Tag Archives: Owo.

…Police launch investigation A 28-year-old final year student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Precious Arobo, has reportedly taken his own life in Ondo Arobo, a Higher National Diploma (HND) II student, was found dead in a bush near his residence by local residents. Sources said he allegedly left behind …

There were gunshots recorded on Wednesday evening at a construction company in Owo, Ondo State, the same town where gunmen attacked a Catholic Church. The gunshots were said to have occurred at Craneburg Construction Company, Owo, with policemen confirming that some people were injured during the attack. The state police …

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has said the federal government was hasty in its identification of the attackers of St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. On Sunday June 5, at least 40 worshippers were killed and many injured when gunmen opened fire at the church. Recall that the …

Some churches in Lagos State have intensified efforts to safeguard the lives of their members following the latest attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State, on June 5. It is understood that the Catholic Church in Lagos has also commenced issuing identification cards to its members in their …

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, has condemned Sunday’s attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State where many innocent worshippers were gruesomely murdered and several others severely wounded. The Sultan, who’s also The President-General of Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), in a statement on …

Bola Tinubu, a presidential candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), paid a visit to Owo, Ondo State, on Monday. Following the massacre at St Francis Catholic Church on Sunday, Tinubu paid a condolence visit to Owo. The APC National Leader met with Rotimi Akeedolu, the Governor of Ondo State, …

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has disclosed that 11 children and 22 adults who were attacked by gunmen at St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo state are on admission at the emergency wards of the Federal Medical Centre, Owo. Recall that gunmen on Sunday attacked St Francis Catholic …

A socio-political group, Oodua Youth Coalition has condemned the killing of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa, Owo, Ondo State, by terrorists, asking that the government must bring the perpetrators to face the law. In a statement titled ‘Oodua Youth Coalition Condemn Killing, Task Government To Bring Perpetrators To Book’, …

The Ondo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said it had arrested four suspected fraudsters and a cultist terrorising the people of the state. The NSCDC Commandant in Ondo said in a statement that the fraudsters were arrested after successfully duping a student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, …