A Stolen Toyota Sport Utility Vehicle found in the possession of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) who claimed he purchased the vehicle through a public auction has sparked a row. The car’s original owner faulted the public auction of his vehicle to the ex-police chief, saying the information provided for its auction did not add up, according to a report by The Nation Newspaper. It was around midnight a decade ago when some dare-devil robbers broke into the home of Eye Ayo Samuel in Erusu Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The hoodlums…
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The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN said it has not devalued the naira urging the public to dismiss any contrary report. Acting Director, Corporate Communication, Dr. Isa AbdulMumin stated this in a statement titled, “CBN Has Not Devalued the Naira”. He said: “The attention of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been drawn to a news report… titled “CBN Devalues Naira To 630/31”. “We wish to state categorically that this news report, which in the imagination of the newspaper is exclusive, is replete with outright FALSEHOODS and destabilizing innuendos, reflecting potentially willful ignorance of the said medium as to…
As the 9th Assembly in Ondo State rounds off legislative activities and the 10th prepares to take their seats in a matter of days, there have been all sorts of scheming and under-hand orchestrations within the ruling party. The strategic moves are not unexpected in a time like this though, concerns are mounting within the party that the maneuvers are creating sharp divisions in the ranks of legislators. The ensuing divisions among the newly elected house of assembly members and the bickering trading it have begun to generate ripples, particularly on the question of whether the new speaker…
TWO persons were killed at the weekend in a communal clash in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident happened in the Koseru community of the LGA. It was reported that trouble started when a woman was shot on her farm. Although the woman survived the attack, some youths who were said to be from Ikale in Okitipupa launched a reprisal on farmers residing in the community. Villagers said a vigilante and a middle-aged man, who was identified simply as Kayode, were killed during the attack. The Ondo police spokesperson, Funmilayo Omisanya, who confirmed the incident in a…
The assailants destroyed part of the building using an explosive device. Gunmen on Monday morning launched an attack on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Three of the attackers were killed by the police while two Improvised Explosive Devices, three AK-47s, pump action guns and three vehicles were recovered. The assailants destroyed part of the building using an explosive device. The spokesperson for the state police command, Mike Abbatam, who confirmed the incident to The PUNCH, said three gunmen were killed while two firebombs were recovered from the scene. SaharaReporters…
President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the Moroccan team, the Atlas Lions, and the ruler of the country, King Mohammed the VI for making history by becoming the first team from an African country to ever qualify for the World Cup semi finals at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. President Buhari says Morocco has made the entire continent proud with their grit and dexterity, giving hope that an African team can indeed win, and should win the ongoing global championship in Qatar. President Buhari in a statement issued by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu commends…
FG REASSURES ONDO STATE ON RAIL ROUTE, DEEP SEA PORT -As Adegoroye says Nigeria must embrace digital technology in transportation The Federal Government has reassured that the ongoing expansion of railway network across the country will not leave out Ondo State, just as efforts are in motion to declare a deep sea port in the State. These were part of the resolutions reached at the executive session of the 17th National Council on Transportation (NCT) held in Abuja with the theme: “Transportation Technology and Innovation for Socio – Economic Sustainability”. Presiding over the session, the Minister of Transportation,…
THE Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele has said about N1 trillion of the old notes has been returned to the banking system following the introduction of new naira notes. Emefiele disclosed this while responding to questions from State House reporters after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari on developments in the Nigerian economy, in Daura, Katsina State. The CBN had earlier announced that the new notes will be released for public use on December 15. The new notes will circulate alongside the old notes until January 31, 2023, when the old notes would cease to be legal…
Babajide Akeredolu, son of the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has disclosed why he is supporting the candidature of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, saying, he is the right man for the job. He added that he believes in Tinubu’s capacity because he always puts the right people in the right places. Akeredolu, who made the disclosure in Lagos, while speaking with newsmen, also spoke on his much controversial appointment as the Special Adviser and Director-General, Performance and Project Implementation Unit, Office of the Governor of Ondo State. He said he got into…
The spokesperson for the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, has urged the Peoples Democratic Party to apologise for its “undemocratic comment” against the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. It had earlier reported the PDP Presidential Campaign Council accused Tinubu of being desperate to become president by hook or crook. In a statement by a spokesperson for the PDP Presidential Campaign Management Committee, Senator Dino Melaye, the party said, “The desperation of Tinubu to be President of Nigeria at all cost, by all means, and by crook and hook, was eloquently evidenced in his charge during his…