Tag: Ondo State
Ondo first lady, late commissioner’s wife test positive for COVID-19
Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of Ondo state governor, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a source at the Ondo government house.
The sou [...]
Ondo health commissioner dies of COVID-19
Ondo state commissioner of health, Wahab Adegbenro, has died of COVID- 19 complications. Adegbenro died at the state’s infectious disease hospital on [...]
Gunmen kidnap 9 passengers in Ondo, demand N100m ransom
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen yesterday abducted about nine passengers aboard a Toyota Sienna space car at Isua Akiko area of Ondo State. It [...]
I am still deputy gov, I won’t resign, says Ajayi despite defecting to PDP
Despite resigning his membership of the ruling party, All Progressives Congress, APC and defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, the deputy go [...]
Wike calls out Falana on his silence over Ondo deputy gov harassment by police
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State last night berated the police for allegedly harassing the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Mr. Agboola Ajayi.
Wike [...]
Drama as Ondo CP blocks deputy gov from defecting to PDP (Video)
A drama ensued on Saturday night at the Ondo State Government House, Alagbaka Akure, the state capital, as the state Deputy Governor, Mr Agboola Ajayi [...]
How 82 ghost workers got N48.2m Ondo car loan in 2018 – Report reveals
A total of 88 ‘ghost workers’ received the sum of N48,210,000 as car loan from the Ondo State government in 2018, the 2019 audit report submitted to t [...]
Ondo finance commissioner uncovers N4.3bn in secret account
Ondo State Government has explained how its finance commissioner uncovered N4.3bn kept in a secret account for more than 10 years. It was gathered tha [...]
Like Oyo, Ondo rejects Buhari’s expired palliative rice
Like his Oyo State counterpart, Governor Seyi Makinde, governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has rejected bags of rice sent to the state by the [...]
Lassa fever cases hit 973 as death toll hits 188
While the nation battles with the COVID-19 pandemic with17 deaths recorded, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has said that the number of confirm [...]