Akure Ondo State News

Chef Damilola Adeparusi, known for her attempt to break the Guinness World Record, found herself at the center of a police investigation after allegedly being summoned by the Police AIG Zone 17 in Akure, Ondo State. The summons followed…
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Ondo Community Leader Donates N10 Million Worth of Security Gadgets to Local Agencies Ondo State, Nigeria - Chief Idowu Asonja, a prominent community leader in Ondo State and the State Commander of Tantita, a private security outfit…
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The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has issued an injunction preventing the Ondo House of Assembly from impeaching Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa based on allegations of gross misconduct. The court also ordered Governor Rotimi…
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Ondo State Election Tribunal Upholds Victory of Gboyega Adefarati in House of Representatives Election In a decisive ruling on Thursday, the Ondo State Election Petition Tribunal, situated in Akure, upheld the triumph of Mr. Gboyega…
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Disquiet In Ondo As Deputy Gov Allegedly Moves Against Governor Akeredolu, Exco Divided Members of the Ondo State Executive Council are gripped by significant tension. The rumoured intention of the deputy governor,…
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Ondo poly lecturers begin strike over unpaid 13 months salary The lecturers of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, have initiated industrial action to protest non-payment of 13 months' salary. Therefore, the…
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Suspect jumps through court window, flees after remand order in Ondo At the Ondo State Magistrate Court in Odigbo, the capital of the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, it was a dramatic scene when a defendant, Segun…
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Amotekun officer slumps, dies in Osun Eluwanda Demilade, a man serving with Osun Amotekun, reportedly collapsed and died on his farmland. On Saturday, the deceased, who served with the Amotekun Corps in the Ife-South local…
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Ondo Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa Breaks Silence On Alleged Domestic Violence Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, has denied the allegation that he frequently beat his wife, Mrs Oluwaseun. …
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The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu to step down from his position if he is unable to carry out his duties effectively. The statement advised against further…
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Olamide Oladiji Emerges as the New Speaker of Ondo State Assembly The Ondo State House of Assembly has chosen a new speaker to preside over its deliberations for the next four years. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, popularly…
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Ondo APC Suspends 31 Members The All Progressives Congress has suspended thirty-one members in the Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. In a letter sent to the state chairman of the party, Mr. Ade…
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Pastor impregnates 15-year-old during ‘deliverance’, jailed 18 years A man, Ajayi Famakinwa, was sentenced to 18 years in prison by an Ondo State High Court in Akure, the state capital, for impregnating a 15-year-old girl.…
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Ondo Monarch Handed 10-years Jail Term For Unlawfully Demolishing Palm Trees And Food Crops In A Church Oba Adewale Sunday Boboye of the Ajagun Ode of Ode community in the Akure North local government area of Ondo state was…
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EFCC Arraigns Bamidele Oloyelogun, Ondo Speaker, Others For Fraud The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has filed charges against Bamidele Oloyelogun, speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly. Oloyelogun was arraigned before…
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INEC Chairman, Mahmood is a colossal failure, embarrassment – wife of APC governor fumes Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, the wife of the Governor of Ondo State, on Sunday lashed out at the Independent National Electoral…
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Court sacks monarch in Ondo Oba Babajide Oluwole, Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo in the Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo Local Government of the state, has been deposed by the Ondo State High Court, sitting in Ondo town. The court…
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Court remands pastor for allegedly killing his tenant in Ondo A magistrates' court in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, on Thursday ordered the detention of a 56-year-old pastor named Emmanuel Adebayo in connection with the…
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Government announces new allowances for all workers  New Duty Tour Allowance for workers  As Christians worldwide celebrate the year 2022 Christmas, the Ondo State Head of Service, Pastor Kayode Ogundele, has felicitated with…
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