The heightened insecurity in Owo in Ondo State has continued to be a source of concern to residents and other stakeholders against the backdrop of the dastardly shooting and bomb blast at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Owo in Ondo State on 5th of June 2022 which led to the gruesome
Thirteen days after the terror attack by gunmen on worshippers at Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, funeral mass for the deceased victims has commenced. No fewer than 40 persons were gruesomely murdered on June 5 when daredevil gunmen rained bullets on the worshippers during service. READ ALSO: ‘Stingy man’: What Peter Obi did […]
Three governors from the ruling All Progressive Congress APC have said that the terrorists attack at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State was targeted at Governor Rotimi Akeredolu for his role in the establishment of Amotekun in the region. The governors include Prince Dapo Abiodun, Ogun, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Lagos and AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, […]
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decried the recent attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, asking the Federal Government to track down the perpetrators of the crime. In a statement on Thursday, the NHRC Governing Council charged the Federal Government to step up to its constitutional role of protecting lives […]
By Tosin Ajuwon Fr. Andrew Adeniyi Abayomi, the Assistant Parish Priest at St Francis Catholic Church, at Owa-luwa, in Owo, Ondo State, has narrated how gunmen attacked worshippers at the premises on Sunday. Fr Abayomi was the Priest conducting Mass during the brutal attack. Abayomi who spoke to journalists at the Church premises on Monday […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday said the perpetrators of the gruesome murder of parishioners at the St Francis Catholic Church in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Sunday will be fished out and made to face the full wrath of the law. He said this when he visited Owo town and the […]
THE Pro-Chancellor of Achiever University, (AU) Owo, Ondo state, Hon. Bode Ayorinde, has said the institution is poised to break records in terms of researchers which would prefer solutions to the socio-economic challenges of the country to rank the University as the best in Africa and one the best in the world. Ayorinde who started […]
The N168 million damages caused by protesting students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic Owo at the institution would be paid for by them, Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State said on Thursday. Akeredolu spoke in Akure while receiving the report of the Committee of Inquiry on the violent protest by students of the institution. The News […]