By Fatima Idera, JKNewsMedia Reporter SEARCH AND rescue efforts have found no survivors among the 25 people on board the Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 aircraft, NAF 931, which crashed in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State while on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the aircraft had 25 people on […]
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THREE DAYS of national mourning have been declared for Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel killed in the crash of an ATR-42 aircraft in Igbokoda, Ondo State, with President Bola Tinubu ordering flags to be flown at half-mast across the country. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the President has ordered an im...
By Joke Kujenya TRUST IN health information and positive health beliefs have emerged as major factors shaping caregivers’ decisions on protecting under-five children from malaria in Akoko, Ondo State, a study published on www.malariaworld.org has found. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the community-based study involved 498 caregivers of ch...
By JKNewsMedia TWENTY COASTAL communities in the oil-producing areas of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State have threatened to boycott the 2027 general elections unless the Federal and Ondo State governments intervene to protect them from an advancing ocean surge threatening their existence. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the communities,...
By JKNewsMedia PLANS HAVE been concluded by communities across Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State to stage a peaceful protest on Thursday, August 6, 2026, to draw attention to what organisers described as a worsening environmental and humanitarian crisis affecting coastal settlements. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Coalition of Ilaje...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter CONVICTION HAS come for four persons charged over the June 5, 2022, attack on St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, with the Federal High Court in Abuja finding them guilty on all nine counts preferred against them by the Federal Government (FG). JKNewsMedia.com reports that Justice Emeka N...
By Elizabeth Adamson, JKNewsMedia Intern GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL and humanitarian concerns have been raised in Abereke community of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, where recurring oil spills and ocean surges have destroyed livelihoods and submerged large parts of the area. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the Corporate Accountability and...
By Comrade Olabode Akinwale THE DEBT Management Office (DMO) in its latest published data ranks Ondo State as the most financially disciplined state government in Nigeria. This development is not a mean achievement, and it has not gone unnoticed by some of us who are critical of government’s performance. The state governor, Hon (Dr) Luck...
By Rosheedat Akinkunle, JKNewsMedia Reporter CLAIMS THAT a young girl was crushed by a vehicle in the convoy of Nigeria’s First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, have been firmly denied by the Nigeria Police, who labelled the reports “false and misleading.” The Ondo State Police Command, in a statement released Thursday night by its spokesperson, Deputy ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has formally assumed office, marking the start of his first full four-year term. His inauguration took place on Monday at the Ondo State Sports Complex in Akure, two months after securing victory in the November 17, 2024, governorship election under the All Progr...
