Four persons have been remanded by a Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, for impersonation and examination malpractices in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The suspects have been identified as Timilehin Akinwale, Olayinka Mustapha, Peter Okereke, and Feranmi Adesuyi. The first …
Read More »We inherited a dilapidated economy in Ondo- APC replies PDP
In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Akure, the Publicity Secretary of APC in Ondo State, Alex Kalejaye said that rather the APC-led government inherited a dilapidated economy from the immediate past PDP government. “It is unbelievable that the opposition party could accuse the APC-led government of …
Read More »Police parade suspected cultists and a farm labourer who allegedly raped 80-year-old grandmother to death in Ondo
Ondo State Ondo Police Command has paraded a farm labourer, Mima Chinecherem, who alleged raped an 80-year-old grandmother, Madam Felicia Aderibigbe, to death. Chinecherem, 27, from Ebonyi State, was paraded on Tuesday, May 23, alongside 18 other suspects arrested for various crimes in different parts of …
Read More »Togolese labourer arrested for allegedly killing his landlady in Ondo
Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old Togolese labourer, Gbegele Mustapha, for allegedly murdering his landlady and house wife, Mrs. Adijat Olaoye, in an attempt to rape her inside her room. Mustapha was paraded on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, alongside other suspects arrested for different crimes in different …
Read More »Palmwine tapper apprehended for allegedly raping grandmother to death in Ondo
Men of the Ondo State police command have arrested a palm wine tapper identified as Sunday Mima, for allegedly raping an 80-year-old grandmother to death. The suspect allegedly attacked the victim identified as Aderibigbe Felicia, a native of Ore in Odigbo council in the state, on her farm, stripped …
Read More »Court remands 14-year-old boy for stabbing teenage neighbour to death over girlfriend in Ondo
A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo state capital, has ordered the remand of a 14-year-old boy, Marvelous Asefon, to Olokuta Correctional Centre, over the stabbing his 17-year-old neighbour to death. Asefon who was arraigned before the court after being charged by the Police, on one count of murder. …
Read More »Court remands man in Ondo for threatening to kill his mother over her refusal to cook for him
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 25-year-old hair stylist, Tomisin Odusanya, for allegedly attempting to kill his mother, Mrs. Abbey Lizzy over her refusal to cook for him. The defendant was also said to have assaulted a police officer on his lawful duty. The defendant, who appeared …
Read More »Court remands father for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter in Ondo
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure, has ordered that a motorcyclist, Bayo Akinfenwa, to be remanded at Olokuta Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter. The incident occurred in March this year at Ayeyemi Akintunde Street in Ondo State. The defendant was Monday, May 15, 2023, arraigned …
Read More »Ondo monarch sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for unlawfully demolishing palm trees and food crops in a church
Oba Adewale Sunday Boboye, the Ajagun Ode of Ode community in Akure North local government area of Ondo state, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by an Osi Magistrates’ Court for unlawfully demolishing of palm trees and food crops. The convict was earlier charged with six-count on Felony …
Read More »Woman arraigned over missing 14-year-old girl in Ondo
A 32 -year- old trader, Gbemisola Obakpolor has been docked before an Ore Chief Magistrates’ court in Ondo over the disappearance of a 14- year- old girl in her custody. The girl identified as Tosin Ajetomobi was deceitfully taken away from her mother, Rashidat Ajetomobi, by the accused in …
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