Ondo State

December 23, 2014

Mimiko assured GEJ of South-west votes, but can’t control Ondo PDP

by Kolapo Olapoju A few days ago, Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko assured President Goodluck Jonathan of cleaning out the entire South-west in the 2015 presidential elections, but apparently, Mimiko doesn’t even have full control of his house. Very recently, some politicians of the Peoplea Democratic Party in the state warned Goodluck Jonathan that... Read More

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November 21, 2014

How robbers attacked bullion van, carted away millions of naira in broad day light

by Anike Jacobs A bullion van belonging to the United Bank of Africa (UBA), was attacked by armed robbers at Elemoso village along Ondo-Akure Road in the Ondo East Local Government Area of the state on Thursday noon. According to reports, the robbers looted the bullion van and escaped with undisclosed amount of money. Narrating... Read More

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November 20, 2014

Man commits suicide in church

by Temitope Onitiju A 24-year-old man, Lanre Falodu, who was taken for deliverance at a Pentecostal Church, has committed suicide in the church premises. According to a police source, the deceased brother, Tunde, had taken him to the church located at Imola area of Owo to seek spiritual solution to his problem. Falodu, who had reportedly been... Read More

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October 26, 2014

@PDPNigeria clears road for Mimiko, dissolves Ondo exco

by Godwin Akanfe The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced the dissolution of the Ondo State Executive Committee of the party. Speaking on Sunday, Olisa Metuh, the PDP’s national spokesperson, asked all members of the party in the state to work together in harmony as the party expressed confidence... Read More

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October 16, 2014

Opinion: Why Olusegun Mimiko is a political prostitute

by Samuel Orukotan After months of speculation, the Ondo town born politician officially dumped the Labour Party for the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party ahead of the 2015 general elections. Close followers of Mimiko’s rise to political limelight have described the Ondo-town born politician as a political prostitute who changes customers at will, once the terms... Read More

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October 13, 2014

@TemiAdebiyi to Mimiko: For joining @PdpNigeria, you are a disappointment!

by Temitope Adebiyi Your journey back to the PDP isn’t a surprise to some of us who had followed your political steps closely ever since you were returned as Ondo state governor elect. Even though, so many had argued that you are not going to return to the PDP because of the vituperation you had... Read More

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October 5, 2014

” We have nothing to do with the PDP” || Labour Party members refuse to follow Mimiko’s lead

by Godwin Akanfe Tunde Olatunji, the Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), in Osun State, has declared that members of the party in the state will not emulate the recent defection of Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, to the Peoples Democratic Party. Olatunji made the statement on Friday, 3 October, in Osogbo, where he... Read More

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October 4, 2014

@DeleMomodu : Dear Mimiko, joining the PDP is a misadventure

by Dele Momodu Fellow Nigerians, the cookie finally crumbled days ago. After many years of speculations about the true political calculations and permutations of Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the lone Iroko tree standing for the Labour Party, the man finally defected back to where he came from, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). As... Read More

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October 3, 2014

Follow the leader: All members of Ondo state House of Assembly decamp to PDP

by S’ola Filani Barely 24 hours after Ondo state governor, Olusegun Mimiko formally decamped from Labour Party to the PDP, all 25 members of the State House of Assembly have also decamped from the Labour party to the PDP. Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo on Thursday in Abuja formally announced his defection from Labour Party... Read More

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September 15, 2014

Sacked! Appeal’s Court couldn’t help troubled Ifedayo Abegunde

by Godwin Akanfe The Court of Appeal in Ondo state, has sacked the state Federal Lawmaker, Ifedayo Abegunde, thereby upholding the decision of the Federal High court in 2012. It will be recalled that in 2012, the embattled House of Representatives Lawmaker, representing Akure South/North Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, had been sacked... Read More

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September 3, 2014

If you can’t beat them…! Mimiko’s proposed move to PDP ‘is a blessing’

by Mayowa Aboah The planned defection of Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, from Labour Party (LP) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been described by Olusola Oke, a PDP gubernatorial candidate in 2012, as a blessing. Oke, who contested against the incumbent governor, Mimiko back in 2012, said the merits of the governor’s coming... Read More

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August 20, 2014

Teenager rapes chicken to death in Ondo (READ)

by Azubuike Azikiwe A 19-year-old boy has reportedly confessed to having sexual intercourse with a chicken, till it gave up the ghost. He confessed that he carried out the act with the chicken at about 11.20pm yesterday, 19 August in Akure, Ondo state. The teenager was said to have been forced out of his home town after... Read More

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August 14, 2014

Courtroom Drama: How fake lawyer was arrested in Akure (READ)

by Kolapo Olapoju Olaoluwa Joseph, a phony lawyer has been arrested for impersonating as a legal counsel in Akure. He was arrested on Monday, 11 August, while appearing as a lawyer before Chief Magistrate Olarenwaju Adesanmi in Akure. Joseph was reportedly clad in a lawyer’s garb and had sat at the bar to defend a... Read More

