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Ondo Police recover stolen child sold for ₦3.7m
…traffickers arrested By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has rescued a missing four-year-old girl and uncovered a child-trafficking syndicate operating across Ondo, Delta, and Anambra States. Police said the case began on February 3, 2025, when Sunday Kingsley of Alagbaka Extension, Akure, reported that his daughter, Jesinta, went missing while staying with her mother, Sunday Happiness. A…
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Afenifere, DAWN Commission to host Southwest summit in Akure
By Boye Oyeyemi – The pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, in collaboration with the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission, has concluded plans to hold a two-day regional stakeholders’ summit in Akure, Ondo State. The event, scheduled for October 9–10, will focus on the theme “Strengthening Democracy Through Dialogue: Assessing Progress, Charting the Future” and is expected to attract over…
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ADC: Mark, Atiku, Tambuwal, El-Rufai, others in crucial meeting in Abuja (PHOTOS)
Prominent political figures in the opposition African Democratic Congress (ADC) convened for a meeting in Abuja on Thursday. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar shared the news on his x.com page. He wrote, “I am currently at the stakeholders meeting of the Coalition African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Abuja. It’s a meeting of the Nigerian people against the oligarchs who promote…
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Ekiti govt assures on security, infrastructure in 2026 budget talks
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ekiti State Government has restated its resolve to make security and infrastructure the centrepiece of its 2026 budget, promising that no community will be left out of development projects. Governor Biodun Oyebanji gave the assurance at a stakeholders’ town hall meeting in Ise-Ekiti, Ekiti South Senatorial District, where traditional rulers, community leaders and various associations…
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Tax reforms strengthen federalism, says ex-ODIRS Chair
By Boye Oyeyemi – A former Chairman of the Ondo State Internal Revenue Service (ODIRS), Dr Tolu Adegbie, has said Nigeria’s new tax reforms do not undermine federalism but instead clarify the powers of government at different levels. He was reacting on Wednesday to an article by Prof. Jack-Osimiri, where he explained that the Nigerian Revenue Service (NRS) Act 2025…
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Gunrunner supplying criminal gangs in five states arrested in Ondo
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a notorious gunrunner accused of supplying weapons to criminal gangs across Ondo, Osun, Kogi, Edo, and Kwara States. The development was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka Olushola, who signed on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Adebowale Lawal. According to the statement,…
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FCT Council Polls: INEC gives go-ahead for campaigns
David Ezeugoh, in Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has granted political parties the permission to begin public campaigns for the 2026 Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections. In a press statement by National Commissioner Sam Olumekun, who chairs the Information and Voter Education Committee, the campaign period will run from Wednesday, September 24, 2025, until midnight on…
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Oluwo rejects Ile-Ife as the cradle of the Yoruba race
By Oluwatoyin Hawal Momolosho – The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has dismissed the long-held belief that Ile-Ife is the ancestral home of the Yoruba people. The monarch’s declaration came in a video shared on his official Facebook page on Tuesday during the conferment of a chieftaincy title at his palace in Iwo, Osun State. Contrary to the…
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Ekiti 2026: Social media attacks will not win APC ticket – Bamisile
By Boye Oyeyemi – House of Representatives member Hon. Femi Bamisile has said that attacks on Ekiti State Governor Biodun Oyebanji will not secure victory for aspirants in the October 27, 2025, All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary. Bamisile, a former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, noted that performance, consistency, popularity and loyalty to the party will…
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Ondo mangrove restoration to tackle climate change – Don
By Boye Oyeyemi – Prof. Olusuyi Fabiyi of the Forestry and Wood Technology Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has said the Okonla Mangrove Ecosystem Restoration Project (MERP) will play a key role in mitigating climate change. Fabiyi, who is also Coordinator of the Centre for Human Settlements and Sustainable Development (CHUSSDEV), spoke in Okonla, Ilaje Local Government, during…
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