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  • Ondo houseboy machetes madam to death while asleep, absconds to Ogun State

    Ondo houseboy machetes madam to death while asleep, absconds to Ogun State

    The Police Command in Ondo State on Thursday paraded one Emmanuel Akpan, a houseboy, and his accomplice, Goodness Ekpe, for allegedly killing his employer, Mrs Febisola Caroline Adebayo.

    Bolaji Salami, Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, made this known while parading the suspects along with 25 others, arrested for various crimes in the state, before newsmen in Akure.

    The CP explained that On March 29, 2021, at about 2300hrs at Ifokanbale Street, Ondo town, Emmanuel Akpan, a house boy allegedly killed his “madam”, late Mrs Febisola Caroline Adedayo, a food canteen operator, in Ondo town with a machete while the woman was asleep.

    According to the CP, the houseboy received information from Goodness Ekpe, a man from his hometown, who also worked at Ondo town, that the late woman had a lot of money and this was the reason they gave for carrying out the dastardly act.

    “Akpan carted away the sum of N3,500, two phones, some jewelries and a power generator from the house before he absconded,” he said.

    The police commissioner, who said that Apkan and Ekpe were arrested at a village in Ogun State, explained that investigation was ongoing and after the investigation the two suspects would be charged to court accordingly.

    “Last month, we paraded some criminals who were involved in various kinds of crimes, some of whom are cooling their heels in some correctional centres across the state today.

    “Though, advertising our exploits had never been my style of policing, it sometimes looks inevitable to do so, with the hope that criminals to stay away from crimes.

    “Within the period under review, my officers and men have maintained high sense of professional competence and this has brought about arrests and parade of the suspects,” he said.

  • Gunmen abduct three construction workers in Ondo

    Gunmen abduct three construction workers in Ondo

    Daredevil gunmen on Tuesday abducted three construction workers working on the Ikaram-Akunnu-Akoko highway linking Akoko Northwest and Akoko North East local governments areas of Ondo State.

    The road is a major gate way for travellers plying the North and the South West region.

    Ondo Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Raimi Aminu, had last week inspected the 16km road and promised it would be completed in 60 days.

    It was gathered the gunmen struck on Tuesday afternoon and shot sporadically before taking the workers away.

    No ransom demand has been made as at press time.

    Aminu said the abduction would delay construction of the road.

    Ondo Police spokesman, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed the abduction and said all security agencies have been deployed to the bush to ensure release of the victims.

    He said hunters were also engaged to help comb the forest.

  • BLACK SUNDAY: Several passengers dead as commercial bus plunges into Ondo river [Video]

    BLACK SUNDAY: Several passengers dead as commercial bus plunges into Ondo river [Video]

    A commercial bus has plunged into the Owena River, along Akure-Ondo highway in Ondo State, killing an undisclosed number of passengers.

    According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the 18-seater bus which was coming from Ondo town and heading to Akure lost control as a result of speeding and plunged into the Owena River.

    Five of the passengers, including a child have been rescued and rushed to the hospital by motorists and men of the Federal Road Safety Corps.

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  • Ex-Oyo, Ondo Military Administrator during Abacha’s regime, Ahmed Usman is dead

    Ex-Oyo, Ondo Military Administrator during Abacha’s regime, Ahmed Usman is dead

    A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead.

    TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that Usman died around 3.00am on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, during an illness.

    Usman was military administrator of Ondo State from August 1994 to August 1996.

    He governed Oyo from August 1996 to August 1998 during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.

    As the chairman of MILADS of the Odu’a states, he had a running battle with persons who bought assets of Odu’a companies, some of which were retrieved.

    Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has described Usman’s death a great loss to the country.

    The President’s condolence message was contained in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, titled, ‘President Buhari mourns former military administrator, Colonel Ahmed Usman.’

    The statement reads partly, “President Buhari avers that as a military officer, the late Colonel Usman served the nation with courage and dedication, adding that his contributions to peace and unity, as well as his quest for public good, continued even in retirement.