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August 12, 2014

Ebola Wahala: Ondo bush meat sellers are not happy with you guys

by Kolapo Olapoju According to a News Agency of Nigeria report, Ondo State bush meat sellers are lamenting low patronage, a direct effect of the outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in Nigeria, and Africa. The traders say they no longer get customers as much as they used to get in the recent past... Read More

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BUSTED: Fake youth ‘corper’ jailed 6-years for impersonation

by Kolapo Olapoju An Akure magistrate court has sentenced a phony youth corps member, Mrs. Rabiu Umar, to six years imprisonment on a two count charge of impersonation and attempted fraud. The prosecutor, Inspector Jimoh Ibrahim, told the judge, Magistrate M.O. Adewumi that Umar was arrested by security operatives at NYSC Secretariat, Igbatoro Road, Akure,... Read More

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#InCaseYouMissedIt: Ondo House of Assembly elects first female speaker

by Oge Okonkwo A new speaker has been elected by the Ondo State House of Assembly, Jumoke Akindele representing Okitipupa Constituency II of the state. Akindele emerged a victor after getting majority votes at the state House of Assembly session in Akure this morning. She became the first female speaker to emerge from Ondo state. A lawyer by profession,... Read More

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Michael Orodare: INEC and its dangerous ‘inconclusive’ theory (Y! Politico)

by Michael Orodare In 2015, just as INEC has started reciting it that election might not hold in some Northern states due to INSECURITY by the Boko Haram insurgency, the question is, if the cancellation of election in 1 out of 22 wards led to the declaration of such election ‘inconclusive’, then if the 2015... Read More

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Opinion: Ilaje 2014 polls – Many candidates but not enough promises to go round

by Samuel Orukotan Why are we planning to smuggle arms and ammunitions just to alter the decisions of a collective people? Isn’t this another political hoo-hah? Definitely, it is. If the Ilaje’s cannot boast of any meaningful development in their community, where then, is the equation we claim to have solved simultaneously? Over the years,... Read More

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February 10, 2014

Ayomikun Soyombo: The fellowship of Idanre Hills (Poem)

by Ayomikun Soyombo We were told that yearly . The Idanre people gathered at the hills. In celebration of’ Orosun’,the beautiful warrior. And ‘ Olofin’ her husband.Also in honour of ‘Ojimaba’ their child. Silently I wondered if ‘Ojimaba’ was a male or female 1.As we took the last bend Towards the ancient city ... Read More

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December 16, 2013

‘Yes, we recorded the whole thing’: Police parade members of the 6-man gang who raped 16-year-old girl (WATCH)

by Adeola Balogun 2 members of a 6-man gang have been arrested by police in Ondo state after reports that they took turns to rape a teenage girl. The girl, a 16-year-old secondary school student, was said to have been attacked by the boys, who are said to be members of a fraternity known as... Read More

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December 13, 2013

16-year-old girl gang raped by 6 cultists in Ondo

by Adeola Balogun 2 members of a 6-man gang have been arrested by police in Ondo state after reports that they took turns to rape a teenage girl. The girl, a 16-year-old secondary school student, was said to have been attacked by the boys, who are said to be members of a fraternity known as... Read More

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December 6, 2013

Monster: ‘Alhaji’, 71, arrested (again) for raping 7-year-old girl in Ondo

by ‘Jola Sotubo An elderly indigene of Benue has been arrested by police after reports that he raped a child. Alhaji Ganiyu Kolawole, 71, was picked up by police in Akure, the capital of Ondo after it was alleged that he raped a 7-year-old primary school pupil. It was said that Kolawole, a night guard... Read More

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November 26, 2013

NURTW clash in Ondo leaves 1 person dead, 5 others injured

by Adeola Balogun A clash between members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Ondo has resulted in the death of one person. The incident occurred yesterday at the union’s secretariat in Ijapo, Akure, the state capital between loyalists of the chairman, Obayoriade Oladutele and his opponents. The violence also left 5 other... Read More

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November 23, 2013

Sad news: How Ondo lawmaker slumped and died in Abuja today (PICTURED)

by Adeola Balogun Prominent Ondo State lawmaker, Raphael Oloye Nomiye is dead. Nomiye, who represents the Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives is said to have died early this morning. Reports have it that he died in Abuja after attending a function and did not suffer from any obvious ailment at the time... Read More

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November 21, 2013

Terrible: 4-year-old girl beaten to death by teacher for being ‘too stubborn’

by ‘Jola Sotubo A teacher in Ondo has been apprehended by police in the state after reports emerged that he had beaten a young pupil to death. Alade Adebayo, a primary school teacher, is said to have flogged 4-year-old Elizabeth Wanogha until she fell into a coma and subsequently died. The incident occurred at the... Read More

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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. Oba Afolabi Odidiomo, the Olu of Igbokoda, an area within the state, along with 9 other suspects, was taken before the court for allegedly being responsible for the death of one Prince Omolebi Titiola. The... Read More

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