Today’s Daily Brief: PDP calls APC out over Ebola, Labour Party says Mimiko’s on his own, and more

We deliver your news brief for Tuesday, October 5, 2014. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have responded to calls made by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to stop trying to take credit for the containment of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease in Nigeria. The APC had released a statement yesterday saying the Ebola Virus... Read More

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September 23, 2014

These secondary school students have been accused of witchcraft and belonging to ‘rat’ secret cult

by Jewel Stephen Three teenagers, who were arrested for cultism and witchcraft, were on Monday, 22 September, paraded at the Police Headquarters in Akure, Ondo state. While speaking to the press, the Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke, said the students were SS2 students of Adegbola Grammar school, Akure, and had confessed to be members of Eku... Read More

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September 8, 2014

Great Bozo: Man kills wife over sharing of garri

by Azubuike Azikiwe John Ogunji, a 45-year-old farmer reportedly murdered his wife, Christiana, following an argument on the sharing of a bag of cassava flour, popularly known as ‘Garri’. The murder happened at Obatedo village in Omotosho area of Okitipupa Local Government area of the State. Ogunji and his wife reportedly quarelled over the... Read More

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August 19, 2014

Debo Adejugbe: The need for a clearer 2015 narrative (Y! Politico)

by Debo Adejugbe As a people, we have been contented to sit idle for so long while the resources of the state are being mismanaged/squandered by a few and due to this unique idling when other people are working, the resolve to stand and be counted is really at its lowest. It is easy to... Read More

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July 31, 2014

Attention, youth ‘corpers’: NYSC announces plans for 7 states under Boko Haram attack [DETAILS]

by Mayowa Aboah The National Youth Service Corps has announced the redeployment of corps members from seven northern states. The affected states are Adamawa,Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa, Kano and Yobe states. This was made known on Thursday, 31 July, in Abuja by the Director of Public Relations in NYSC, Bose Aderibigbe. The corps members are... Read More

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July 7, 2014

Opinion: The agonies of Bola Tinubu’s defenders

by Remi Oyeyemi The sycophantic image makers of ABBAT LLC are still trying their best to camouflage all these antics as “progressivism” and fool the people of the Southwest that ABAT LLC is still the best alternative in the circumstances. What made the task tougher for them lately included the carousal of the destroyers of... Read More

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July 5, 2014

Why I renounced Ogboni fraternity and burnt my shrines – Ondo traditional ruler

by S’ola Filani Sunday Boboye, a traditional ruler, ‘Ogboni’ cult member and renouned herbalist has dumped his deities, renounced his 10 years of service to the gods and given his life to Christ. Speaking with Saturday Sun, the 45-year-old herbalist based in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, disclosed how he... Read More

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June 15, 2014

‘He stabbed him to death’: Man murders lover’s husband after argument in Ondo

by ‘Jola Sotubo A man in Ondo has lost his life after getting into a disagreement with a man believed to be his wife’s lover. Daniel Akinneyin was killed in the Igbokoda environs of the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state after he challenged one Sunday Olumekun. Olumekun was said to have given the... Read More

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June 6, 2014

Man dies while having sex with girlfriend in hotel

by Zara Mustapha A middle aged man was reported to have slumped after having sexual relations with his girlfriend in Iwaro-Oka, Akoko local government area of the Ondo state. The deceased, identified as Dare Adefola was said to have taken his girlfriend to a hotel in Ibaka quarters, Oka where they had sex on... Read More

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April 9, 2014

TERRIBLE: Man hangs himself in Ondo after testing HIV-positive

by Zara Mustapha A 45-year-old man identified as Abayomi Olarenwaju, allegedly hanged himself after he tested positive to HIV in Ondo state. According to reports, Olarenwaju was devastated and reportedly carried out the act using a vehicle fan belt in a bush near Akure South Local Government Secretariat in the early hours of yesterday. It was revealed... Read More

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February 24, 2014

Opinion: We must set the agenda for 2015 elections

by Jaye Gaskia Furthermore, what is the difference between the parties of the ruling class? If there was ever any doubt about the sameness of the opposition APC with the ruling PDP, surely its merger with the New PDP ought to dispel any remaining doubts? As the 2015 general elections approach, and before it, the... Read More

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February 23, 2014

Akin Osuntokun: The good roads in many South-west states come at what cost?

by Akin Osuntokun Everything about the contemporary state of Osun State is fevered and frenzied. From the superfluous rechristening of Osun State to the state of Osun; to the self-destructive and the even more superfluous instigation of religious fracturing; to the impossible to ignore landmark infrastructural development accomplishment, the state has become a byword for... Read More

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February 22, 2014

Horrible: Suspected cultist kills pastor’s wife for refusing to be raped

by ‘Jola Sotubo A woman in Ondo has lost her life after being attacked by a suspected cultist who hacked her to death with a machete. 55-year-old Eunice Ajayi is said to have died after refusing to be raped by her attacker, identified simply as Jerry. Her actions infuriated the 25-year-old man, described as a... Read More

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February 15, 2014

Salihu Yakassai: APC and the South-West factor (Y! Politico)

by Salihu Yakassai But despite this advancement and exposure, History has proving that the South-West region has always voted on the lines of sentiments and not principles By this time next year, February 14th, 2015 to be precise, Nigerians would have started the political rituals of ‘s’electing their next set of leaders. This will start from the... Read More

