Ondo, Nigeria News

The Supreme Court, Friday, dismissed an interlocutory appeal that was filed against Governor Olusegun Mimiko by the gubernatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last governorship election in the state, Chief Olusola Oke.

A NEW approach to fixing federal roads across the country "before the cracks turned to ditches," to reduce the cost of maintenance and reduce carnage, has been devised by the Federal Road Maintenance Agency , according to authorities of the agency.

It's a voyage of fantasy - Govt AKURE - THE Peoples Democratic Party candidate in the governorship election in Ondo State Chief Olusola Oke, Thursday, filed an appeal against the judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal led by Justice Andovar Kaka'an which dismissed his petition The Special Adviser to Oke, Kunle Adebayo said in a statement in ... (more)

Permanent Secretary, Ondo State Ministry of Agriculture, Mr Bankole Ogunsuyi, said, yesterday that the state government had withheld the cocoa development fund to farmers to forestall fraud.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State has praised a police report alleging forgery of security reports on the 2007 gubernatorial election as the reason for the judicial defeat of its candidate and former governor, Dr.

No fewer than 38 persons died and 206 injured in various accidents in Ondo State in the first quarter of 2013.

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has described Senator Iyiola Omisore, a Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Osun State, as the most misunderstood Nigerian.

Founder of Cherubim Seraphim, Success Gate Inc, Akure, Ondo State, Primate Ademisokun Turton has cautioned against the imposition of taxes on churches by the Federal Government, arguing that such move will have adverse effects on the citizenry who are members of the Church.

Prolific writer, dramatist,former President of Association of Nigerian Authors, and foremost icon of the literary arts, Prof.

AT least four members of the same family reportedly lost their lives in an auto crash in Akure, the Ondo State capital Friday when officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC allegedly stopped a vehicle in the middle of the road abruptly.

POLICE in Ondo State have arrested three persons in connection with the kidnapping of a 40-year-old wife of a popular politician, Mrs Yewande Olaiya, in the hilly town of Idanre, Ondo State.

I have just finished watching Al Jazeera Television where Omoyele Sowore, of Sahara Reporters, our own Professor Wole Soyinka and Dr Doyin Okupe, Senior Special Assistant on Media to President Goodluck Jonathan spoke on Nigeria's political crisis and Boko Haram insurgence.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State has tackled Governor Ibikunle Amosun over his comment on the state of the PDP, saying that contrary to the governor's insinuation, the party was not dead but waxing stronger.

THE supremacy tussle between Obas in Akure, Ondo State capital, deepened as the paramount traditional ruler, Deji of Akureland, Oba Adebiyi Adesida, weekend, directed the dethronement of all monarchs appointed without the consent of the Deji-in-Council. Oba Adesida, in letter to Alayede Ogbese, Oba Iseoluwa Oluyede, directed him to limit his ... (more)

Reasons have emerged as to why former Lagos Youth and Sports Commissioner, Ademola Adeniji- Adele lost out in his bid to win a seat into the board of the Nigeria Boxing Federation in Zone one elections held in Ibadan.

Justice Kaka 'an said that in the petition of the ACN, the petitioner failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt, all the allegations of corrupt practices and non- compliance with the electoral act.

SECURITY has been beefed up in Akure, Ondo State capital, ahead of today's delivery of judgment by the Election Petition Tribunal sitting over the October 20 governorship election in the state.

AGAINST the backdrop of the grounding of a Bombardier jet belonging to the Rivers State government, stakeholders have posed questions over the propriety of the operation of non-registered Nigerian aircraft in the country's airspace.

A middle aged woman has been arrested for killing a two-year-old boy, Toluwalase Fadahunsi, in Iju, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The scourge of kidnapping which has become a national plague has continued in the country.