O.C General Unity Cup Kicks Off In Okitipupa, Ondo
**As construction of borehole, toilets and bathrooms begin at Okitipupa government field The most anticipated O.C General Unity Cup for teams across the six Local Governments of Ondo South Senatorial District has commenced on Wednesday in Okitipupa, headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. Starnews Nigeria reports that the opening ceremony had in attendance residents and soccer enthusiastic across the zone, including Senior High Chief Idowu Asonja, the Ondo State Commandant of Tantita Security Services who declared the football match opened. At the opening fixtures held at the Government field in Okitipupa and officiated by Adeyemi Famakinwa, SENEGA
Ondo, Ogun Govts Disagree Over Ownership of Ilaje Communities
The Ondo State Government on Friday frowned at the recent allegation by the Ogun State Government that the residents of Irokun Community in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo are attacking the Ogun citizens in the area. The Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Mrs Noimot Salako-Oyedele, made the allegation at a press conference recently, claiming Irokun and some other communities in Ilaje land were part of her state. But Ondo State Government on Friday denied the allegation, describing it as falsehood, declaring that Irokun and other Ilaje communities belonged to Ondo State. Speaking on the matter on Friday,
Three policemen feared killed at checkpoints in Delta, Ondo
Two yet-to-be-identified policemen attached to the Dragon Patrol Team were feared killed as gunmen shot them at their checkpoint along the Ughelli-Asaba Road by the Oleh roundabout, in Delta State, on Sunday. A commercial driver who narrowly escaped death in the incident, however, said he could not confirm if the two policemen died as a result of the attack but that the police patrol van was set on fire. He said by the time he and others came out of the bush where they ran into, another police van had been brought to the location to take the victims away.
Ogun, Ondo, Edo protesters storm banks, demand cash
Residents of Abeokuta, Akure and Benin City, on Tuesday, expressed their anger in protests that paralysed socio-economic activities in Abeokuta and on the Benin-Ore highway. They protested the prolonged naira and fuel crisis facing the nation. The PUNCH reported that irate youths shut down many parts of Ogun State capital as banks abruptly closed their gates to avoid the ire of the people. The protest reportedly started at the Asero area of Abeokuta, following the inability of GTB customers to get the new naira notes. The protesters who made bonfires, blocked the roads to Adatan and Osiele-Ibadan. The riot subsequently
Ondo, Osun Amotekun arrest 100 suspected criminals in joint patrol
NO fewer than 100 suspected criminals have been arrested in a joint operation by the personnel of Ondo and Osun security outfits, codenamed Amotekun. The joint inter-border patrol was meant to secure the South-West, ahead of the Yuletide. This is coming barely a week of flagging-off the Operation “Gba’le gba ‘ko” by the Ondo and Osun states Amotekun Commanders aimed at ensuring safety of the South-West boarders during the coming festivity. The Chairman of the Amotekun commanders in the South-West and the Ondo State Commander, Adetunji Adeleye, made the disclosure in Akure, weekend. Adeleye, however, warned those criminals operating at
Why Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ogun cannot produce PDP chairman if zoned to S’West — Bode George
Predicts further crisis if PDP fails to observe the rule AHEAD of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a former deputy national chairman of the PDP, Chief Olabode George, on Sunday, gave reasons why Osun State could not produce national chairman if zoned to South-West. According to him, both Osun and Oyo states fall within the pairing of states in the southwest by the PDP on the rotation of elective party offices. Under the arrangement, he said zone one comprises Ogun and Lagos; zone two is made up of Oyo and Osun, while zone three consists of
Rigging : Ese-Odo and Ilaje Local Governments marked as flashpoint – INEC
As part of its preparations towards a peaceful election in Ondo State on October 10, the Independent National Electoral Commission says it has enlisted the help of the military, police and other security agencies to flush out threats to the peaceful conduct of the exercise, especially in the creeks and other black spots in the state. The commission noted that there were 62 creeks and more than 270 Polling Units in the riverine areas of Ese-Odo and Ilaje Local Government Areas of the state. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, told Newsmen
Buhari seeks approval for N147bn refund to Ondo, four other states
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the National Assembly to approve the refund of N148 billion to Ondo, Bayelsa, Cross River, Osun and Rivers States for federal road projects the five states executed. The president made this known in a letter on Tuesday sent to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, and read on the floor of the house. From the breakdown, Ondo State, where the governorship election will hold next week, is to receive N7 billion. The Senate had last year approved N10 billion to Kogi State, three days to its governorship election. The approval was criticised
Video: Residents threaten to boycott election as Ocean sacks communities in Ondo
Two communities of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have been washed away by Sea incursion, Starnews Nigeria can report. The communities are Mese which has been completely washed away and Awoye which is about to be submerged by the Ocean. Starnews gathered that residents of the affected areas in the oil-rich communities have been rendered homeless following the surge from the Atlantic Ocean which has sacked the affected communities. In a video obtained by Starnews Nigeria Television on Wednesday, Ogundere Adejugba, the Chairman of Ugboland Central Working Committee (UCWC), lamented the damages the sea incursion had caused the
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