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A 72-year-old woman (name withheld) was allegedly raped by some suspected Fulani herdsmen on her farmland in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. According to Punch’s report, another woman (name withheld) was also allegedly raped by the same set of herdsmen in the council area...

The wedding ceremony between one Miss Taiwo Orimoloye and Abiodun Isaac was stalled on Saturday in Ondo town, Ondo State, as the bride, Taiwo, allegedly failed to show up for the church service. Although the reason for the action of the bride was unknown as of press time, it was gathered...

Gladys Olateru-Olagbegi, the erstwhile Chief Judge of Ondo state, is dead, a source confirmed to SaharaReporters on Monday. The source who claimed to be from the Omitowoju family where Mrs. Gladys Olubunmi Olateru-Olagbegi was born, said she died after battling with an undisclosed illness...

Oba Samuel Edema, the traditional ruler of Atijere community in Ilaje LGA, Ondo state has been sacked by some armed men from the neighboring community of Makun-Omi in Ogun State. Both town share a boundary and have been fighting viciously over a parcel of land. The federal government had...

The Ondo state police has denied media reports that some policemen who were on duty during Saturday's governorship election have not been paid their allowances. Some policemen on Monday took to the streets to protest the non payment of their allowances, reports had said. However police...

There is fear in Owo, Ondo state ahead of the governorship elections in the state as a prominent chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Thursday night shot dead by gunmen. A leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the same area orchestrated the attack, a resident of...

PDP's candidate in the upcoming Ondo state governorship elections, Eyitayo Jegede, has called on INEC to postpone the polls by 4 weeks. He stormed INEC's office with hundreds of his supporters yesterday to make his demand known. According to him, INEC should postpone the election because PDP...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has begin distribution of electoral materials for tomorrow's governorship elections in Ondo state. Photo credit: Punch

PDP chief, Femi Fani Kayode has ripped into Jimoh Ibrahim, the Ondo governorship candidate of the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the party. This follows the victory of Eyitayo Jegede at the Appeal Court. Mr. Jegede, of the Ahmed Makarfi faction of the party, was on Wednesday declared the rightful...

Senator Yele Omogunwa of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC). He announced his defection Sunday evening at his home town in Irele Local Government area of Ondo State. He currently represents Ondo South Senatorial district of Ondo State in the...

INEC has rejected calls from the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the PDP to postpone the upcoming governorship elections in Ondo state. PDP wanted the election be shifted to allow the Supreme Court take a decision on pending issues relating to its candidate for the election. “There are 28...

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari at APC rally in Ondo state.

The All Progressive Congress, APC, will have to take care of its house to stand a good chance of winning the upcoming governorship election in Ondo state. This is because a strong crisis is brewing in the state chapter of the party, as governorship aspirants have taken a strong stance against...