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    Metro Nigerian Hunter Kills An Elephant At Janiyi Camp, Idanre In Ondo State – Gossip Mill...

    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...
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    Metro Fire Consumes Federal Medical Centre In Ondo State, Properties Destroyed [PHOTOS]

    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...
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    Metro Over 382,000 People Are Living With HIV In Benue, Ondo, Borno

    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...
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    Metro Fulani Herdsmen Battle Policemen Stationed at Chief Olu Falae's Farm

    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...
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    Metro Ondo: Mystery As 12-Year-Old Boy Found Alive Inside Moulded Blocks [See PHOTOS]

    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:
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    Politics 20 Days to Ondo Gov Election, PDP Advises APC

    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...
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    Politics Ondo Election: Jimoh Ibrahim's Lawyer, Izinyon Withdraws From Appeal Ruling

    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...
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    Politics Ondo 2016: Eyitayo Jegede Releases Statement Over Exclusion of Name on INEC List

    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...
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    Metro Anxiety in Akure as Ogboni Fraternity Buries President

    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...
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    Politics 2016 Budget: LIST Of Capital Projects In South-West States

    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...
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    Metro After Emergency Meeting, Ondo Workers Begin Indefinite Strike Today [READ STATEMENT]

    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...
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    Metro Akure Pastor Almost Beaten to Death For Hawking Fried Meat

    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...
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    Politics #OndoCouncilPoll: Governor Mimiko Holds Peaceful Election Without APC

    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...
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    Politics Former Commissioner In Ondo State Slumps And Dies At A Cyber Cafe

    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...
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    Metro Ondo: Mimiko Commissions First University of Medical Sciences in Nigeria – See Photos

    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...
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    Metro Fulani Herdsmen: Most Of Them Are Not Nigerians – Police IGP, Arase

    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...
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    Business Ondo State To Experience Total Loss Of Network Coverage Soon - MTN

    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...
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    Metro 150 Boko Haram Suspects Arrested in Ondo State

    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...
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    Politics Ondo Governorship Aspirant, Olabimtan kidnapped

    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.
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