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Ikare Akoko

February 3, 2024

Political thugs disrupt Ondo by-election, cart away ballot box, other materials 

The thugs carted away the ballot box, the result sheets and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine at the polling unit.

political thugs
January 6, 2024

By-election: Ifeoluwa Ehindero emerges APC Reps candidate for Akoko Northwest

Mr Ehindero will represent the constituency in the House of Representatives by-election on February 3.

Ifeoluwa Ehindero
June 11, 2023

Five killed, others injured as 18-seater bus burst into flames in Ondo

The driver of a Toyota Hiace bus conveying 18 passengers was on top speed, lost control of the wheels and had a flat tyre, before bursting into flames.

Road Safety Officiers
May 30, 2023

DPR seals filling stations in Ondo for hoarding fuel

The Department of Petroleum Resources’ joint task force has begun clamping down on filling stations in Ondo, accusing them of hoarding fuel.

DPR
March 23, 2023

Louis Odion: The matter of ‘Capacity’

Since he insists that he is just 50, I’ll have to accept. But by my reckoning, which of course is not just a number, he has gifts far, far beyond his years!

Louis Odion
January 21, 2023

Former lawmaker Olemija dumps APC, joins PDP in Ondo

Mr Stephen Olemija said he dumped the APC for lacking internal democracy, saying a few ‘lawless’ clique controls the party.

Stephen Olemija
January 11, 2023

Ondo government relaxes curfew in Ikare Akoko

“The curfew imposed on Ikare has been relaxed…,” Ms Ademola-Olateju told the reporters shortly after the government’s executive council meeting.

Rotimi Akeredolu
January 5, 2023

Police nab suspect in connection with Ondo community violence

Oyeyemi Oyediran, Ondo police commissioner who confirmed the arrest, decried the level of damage done by the indigenes of the town.

Suspect nabbed in Ondo state
January 5, 2023

Akeredolu imposes 24-hour curfew on crisis-ridden Ondo community 

The Ondo government has imposed a 24-hour dawn-to-dusk curfew on Ikare Akoko in Akoko Northeast local council following a breach of peace. 

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu
November 26, 2022

Assailants murder night guards in Ondo, dismember bodies

The body of the security men was discovered in a pool of their blood, on Saturday, by locals in the community.

A composite of Ondo Commissioner of Police and Gunmen used to illustrate story.