The Ondo State Police Command said it has arrested a driver who crushed a policeman to death at a checkpoint along the Benin-Owo Expressway at the Ifon area of Ose Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. According to the police, the driver whose identity was yet to be revealed allegedly hit the cop who is an Assistant Superintendent …

The Ondo State Government said it has set up a nine-man committee on palliatives that would work out the strategies to cushion the effects of fuel subsidy removal in the state. The government said the constitution of the committee was part of the decision taken at the state executive council meeting held on Thursday in Akure, the state capital, presided …

The Ondo State Security Network Agency (also known as Amotekun Corps( has disclosed that it had prosecuted no fewer than 2,000 criminals in the last two years of its establishment in the state. The state commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye said on Wednesday in Akure, the state capital, that the corps had secured judgements in over 1500 cases during the period under …

The Ondo State government approved over the weekend the establishment of military and para-military stations in the Northern Senatorial Districts of the state as part of their efforts to combat the increasing infiltration of kidnappers from neighbouring states. The stations are situated at Imoru in the Ose council area of the state. According to the state Commander of Amotekun, Adetunji …

Acting Governor of Ondo State, Mr. Lucky Ayedatiwa on Wednesday, urged residents of the state to use the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations to pray for the quick recovery of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. In his Eid-el-Kibir message, Ayedatiwa said: “Let us use this special season to pray for the success of this administration and also for Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, that God Almighty gives …

Apprehension gripped the agrarian community of Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday over the killing of a naval officer in the town by suspected hoodlums. Following the death of the military personnel, naval officers stormed the community to apprehend those involved in the killing of their colleague. According to sources, when the naval officers arrived in …

The Police in Ondo State have arrested a nurse, health assistant and security guard at the Comprehensive Health Centre, Emure-IIe, Owo Local Government Area over the mysterious disappearance of a baby’s placenta. Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya told newsmen on Tuesday in Akure, the state capital, that the three persons were arrested after the 23-year-old father of …

The Chief Imam of the Uso Community in the Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, Alhaji Ibrahim Oyinlade, who was abducted along the  Owo-Akure Expressway on Saturday, has regained his freedom. The cleric was said to have been released by his abductors on Sunday evening. The cleric was said to be working on his farm when the hoodlums invaded …

The Ondo State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday demanded that Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is said to be ill, should hand over to his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa to avert what the opposition party described as a “constitutional crisis in the state”. In a statement, the state chairman of the party, Stephen Adewale said that, while it continued …

Tragedy struck at the weekend in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State following the killing of an 80-year-old grandmother. The body of the octogenarian was found inside her farm in the Costain axis of the local government following suspicion that she had been raped before her assailants murdered her. Before her body was discovered, the deceased had been declared …