Amotekun foils attempted bank robbery, parades 37 suspects in Ondo
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps, disclosed on Thursday that it thwarted a bank robbery…
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17-year-old girl stabs, kills foster mother in Ondo
Tragedy occurred in the Oda axis of Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State during the week following the…
FG moves to tackle housing deficit with 1,000 low-cost homes in Ondo
In a bid to tackle the housing deficit in the country, the Federal Government has disclosed plans to build no…
Guber polls: Ondo APC leaders set up committee to evaluate, screen aspirants
In a bid to ensure the emergence of a suitable candidate for the forthcoming November governorship election in Ondo State,…
AIG Zone 17 leads charge for safer Ondo, Ekiti.
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 17, AIG Abiodun Asabi, has expressed the determination of the…
Truck falls on car, claims three lives in Ondo
Three travellers lost their lives while one person sustained injuries yesterday after a truck fell onto a car along the…
Group asks court to bar INEC from including Labour Party in Edo, Ondo guber polls
A Civil Group, Center for Reform and Public Advocacy, CRPA, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to compel…
Ondo: Five dead, seven injured in Ondo auto crash
Five passengers on Saturday evening lost their lives in a lone accident that occurred along the busy Ore/Lagos expressway. No…
Ondo guber: No decision on zoning – PDP NWC
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has clarified that it has not zoned its ticket…
NSCDC, Tantita destroy crude oil thieves camp in Ondo
The operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and private security outfit, Tantita Security Services Limited, have…
Ondo APC guber aspirants raise alarm over political violence
Governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ondo State, have raised the alarm over political violence in the…
Ondo: Middle-aged allegedly murders friend with gas cylinder
A middle-aged man identified as Adebayo Peter took the life of his friend, known as Lekan, at the Ireakari-Oloko junction…
Ondo Guber: I can’t be governor for one year – Aiyedatiwa on plans to run
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has declared that he would be contesting for the state’s top job in the…
Ondo: Aiyedatiwa declares public holidays for Akeredolu’s funeral rites
The Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has declared Thursday and Friday as public holidays in the state. Aiyedatiwa in…
NDLEA intercepts large consignment of illicit drugs in Ondo, Edo, FCT
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted large quantities of illicit drugs and substances during raids carried out…
Aiyedatiwa: Ondo lawmaker Makinde slams colleagues over letter to Tinubu
A member of the House of Representatives, Biola Makinde, representing Ondo West/Ondo East Federal Constituency, has berated his colleagues on…
Ogun govt doles out N5bn to cushion effects of economic hardship
The Ogun State Government has promised to inject N5billion into different facets of the state economy. This follows the current…
BREAKING: Ondo PDP chairman is dead
The Chairman of the Ondo State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Fatai Adams, is dead. The party…
Amotekun cracks down on kidnappers as influx of criminals surges in Ondo
The Ondo State Security Network, known as Amotekun Corps, disclosed on Monday that there has been a sudden influx of…
5000 farmers benefit from W/Bank, FAO $55m intervention in C’River, Ondo
At least 5000 smallholder farmers have been listed to benefit from the World Bank, Food And Agriculture, FAO, as well…
Popular businessman, socialite kills wife, commits suicide in Ondo
Tragedy struck in Akure, Ondo State capital, on Friday night when a popular oil and gas merchant and socialite, Sesan…
Ondo: Doctors threaten strike over welfare packages, lament shortage of health personnel
Doctors in Ondo State, under the aegis of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, lamented on Friday that medical practitioners have…
240,000 out-of-school children in Ondo alarming – SUBEB
The Ondo State Basic Education Board, SUBEB, has expressed concern that no fewer than 240,000 children in the state are…
Ondo varsity student stabbed to death by unknown persons
An undergraduate of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, Ondo State, was at the weekend found dead in her room. It…
Ondo: Large turnout as voting begins in Akoko North-East/North-West bye-election
The bye-election into the Akoko North-East/North-West Federal Constituency witnessed a large turnout of voters on Saturday. The process commenced at…
Adelami takes oath of office as Ondo Deputy Gov
