The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Fatai Adams, is dead. The party boss reportedly died in the early hours of Wednesday. Mr Kennedy Peretei, the Ondo PDP Publicity Secretary, confirmed the development on Wednesday morning. He said the party would soon make official communication to the media…
A petroleum products dealer in Akure, Ondo State capital, has committed suicide after killing his wife The man, Sesan Adelabu, reportedly macheted his wife, Bolu Adelabu, to death in their residence at Alagbaka GRA area of the city on Friday. After killing his wife, Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, the name of his retail outlet,…
Aiyedun Quarters in Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State was on Wednesday faced with horrifying incident resulting in the death of a nine-day-old baby and her 30-year-old mother. The tragedy occurred when an overhead water tank crashed onto a one-bedroom detached bungalow, near a primary health centre within the quarters. According to sources…
The Ondo state House of Assembly on Thursday, withdrew the appeal against the Deputy Governor of the state Lucky Aiyedatiwa at the appeal court sitting in Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja had on September 26 restrained the Ondo State Governor, its Chief Judge, the House of Assembly, its Speaker, and…
Some chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State have asked the State House of Assembly to empower the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as the acting Governor. Recall that President Bola Tinubu declared that Rotimi Akeredolu will remain the Governor of Ondo State, while Aiyedatiwa remains his deputy. The decision was made after…
The months-long political crisis in Ondo State may have come to a halt as President Bola Tinubu late Friday waded into the matter and urging the opposing factions to embrace peace and maintain status quo. This was as the Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, pledged to carry all commissioners and officials along in handling the…
The Ondo State House of Assembly is set to hold a plenary session to discuss the state’s political situation. It was reliably gathered that the lawmakers would discuss the issue of the executive arm of the government of the state as the lawmakers may declare the deputy governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as acting governor, following…
The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, has blamed Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa for the lingering crisis in the state adding that the Deputy Governor is not yet ready for genuine reconciliation to warrant quashing the impeachment saga between him and the state legislators. Oladiji, who disclosed this in Akure, the…
A good number of cocoa farmers at the Oluwa Forest Reserve in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State have reportedly called on the state Commissioner of Police, Asabi Abiodun, to rescue them from the alleged attacks by some suspected hoodlums. The farmers lamented that the attacks against them began after the state High Court…
No fewer than20 commercial motorcyclists popularly called Okada have been killed and their Motorcycles stolen in less than a month in Ondo state Commander of the State security outfit, codenamed Amotekun Adetunji Adeleye, said the ugly development is on the rise in the state capital Akure. Adeleye, who reiterated the security outfit’s determination to reduce…
