Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday said that the deep sea port being proposed by the state government would link the state to the international community.
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AIR PEACE PLANS INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO AKURE
Domestic carrier, Air Peace, says it has concluded plans to have its maiden flight into the Akure Airport.
Continue reading »NURTW MEMBER IN FREE-FOR-ALL, 15 INJURED
There was pandemonium in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Wednesday, following the clash that ensued between two factions of the Ondo State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers.
Continue reading »OKADA RIDER ARRAIGNED OVER ALLEGED GOAT THEFT
A 33-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Bolaji Aretunde, on Friday appeared before an Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged stealing of two goats worth N30,000.00.
Continue reading »HOW ROBBERS ATTACKED BULLION VAN IN ONDO
Some suspected armed robbers on Wednesday attacked a bullion van on the Akure-Ondo Expressway at Ireje village in the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State.
Continue reading »4 DIED IN ROAD ACCIDENT IN ONDO STATE
No fewer than four persons lost their lives in a fatal motor accident which occurred on Ododibo Street, in the Yaba area of Ondo town, Ondo State, at 10.30pm on Monday.
Continue reading »ONDO, NDDC SIGN MOU ON ARAROMI-AKODO-LEKKI ROAD
The Ondo State Government and the Niger Delta Development Commission yesterday, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the neglected Araromi-Akodo-Lekki road. The MOU, which aims at building the road for the purpose of opening up the project for integrated economic development, was signed on behalf of the state government by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Ifedayo Abegunde, […]
Continue reading »ONDO STATE BEGINS REHABILITATION OF FEDERAL ROADS
Governor Olusegun Mimiko has approved a special intervention programme to give attention to the deplorable conditions of some federal roads in Ondo State. At a media briefing in Akure yesterday, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Kayode Akinmade and the Chairman of the Ondo State Agency for Roads Maintenance and Construction (OSARMCO), Kehinde Oshikoya, said the government was giving the roads […]
Continue reading »FRSC, POLICE TO THE RESCUE AT ARMED ROBBERY INDUCED ACCIDENT ON AKURE-IJESA ROAD
The men of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and Nigerian Police Force were on hand today to prevent what would otherwise have been another tale of woes, bloodbath and carnage. Their timely intervention saved the day when an armed robbery siege on the Ipetu Ijesa-Erin Oke segment of the Akure-Ilesa road in Ondo State at the early hours of […]
Continue reading »IGR PALAVA: OKADA RIDERS PROTEST SHARP INCREASE IN PRICE OF NUMBER PLATES IN AKURE
The City of Akure, Ondo State was practically grounded to a halt on Thursday when the motorcycle riders popularly known as Okada took to the street in protest of the sharp unilateral increase of the cost of acquiring commercial number plates by the State Authorities.
Continue reading »CEMENT-LOADED TRAILER CRUSHES 7 PERSONS IN A BUS TO DEATH IN IGBARA-OKE, ONDO STATE
No fewer than seven persons were reported to have been killed in a road crash at Igbara Oke on the Ilesa-Akure highway in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday. The accident involved a truck with number plate, ALK 04 XA, coming from the Akure end of the road and a Toyata space wagon bus marked Lagos KRD […]
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