    “As the President prays that Almighty Allah will repose the soul of the departed, his thoughts are with the government and people of Kogi State, where Usman hailed from, and with friends and colleagues, as they mourn this loss.”

  • Ondo petitions police over refusal of ex-deputy governor to return officials vehicles

    Ondo petitions police over refusal of ex-deputy governor to return officials vehicles

    The Governor Rotimi Akeredolu led Ondo State Government has petitioned the Nigerian police over the refusal of the immediate past Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi to return official vehicles.

    The vehicles are: Land Cruiser SUV, New Toyota Hilux, New Toyota Hilux and Toyota Hilux.

    The Ondo Government said Agboola were unlawfully in possession of the vehicles.

    Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Special Duties and Strategy, Dr. Doyin Odebowale, who signed the petition, said he has been mandated to recover all government properties still in the possession of former political office holders in the state, especially those who served in the immediate past administration.

    Dr. Odebowale said all entreaties to Agboola to return the four vehicles for use of the incumbent Deputy Governor have been rebuffed.

    According to the petition: “We lodge this complaint believing that you will use your good offices to look into this brazen act of conversion, and this is being charitable.

    “Any person who keeps/detains the property of another with the intent to deprive the owner, permanently, of the right conferred therefrom, has committed an offence known in law as STEALING.

    “This office undertakes to assist the Command with regard to the necessary logistics to recover the converted properties.”

    Agboola had earlier said he was yet to receive any letter asking him to return the vehicles.

  • Olympics-bound Adekuoroye wins NSF gold for Ondo

    Olympics-bound Adekuoroye wins NSF gold for Ondo

    Ondo State-born Olympics-bound wrestler, Odunayo Adekuoroye, has won a gold medal in the 57kg category of the wrestling event at the ongoing National Sports Festival (NSF).

    In her fight, Adekuoroye stamped her authority on the game as world number two by defeating Jumoke Adesoye from Kano State 10-0.

    Also joining Adekuoroye on the medals table was Princess Bankole who won a bronze medal for Ondo State in the 50kg category of the wrestling event.

    Isaac John of Ondo State defeated his opponent in the 74kg of the men’s event to win a silver medal

    Also in other sports, Joy Usenbor recorded 54.00 seconds in the 400m women final of the athletics event to secure a bronze medal for Ondo State.

    In the male event of table tennis, the Ondo State team defeated their counterparts from Lagos 3-0 to qualify for the final of the event.

    Also, Kemi Aliu qualified for the final in the heavyweight division in the female boxing event.

  • NSF: Ondo female boxers pick two final spots

    NSF: Ondo female boxers pick two final spots

    Ondo State female boxers have picked two final spots in the boxing event at the ongoing National Sports Festival in Benin.

    Kemi James of Ondo State, fighting in the featherweight category, out-punched Akinremi Azizat of Ogun state in the semi final on Saturday to book a place in the Sunday’s final.

    Roseline Chukwu, also of Ondo state, beat Sakirat Kareem of Oyo state in the semi final of the bantamweight event to qualify for the finals; she will face Idera Monday of Akwa Ibom in the final.

    James said she was happy with her performance and was hopeful of winning gold in the final.

    “I am hopeful that gold will be mine, I have set my eyes on the medal and I believe by the grace of God, the gold will be ours in Ondo,” she said.

  • Cherubim and Seraphim Church closes four Ondo branches over fetish activities

    Cherubim and Seraphim Church closes four Ondo branches over fetish activities

    The Cherubim and Seraphim Church (C&S) has sealed four branches in Ondo after the presiding pastors were caught engaging in fetish activities.

    President of Ondo State unification of leaders of C&S Primate Ade Ademisokun-Turton, who disclosed this at a briefing on Wednesday, said the churches were sealed to stop the pastors from tarnishing the image of the church.

    Ademisokun-Turton said any pastor that required training would be allowed to come in.

    He said leaders of the C&S have settled their rifts and are united as a body.

