Following doctor’s advice to take adequate rest after recuperating, Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu has forwarded the letter of extension on medical leave to the state House of Assembly. Receiving the letter on behalf of other lawmakers, the Speaker, Rt. Hon .Olamide Oladiji said the governor’s action is in line with Section 190 of the Constitution of the …

In Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu’s Ondo State, wonders, it seems, will never end! Thrice within a space of two months, terrorist attacks were reported in Owo, the governor’s home town. This is apart from such attacks in other parts of the state. Is Ondo State slipping into the category of “failed states”? The first of the attacks, on 5 Junewas …

In the wake of the terrorists attack on Owo, Ondo state last 5 June, I asked questions around to try and establish the likely reasons for the bestial and dastardly attack. One explanation was that the terrorists appeared to have a grouse with Catholics – whatever the grouse! Previous as well as subsequent events of the number of Catholic priests …

Penultimate Friday, Governor Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu was quoted as raising the alarm that terrorists were trooping down South from the North. As volatile and scary as the statement was, the governor said nothing new. That the entire South-west, and not Akeredolu’s Ondo State alone, has been infiltrated and surrounded by terrorists and jihadists is generally well-known or, better still, such …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday donated N25 million to the people of Owo, who were affected by the recent gunmen attack, which claimed scores of worshippers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. Sanwo-Olu, who paid a condolence visit to Ondo State Governor, Arakunri Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) at the State House in Akure in …

Last Sunday’s dastardly attack on worshippers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo might be a calculated attempt to provoke massive crisis in Nigeria and all security agencies must work together in investigating it, Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Reacting to the sad incident through a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and …

Former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki has commiserated with the people of Owo Kingdom, the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, the government, and people of Ondo State on the sad incident of the terrorist attack which happened on Sunday during a service at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo. He also urged the security …

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has commiserated with his Ondo State counterpart, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi SAN and his government over the attack and killings of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church at Owa-luwa Street, Owo by gunmen on Sunday. Sanwo-Olu, who described the attack as “callous, inhuman and despicable”, also sympathised with the people of Ondo State, especially the residents …