Ondo state

The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. The suspects included a kidnap sydicate, motorcycle snatching gang, cattle rustlers and a rapist.…

The Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Oyeyemi Oyediran, has appealed for calm while encouraging well-meaning residents to cooperate with in the course of investigations into the shootings at the Craneburg Construction Company site in…

Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, has warned that if immediate action is not taken to improve the current situation, Nigeria may cease to exist within the next two years. Adams made this statement, over the weekend, at the…

Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, has instructed the Head of Service to fire any officers who are collecting double salaries from the public coffers. He issued the directive, on Wednesday, July 20, while reviewing…

Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and the Federal Government continue to sing discordant tunes about who is culpable for the murder of worshipers in Owo. In response to the murders, Akeredolu said it is dubious to attribute…

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), had clarified that he never urged Christians to buy weapons for self-defense. Adeboye made this call on Sunday, July 3, during a sermon at…

The Nigeria Police Force, on Wednesday, June 29 issued an apology statement  to Owo indigenes and the people of Ondo State in general over the terror attack on worshippers at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owaluwa, Owo,…

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Saturday, June 25, signed an Executive Order for the compulsory installation and use of Close Circuit Television (CCTV) devices in all public and private institutions in the…

Following the mass burial of Owo Attack, the names and pictures of the victims of the Sunday, June 5, massacre at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, have been released as their burial was performed in Ondo State. At least 40 people,…

Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has warned that the people of the Southwest would not tolerate another unprovoked attack on the region under any guise. Akeredolu spoke on Tuesday, June 14, at the Government House in…

Claims linking the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the church attack in Owo have been dismissed by Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi as mere speculation. He emphasised that no proof has been found that the terrorists…

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has said that the Federal Government pronouncement of the Islamic State's West Africa Province (ISWAP) as the terrorist group behind the terror attack at the St. Francis…

The National Security Council has implicated the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) for the June 5 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, which killed roughly 38 people. Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior,…

Gunmen shot dead six persons at Sabo Area of Ondo town, Ondo State on Wednesday night, it has emerged. The incident occurred about 72 hours after some unknown gunmen attacked St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, which 127 were…

Forty persons have been confirmed dead from the guresome attack at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo town, Ondo State with 26 survivors discharged from hospitals, days after the incident. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State…