African Examiner says Chief Agagu who just returned to the country from United States died Friday evening in his Ibadan residence after a brief illness. Chief Agagu was born 16 February 1948. He was Governor of Ondo State from […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Monday, July 1st, 2013
After storming prison, freeing 179 criminals From TUNDE RAHEEM Akure Hell was let loose in the early hours of yesterday in Akure as some armed robbers invaded Olokuta Medium Prison on Ondo Road Akure in the state capital, freeing about 179 inmates and killing 10 travellers. Eyewitnesses disclosed that the robbers, about 30, and fully […]
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Headlines, Ondo, Raw Politics, State News
Monday, July 1st, 2013

BY DAYO JOHNSON AKURE —AT least 30 gunmen in the early hours of Sunday stormed the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in Akure, Ondo State capital, and set free about 175 inmates mainly those standing trial for robbery. A prison officer was shot in the right leg by the gunmen and he is receiving treatment at […]
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Headlines, Ondo, State News
Wednesday, June 19th, 2013
By DAYO JOHNSON AKURE — A female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Fola Olasehinde was, yesterday, suspended indefinitely for being in possession of fetish objects including miniature coffins. The suspended member is representing Ose council area of the state constituency. Her indefinite suspension was announced on the floor of the House by […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, All People Grand Alliance (APGA), Anambra, Headlines, Ondo, Oyo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko; his Anambra counterpart, Mr. Peter Obi; and a former Governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Rashidti Ladoja, may soon defect to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party. Competent sources at the national headquarters of the party said on Friday that the party had concluded arrangements to have these men in its […]