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A hunter guns down and poses with the elephant he killed at janiyi camp, idanre, ondo state. It was reported that the elephant has been destroying the crops in the community farms. see some reactions below; Daphne Legemah Why kill the animal instead of taking it to … Read more via Gossip Mill...

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, Ondo State was on Sunday night gutted by a fire, destroying properties worth millions of Naira. The fire broke out inside a facility in the medical center at around 11 p.m. and consumed blocks of the building housing the secretariats of the Association of...

There are more than 382,000 people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Benue, Ondo and Borno states. The Acting Country Programme Manager, AIDS Healthcare Foundation Nigeria, Dr. Greg Abiaziem, Benue State ranks first in the HIV/AIDS prevalence rating in Nigeria according to the...

The farm belonging to former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, Kajola Village, Akure North LGA of Ondo state recently was the scene of a fight between policemen and fulani herdsmen according to Punch. The herdsmen invaded the farm with their cows on Thursday with...

Mystery as reports of 12 years old boy was found in a middle of a moulded blocks in Ondo state. According to online quote: “He sang for 3 days before people decided to break the wall and rescue him”. Below is the narration of the story... See photos:

The Ondo state PDP has advised its counterparts in the APC to begin preparations for mourning as the state's governorship election draws nearer. The election is scheduled for November 26th, 20 days from today. In a statement released on Saturday, the PDP Spokesman Banji Okunomo, said APC...

Dr Alex Izinyon (SAN), the counsel to Jimoh Ibrahim on Wednesday, withdrew himself from handling the case, citing ethical and integrity reasons. Izinyon, in his letter to Ibrahim, a copy of which was made available to newsmen, said “with what happened yesterday in court with the matter...

Eyitayo Jegede has expressed optimism that the Appeal Court would revalidate his mandate to fly the Flag of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP] in the September 26 Ondo governorship election. Jegede in his reaction to the list of ‎candidates published by INEC said attempts to substitute his name...

Residents of Akure, Ondo State capital was last weekend thrown into panic as traditionalists across the country converged for the burial of the President of the Reformed Ogboni Fraternity (ROF) in Nigeria, Chief Araba Ajemoju. His death and burial ‎elicited anxiety as there were rumours that...

As captured in the 2016 Appropriation budget, below is the list of Capital projects and costs in the South West with every state covered in Power, Works, Housing & Railways. ------- LAGOS: Nigerian Railway Modernization Project: Lagos - Calabar Standard Gauge Rail Line Project: 60,000,000,000...

The Ondo state chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress (TUC) counterpart yesterday directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike following the non-payment of five months workers salaries by the government led by Dr. Olusegun Mimiko. The workers in the...

A self acclaimed Pastor, Mr. Adeniyi Johnson escaped from being nearly lynched to death on Thursday by residents of Ijomu area in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Johnson, who claimed to be a pastor at one popular Pentecostal Church in the state, was mobbed for allegedly hawking fried meat and...

Though without the participation of the major opposition party, All Progressive Congress (APC), the much publicised election into local government administration in Ondo state is in progress. The electorates are expected to elect chairmen in the 18 local government areas and 203 wards. The...

A former Commissioner for Lands and Housing in Ondo State, Alhaji Abbas Aidi reportedly slumped and died at a cyber cafe in Akure, Ondo state capital yesterday. According to Vanguard. he was said to have died after receiving an important letter that he had been expecting for a long time, though...

Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has commisssioned the first University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria and West Africa and third in Africa, the Ondo State University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) which also held its first matriculation ceremony over the weekend. The Ondo State University...

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, has revealed that herdsmen who launched violent attack on farmers in Nigeria, were mostly foreigners. The IGP made this known at an interactive section with stakeholders on community policing in Akure, the Ondo State capital, over the...

Millions of subscribers in Ondo State and its environs would likely experience negative impacts on the quality of MTN Nigeria services following the closure of its facilities by the state government. The telecoms operator said so in a statement issued by its corporate communications executive...

About 150 suspected members of the Boko Haram sect were arrested in Odigbo Local Government area of Ondo state, Vanguard reports. According to the report, Police detectives intercepted a truck loaded with the suspects and recovered items which include 18 locally made guns, 2 jack knives, 22...

Former Ondo State Speaker and one of the governorship aspirant of the All Progessives Congress, Rt. Hon. Victor Olabimtan was this morning kidnapped. A political associate of Olabimtan, who preferred to be anonymous, disclosed this to Dailypost‎.