The Ondo State Chief Judge, Justice Olusegun Odusola has sworn in Okayide Owolabi Adelami as the Deputy Governor of the…
Ondo NDDC commissioner flays Aiyedatiwa over stakeholders’ meeting
The representative of Ondo State on the Governing Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Otito Atikase, has carpeted…
604 deaths, 1,196 road crashes recorded in Oyo, Osun, Ondo in 2023 — FRSC
The Zonal Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC has revealed that between January and December 2023, a total…
How Akeredolu anointed me as next Ondo gov – Wale Akinterinwa
Former Commissioner of Finance in Ondo State, Wale Akinterinwa has revealed how his ex-boss, the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu anointed…
Ondo Assembly confirms Adelami as Deputy Governor
Ondo State House of Assembly on Thursday screened and confirmed the nomination of Olayide Adelami as the Deputy Governor of…
Ex-Ondo senator, Kunlere dumps PDP
Senator Boluwaji Kunlere, who represented Ondo South Senatorial District from 2011 to 2015, has dumped the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Ondo: Gov Aiyedatiwa appoints Oluwatuyi SSG
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Wednesday appointed Tayo Oluwatuyi as the Secretary to the State Government, SSG. Oluwatuyi’s…
Civil servants boo sacked Ondo Commissioner, Charles Titiloye
The former Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Charles Titiloye, was on Wednesday booed out of office by…
NSCDC deploys intelligence team ahead of Ondo by-election
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ondo State Command, has deployed intelligence teams to Akoko North-East and Akoko…
BREAKING: Ondo: Governor Aiyedatiwa finally names Deputy
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has officially named Chief Olayide Owolabi Adelami, for the position of Deputy Governor. DAILY POST…
INEC declares readiness for by-election in Ondo State
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says all is ready for the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal Constituency election…
Ondo guber: No free ticket for you – APC tells Aiyedatiwa
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has told Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State that there will be no automatic ticket…
Ondo gov, Aiyedatiwa condoles Oyo people over Ibadan explosion
Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa of Ondo State on Thursday condoled with the people and government of Oyo State following the explosion…
Ondo: Amotekun arrests 19 suspected kidnappers, 17 others
No fewer than 19 suspected kidnappers have been arrested in Ondo State by operatives of the state’s Security Network Agency…
Ondo: SSG alleges plot to tarnish image ahead guber poll
The Secretary to the Ondo State Government, SSG, Oladunni Odu, on Tuesday frowned at alleged moves by some persons to…
Aiyedatiwa disburses N30m to widows of fallen heroes in Ondo
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State on Monday disbursed N30 million in micro-credit revolving loans to no fewer than 66…
‘Allow Aiyedatiwa to focus on governance’ – Ex-Justice Minister warns Ondo politicians
A former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Adetokunbo Kayode, has appealed to politicians in Ondo State…
Hotelier, girlfriend arrested in connection with murder of Ondo socialite
Operatives of the Nigeria Police have apprehended two persons in connection with the brutal killing of Adebayo Oladoyinbo, a well-known…
Artisan arraigned for allegedly defrauding Ondo Police Commissioner of N300,000
An artisan, Bukola Bolaji, on Friday appeared before an Akure Magistrates’ Court for allegedly converting N300,000, belonging to the Commissioner…
Gov Aiyedatiwa approves payment of gratuities to Ondo retirees
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Tuesday approved the payment of N1.2 billion to fully offset the gratuity of the…
Student docked over alleged N750,000 accommodation scam in Ondo
A 25-year-old student, Blessing Akingbade, on Friday appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged N750,000…
Afenifere’s Secretary-General declares interest in Ondo governorship polls
With the race for the governorship election in Ondo State gathering momentum, the Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere,…
Ondo PDP appoints Tola Alabere as acting chairman
The State Working Committee, SWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ondo State chapter, on Thursday ratified Tola Alabere as…
BREAKING: Aiyedatiwa suspends LG caretaker chairmen in Ondo
Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has suspended caretaker chairmen of the 18 local government areas, LGAs, and 33 local…
Adams stands suspended as Ondo PDP chairman – SWC tackles NWC
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State took a new twist on Wednesday when the State…