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Ondo 2020: Gubernatorial Candidates Sign Peace Accord

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Candidates for the Ondo State governorship election billed for Saturday 10 October 2020 on Tuesday have signed a peace agreement. The peace accord signing ceremony was held in Akure, Ondo State capital. The candidates who signed the peace accord were Rotimi Akeredolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Eyitayo Jegede of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Agboola Ajayi who is contesting under the banner of Zenith Labour Party (ZLP). The peace accord signing was facilitated by the National Peace Committee. In his address, the chairman of the Independent National…

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Missing Child: Prophet ‘Sotitobire’ & Others Get Life Imprisonment

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Justice Olusegun Odusola of the Ondo State High Court in Akure has sentenced the Founder of Sotitobire. Prophet Babatunde Alfa, and 6 others of Praising Chapel on Tuesday have been sentenced to life imprisonment over the disappearance of a one-year-old boy on the church premises. Gold kolawole went missing in the church last year on November 10 during a Sunday service after his mother, Modupe Kolawole, dropped him at the children’s unit of the church. The prophet was jailed alongside six other defendants: Omodara Olayinka, Margaret Oyebola, Grace Ogunjobi, Egunjobi…

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Ondo State Government Shut 2 Secondary Schools For Non-Compliance To COVID-19 Guidelines

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Shortly after the reopening of schools for graduating students in Ondo State, two schools have been shut by the Government for violating the COVID-19 guidelines for resumption of classes. The Ondo State government had on 1st of August approved the reopening of schools in the state for graduating students on 17th August in order to partake in the senior school certificate examination, however, subject to COVID-19 guidelines and compliance. The schools affected are: C.A.C Grammar School, Akure and the Akure Academy Secondary School in Oba Ile. Both schools were sealed…

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Bail Ruling Adjourned In The Matter Of Missing Kid, Prophet Alfa Babatunde Of Sotitobire Church & Others

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The Ondo state High Court sitting in Akure has adjourned to July 30 for the ruling on a bail application filed by the founder of the Sotitobire Miracle Centre, Prophet Alfa Babatunde, over the case of a missing one-year-old boy, Gold Eniola Kolawole. Alfa Babatunde and 6 workers of his church are currently standing trial before the court over the matter a year old boy who went missing while on church premises last year. The Defence Counsel, Olusola Oke, moved the application for the bail of his client, on health…

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Suspected Killer of Funke Olakunri, 2 Others Test Positive For COVID-19 In Ondo

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-YOMMY AYILARA. Suspected Killer Of Funke Olakunrin, Two Others Test Positive For COVID-19. Ondo State has reportqed three new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the state to seven. The State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, announced via Twitter on Sunday, the 26th of April, 2020. He announced that one of the new cases was a suspect arraigned in a court in Akure, the state capital on Friday last week. The suspect was among the four men arraigned at a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure…

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