Tag: Owo
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2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS: APC Unleash mayhem in Owo and other parts of Ondo North Senatorial District to scare away Voters
…..PDP calls on the Ondo State Government and Security Agencies to provide maximum security for Peaceful Election. The PDP in Ondo North Senatorial District is drawing the attention of the security operatives to the actions of certain individuals within the APC to disrupt and intimidate voters before and during the Presidential and National Assembly elections scheduled…
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Suspects linked to Owo massacre arrested – General Irabor
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said the perpetrators behind the Owo attacks have been arrested. The gunmen had stormed St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, killing no fewer than 40 worshippers. The Federal Government, however, said the Islamic States of West Africa Province terrorists were behind the attack. During a…
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Pictorial: Funeral ceremony of the victims of the Catholic Church massacre in Owo
The funeral mass of some of the victims who died during the terror attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State holds Friday. Relatives of victims were present as well as Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and other top government functionaries. The terror attack happened on Sunday, June 5th, 2022. Fear-well Owo: Elergy…
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Over 80 feared dead in attack on Catholic church in Nigeria, sources say
More than 80 people are feared to have died in Sunday’s attack on a church in southwestern Nigeria, sources told ABC News on Wednesday. A source with direct knowledge of the investigation said the bodies of 82 victims were in a local morgue. Another source briefed on the latest U.S. intelligence assessment said the estimate was over…
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Owo Massacre: Death Toll Hits 40, Akeredolu Plans Memorial Park
The Ondo State Government on Wednesday said the death toll from the Sunday terrorists attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, is now 40. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr Banji Ajaka, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. Ajaka said as of Tuesday midnight, the state government’s record showed that those affected by…
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FG not deterred by attack on Owo Church — Aregbesola
Interior Minister Rauf Aregbesola has said the Federal Government will not be deterred in its effort to ensuring adequate security of lives and property of Nigerians. He made the pledge in the wake of the killing of worshipers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State by gunmen. In a statement issued on Monday in…
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Owo killings: Osinbajo pays condolence visit to Ondo
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday, paid condolence visit to Owo, Ondo state, to commiserate with the government and people of the state over the heinous attack at the St. Francis Catholic Church. In a tweet by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo will relay the President’s message to the…
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Pictorial: Fayemi, Amosun pay condolence visit to Ondo
Presidential aspirants, Kayode Fayemi and Ibikunle Amosun, on Monday, paid a condolence visit to Ondo State over the attack on a Catholic church in Owo. They also visited the palace of the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Gbadegesin Ogunoye III with the State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu. Amosun and Fayemi are contesting the presidential ticket…