Tag: Ondo State

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November 15, 2013

Traditional ruler, 9 others arraigned for murder in Ondo

by ‘Jola Sotubo  10 people, including a monarch, were yesterday arraigned before an Ondo Magistrate Court on charges of murder. ...

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November 14, 2013

#AssociatedAirlinesCrash: ‘Deji Falae to be buried today

by Adeola Balogun Ayodeji Falae, the son of Olu Falae, will be buried today, 14 November 2013. ‘Deji died in ...

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October 21, 2013

Tragic news: Auto crash leaves 4 people dead, 14 others injured in Ondo

by Adeola Balogun A car crash which occurred over the weekend at Igbara-Oke in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo ...

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October 13, 2013

Simon Kolawole: A federalism ruined by allocations

by Simon Kolawole Now, how can states become more economically stable and viable? There are two avenues I can think ...

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October 5, 2013

#AssociatedAirlinesCrash: Why the Agagu plane crashed – Expert

Facts emerged yesterday on the probable reasons the chartered Embraer 120 aircraft carrying the corpse of former Ondo State governor, ...

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October 3, 2013

Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo: Olusegun Agagu – Why we must slow down on the conspiracy theories

by Oluwatosin Fatoyinbo Agagu has been dead for two weeks, we didn’t remember that he was Aviation Minister. Suddenly, because ...

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October 3, 2013

BREAKING: Associated Airlines plane carrying late Agagu’s body crashes in Lagos (PHOTOS)

by Oge Okonkwo There are indications that an Associated Airlines aircraft has crashed at the Murtala Mohammed Domestic Terminal leaving ...

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September 28, 2013

Tragic news: Flooding in Akure kills 2 young pupils

by Adeola Balogun Two pupils in Ondo State have lost their lives as a result of flooding which occurred in ...

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September 14, 2013

How my father died – Late gov. Agagu’s son speaks

Mr Feyi Agagu, the first son of the late Dr Olusegun Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, on Saturday ...

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September 13, 2013

3 teenagers arrested in Ondo for attempting to kidnap 11-year-old boy

by Adeola Balogun   Three teenagers have been arrested in Ondo State for allegedly attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old boy. ...

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September 1, 2013

SAD: Did this woman really commit suicide over an iPad? (PICTURED)

A 41-year-old woman, Mrs Catherine Sefunmi Urouna, has allegedly committed suicide by drinking some poisonous substance in protest of her ...

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August 31, 2013

Wickedness: Student, 14, brutally attacked and left to die in Ondo

by ‘Jola Sotubo Oluwaseyi Adelegan, a 14-year-old Senior Secondary School SS1 pupil, resident in Ondo State, has been killed by ...

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August 22, 2013

Tragic: Man, 20, found hanging in mother’s kitchen, family suspects foul play

by Oge Okonkwo A 20-year-old boy, Wale Lijoka, was found dead hanging in a small dark room believed to be his ...

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July 25, 2013

Tragic: Man stabs pregnant wife over failure to bear male child

by Chisom Ukaegbu The Ondo State Police division has apprehended a man for allegedly killing his pregnant wife.  The 48-year-old ...

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July 6, 2013

Insecurity: NIS deports 147 Nigeriens, Chadians from Ondo

by Rachel Ogbu The Nigerian Immigration Service has deported about 147 citizens of Niger Republic and Chad illegally resident in ...

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June 21, 2013

WANTED: Ex-police officer on the run after attacking wife with a machete (PICTURED)

by Rachel Ogbu A former police officer in Ondo state is on the run after it was reported that he ...

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June 20, 2013

Ondo female legislator caught in possession of miniature coffins and other fetish objects

by Rachel Ogbu Member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Fola Olasehinde caught with fetish objects including miniature coffins ...

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April 11, 2013

They will have to bury me first – Mother of pregnant woman killed by police in Ondo

Madam Rachael Esan Olajiga, the 72-year-old mother of Mrs. Oluwaseun Sunday, the pregnant woman that was shot and killed by a ...

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March 3, 2013

Tunde Fagbenle: For the sake of our children

by Tunde Fagbenle One thing remains clear: nothing will change if the country and her peoples do not do things ...

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February 28, 2013

Michael Orodare: Why Gov. Mimiko’s second coming will be better than the first (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare …just as his first term has been awarded with a distinction, he will surely surpass the first ...

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November 10, 2012

#OndoElection: ACN, Accord party question Mimiko’s victory, head to election tribunal

by Isi Esene If you think opposition to the victory of Olusegun Mimiko’s at the polls in the just concluded ...

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November 6, 2012

Clash of faiths: Monarch attacked for refusing to worship ‘Ogun and marry another wife’

by Isi Esene Owa of Ogbagi, Oba Victor Adetona, was on Friday chased away from his palace by the youth ...

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October 25, 2012

“Snobbish, arrogant and power-thirsty” – Afenifere attacks Tinubu

by Isi Esene The Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, has sent a message to the newly re-elected governor of Ondo State, ...

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October 21, 2012

#OndoHasDecided: ACN refuses to accept defeat, vows to scrutinize electoral process

by Isi Esene The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) appears not to be taking its loss in the recently concluded ...

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October 21, 2012

President Jonathan congratulates Mimiko on his election victory, commends INEC

by Isi Esene President Goodluck Jonathan has through his special adviser on media and publicity, Reuben Abati, congratulated the governor ...

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October 4, 2012

#Lobatan: “A vote for Mimiko is a vote against the Yoruba race” – Rauf Aregbesola

by Isi Esene The Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola has denied claims by the opposition that the former Lagos State ...

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September 30, 2012

Eye on Ondo: “My party is 70 per cent on ground in the state” – Gov. Mimiko

by Isi Esene The Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, has expressed his confidence in emerging victorious in the forthcoming gubernatorial ...

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September 4, 2012

3rd phase of FG’s Amnesty Programme: Ex-agitators and informants admitted

by Isi Esene The number of Niger Delta Amnesty beneficiaries is set to swell to 30,000 with the admittance of ...

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August 23, 2012

“God will bring them down as David brought down Goliath” – Ayo Oritsejafor on the sponsors of Boko Haram

by Isi Esene The president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, has faulted the Federal Government’s ...

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July 28, 2012

Candidates emerge in Ondo governorship election

by Isi Esene The October 20 gubernatorial contest in Ondo State is gradually taking shape as the three major contending ...

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