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February 9, 2014

Woman tortures stepson to death…claims he committed suicide

by Zara Mustapha Facts have emerged on the death of a 12-year old boy,Awwal Osisi who was reported to have committed suicide by hanging himself in his parents bedroom sometime in January. Reports says Awwal Osisi was tortured to death and not suicide as initially claimed by his step mother, Rukayat Osisi who is now... Read More

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January 31, 2014

Brutality: Soldiers ‘beat up hospital staff for rejecting colleague’s body’

by ‘Jola Sotubo Reports have it that a number of soldiers invaded a hospital in Ondo on Wednesday and assaulted some staff of a hospital. The assailants, about 20 in number, were said to have swooped on workers at the General Hospital in Ore in the Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The suspected... Read More

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January 30, 2014

BUSTED: ‘Baby factory’ owner, 18 others arrested in Ondo

by Oge Okonkwo A ‘baby factory’ has been discovered in Ilu-tuntun, Okitipupa Local Government Area by officials of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Ondo State Command. Speaking to journalists in Akure on Thursday, the command said 8 men and 11 women who were allegedly cohabiting and producing children for the owner of the ‘baby factory’ were arrested. The Command also... Read More

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January 14, 2014

Caught in the act: Cheating couple attacked with machete ‘while having sex’ in Ondo

by Adeola Balogun A jealous lover has been arrested by police in Ondo after it was alleged that he had killed a man his girlfriend had been cheating with. Olusola Akinmiwasi, 35, is said to have attacked one Oriola Akinduko with a machete yesterday and inflicted a deep cut on his head which subsequently resulted... Read More

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January 11, 2014

Tragic: 13-year-old boy hangs himself in Ondo, stepmother arrested

by ‘Jola Sotubo An Ondo community has been left in shock after the body of a young boy, who is believed to have taken his own life, was found. 13-year-old Awal Osisi was found lifeless in his parents’ bedroom at the family residence in Akure, the state capital. The cause of young Awal’s death is... Read More

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January 6, 2014

“Only his legs were seen” – Truck crushes primary school pupil in Ondo

by ‘Jola Sotubo Tragedy struck in the Akoko Southwest council area of Ondo during the weekend as a truck is said to have crushed a primary school pupil to death. The boy, simply identified as Gabriel, was said to have been attempting to cross the road when the truck laden with tomatoes hit him and... Read More

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December 18, 2013

Opinion: Obasanjo might as well be writing himself that hypocritical letter

by Ikechukwu Amaechi But who got us into this mess? Obasanjo! If I know Nigeria ’s former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, well, he will be beside himself now with joy. He has done what he knows how best to do – monkey business. He is a master in the game of mischief and I will not be... Read More

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December 13, 2013

Tragic news: 2 ‘okada’ men killed while trying to escape armed robbery attack

by ‘Jola Sotubo Two commercial motorcyclists have lost their lives in an accident around Edo while trying to escape armed robbers. The duo were said to have collided with each other while trying to flee from the robbers in opposite directions. The incident was said to have occurred along the Igarra- Ibillo – Akure road,... Read More

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December 4, 2013

Collins Uma: #AnambraElections – APC was taught a lesson on strongholds

by Collins Uma One of the most obvious lessons we learnt from the recent governorship election in Anambra is that the guys who make up the All Progressives Congress (APC) are bad losers. This is not news, though. The legacy parties that make up the APC, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria... Read More

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November 26, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: The miracle going on in Ondo

by Femi Fani-Kayode The truth is that I was ashamed of the fact that so much is going on in Ondo state in terms of development and services to the ordinary people and yet we as Nigerians, and particularly as yoruba people, have refused to acknowledge or admit it either for self-serving political motives or... Read More

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November 25, 2013

Ondo lawmaker’s death: No, it’s not ‘Magun’, he just slumped and died – Family insists

by ‘Jola Sotubo Following rumours that he died after engaging in sexual intercourse with an unnamed woman, the family of late Ondo legislator, Raphael Nomiye, have spoken out on the true cause of his death. [READ: How rep member, Raphael Nomiye died; female banker arrested over his death] Jackson Nomiye, younger brother to the deceased,... Read More

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November 25, 2013

‘I did not force them’: Lebanese man arrested in Ondo for sexually abusing 86 minors

by ‘Jola Sotubo A foreigner residing in Ondo has been apprehended by police operatives in the state after it was alleged that he had sexually abused a large number of minors. The Lebanese man, identified as Jack Sankary, was reported to have gotten a steady supply of underaged girls through an accomplice, one Patience Godwin.... Read More

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November 24, 2013

How rep member, Raphael Nomiye died; female banker arrested over his death

A member of the House of Representatives from Ondo State died in the early hours of yesterday after what security sources said was a sexual affair with a female banker in his private residence located at Gwarinpa Estate in Abuja. Rep. Raphael Oloye Nomiye, who was 50 years old, was until his death representing Ondo,... Read More

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November 21, 2013

Olusegun Adeniyi: How competent is Jega’s INEC?

by Olusegun Adeniyi However, the Anambra State election fiasco has exposed INEC simply because they could not “wobble and fumble” to produce a result as they always managed to do, leaving the courts and tribunals to sort out the rest. If the morning shows the day, as they say, then the Independent National Electoral Commission... Read More

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