    Ademisokun-Turton, who spoke on his installation as Baba Alakoso of unification of leaders of C&S, said his deputy, seven council of elders and three baba Aladuras would also be installed.

    “We may not be one in the past before, but now we are one body there were some people that want to join us and that is why we want to train them. Not too long ago, we sealed some churches and they still remained sealed because they don’t know anything about C&S, we are not going to take that anymore,” he said.

    “Those who have accepted to be trained would be allowed to come in. We have sealed about 4 churches now caught doing fetish because we have zero tolerance for fetish in C&S.

    “We believe we are the first Pentecostal church in the whole of Africa and the spirit of the Lord is still with us so the missing areas that have not been properly addressed by our leaders have now been readdressed. We now represent the new testament because those things that were taken for granted have been taken serious now.

    “We are making efforts to formally have a training school for our officials, it is not enough to have a calling but someone must be trained. We realise that where things are missing needs proper training to make a church grow.”

     

  • Four churches sealed in Ondo for allegedly indulging in fetish activities

    Four churches sealed in Ondo for allegedly indulging in fetish activities

    Four branches of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church (C&S) in Ondo State have been sealed after the presiding Pastors were caught engaging in fetish activities.

    President of Ondo State Unification of Leaders of C&S, Primate Ade Ademisokun-Turton, who disclosed this at a briefing, said the churches were sealed to bar the pastors from tarnishing the image of the church.

    Ademisokun-Turton said any Pastor that required training would be allowed to come in.
    He said leaders of the C&S have settled their differences and are united as a body.

    Ademisokun-Turton, who spoke on his installation as Baba Alakoso of Unification of Leaders of C&S ,said his Deputy, seven council of elders and three Baba Aladuras would also be installed.

    According to him: “We may not be one in the past before, but now we are one body there were some people that want to join us and that is why we want to train them. Not too long ago, we sealed some Churches and they still remained sealed because they don’t know anything about C&S, we are not going to take that anymore.

    “Those who have accepted to be trained would be allow to come in. We have sealed about 4 Churches now for caught doing fetish because we have zero tolerance for fetish in C&S.
    “We believe we are the first Pentecostal Church in the whole of Africa and the Spirit of the Lord is still with us so the missing areas that have not been properly addressed by our leaders have been now readdressed. We now represent the new testament because those things that were taken for granted had been taken serious now.

    “We are making efforts to formally have a training school for our officials, it is not enough to have a calling but someone must be trained. We realize that where things are missing needs proper training to make a Church grow.

    “Also, discipline which was loose had been tightened and we want to improve on that. Not only that we are so very much concerned about our image and we are working round the clock for that. We realized that members of the public does not know that all C&S were absolutely one set of people.

    “We realise the importance of control and we have all agreed that there must be control through the Holy Spirit, we need to control our public image and integrity. We want the Church to be founded by those who knows the rudiment of the Church so that we will not be embarrassed.”

  • Ondo orders schools to reimburse WASSCE fees to pupils

    Ondo orders schools to reimburse WASSCE fees to pupils

    The Ondo State Government has ordered the principals of public secondary schools in the state to refund the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination fees collected from the pupils to them.

    Governor Mr Rotimi Akeredolu had last week stated the approval of the state government to pay the WAEC fees for 25,736 pupils of secondary schools across the state.

    A sum of N360m was reserved for the payment.

    The Permanent Secretary of the state Ministry of Education Science and Technology, Mrs Lola Amuda, gave the order at a meeting with executives of the state chapter of the All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools, and other stakeholders in the education sector, held in Akure, the state capital.

     

    Amuda said, “The directive followed the approval of funds by the Ondo State Governor for the payment of the 2020/2021 WASSCE fees for all SS3 students in public schools across the state in line with its free education policy.”

    In a statement, the President of the ANCOPPS in Ondo State, Mr Johnbull Mebawondu, commended the governor for being considerate, and promised that the school heads would abide by the policy of government.