Tag: Akure
INEC reacts to fire at Akure office
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said it will probe the cause of the fire that ravaged about 5,000 smart…
Blast in Akure: Governor Akeredolu visits scene
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on his way to the scene of a strange massive blast, believed to be a meteorite that…
Festivals: Deji of Akure orders closure of shops, markets
Oba Aladetoyinbo Aladelusi Ogunlade, the Deji of Akure kingdom, has ordered closure of all shops and markets in the town…
NPFL: Sunshine Stars beat Wikki 2-1 in Akure
Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure on Sunday defeated visiting Wikki Tourist FC of Bauchi 2-1 in match day 17…
FRCN workers protest poor working conditions
Workers at the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) in Ibadan and Akure on Monday held a peaceful protest within…
25 year-old student remanded in prison for allegedly killing girlfriend
A 25 year-old student, Saliu Oladapo, was on Wednesday remanded in Olokuta Prison on the orders of an Akure Chief…
Dozens besiege Akure to consult ‘wonder baby’ with healing powers
The birth of a ‘wonder boy’, simply referred to as ‘Daddy Samuel’, in Akure, the Ondo state capital, has turned…
Ondo Govt Promises To Expand Akure Specialist Hospital
Ondo Government has promised to expand the State Specialist Hospital, Akure to meet the peoples’ medical attention, Dr Wahab Adegbenro,…
Mimiko set to host Nollywood stars in Akure
Funsho Arogundade Barely few hours to the 2015 edition of the Best of Nollywood Awards holding Sunday, 13 December, palpable…
DSS presents suspected abductors of Falae
The Department of State Service (DSS) on Monday presented two suspected abductors of Chief Olu Falae, a former presidential aspirant,…
Sunshine Stars overwhelm El-Kanemi Warriors 5-0
Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure on Sunday whipped El-Kanemi Warriors of Maiduguri 5-0 in a week 25 match of…
WHO Chooses Akure, Ondo Hospitals As Research Centres
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has chosen Mother and Child Hospitals in Akure and Ondo as research centres for child…
Teenager murdered in father’s home
A Nigerian teenager, Oluwaseyi Adelegan, 14, has been murdered by unidentified assailants at his father’s house in Akure. The deceased…
Sunshine Sack Coach Abimbola
Sunshine Stars have sacked coach Samuel Abimbola following a poor run of results in the Globacom sponsored Nigeria Professional Football…
Robbers create panic in Akure, banks shut
Banks in the Nigerian city of Akure, capital of Ondo State in South West Nigeria on Monday hurriedly closed their…