Tag Archives: Ondo

The police in Ondo State have launched a manhunt for a commercial driver identified simply as Taiwo, for assaulting a nurse over the death of his son.   According to the state-owned Hope Newspaper, the driver reportedly went berserk and attacked the nurse with cutlass at the Mother and Child …

Youths of Uso community in Owo Local Governent Area of Ondo State, on Friday, blocked the Ogbese axis of the Akure-Owo-Benin highway during a protest over incessant kidnapping in the community.    It was gathered that three persons were abducted near Total Filling station on Thursday, March 23, but one …

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old pastor, Kayode Salami, who allegedly raped and killed a nursing mother inside his church.    It was gathered that the deceased, Adejoke Oloje, came to the Oke-Irapada C&S Church, with her cousin, one Aderonke to worship for the first time.   …

A yet-to-be-identified man has been found dead with some of his body parts missing in Akure, the Ondo state capital.    The spokesperson of the state police command, Olufumilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Oba-Ile Police Station and his men had visited …

Kidnappers have demanded N10m for the release of a 19-year old girl, Adetutu Okibaloye, who was abducted from her home at Imoru in Ose Local Government area of Ondo state.   It was gathered that the girl was with her aunt, Mrs Alaba Oga, when kidnappers numbering around seven gained …

A 75-year-old woman, Iforiti Oloro, has allegedly set her son, daughter-law, and grandchildren blaze in Ondo State.   According to Peoples Gazette, the tragic incident occurred at Aponmu, a suburb of Akure, Ondo’s capital city, at the weekend.    It was gathered that the septuagenarian living in the same compound …

The Ondo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has deployed no fewer than 2,010 personnel for Saturday’s House of Assembly election in the state.   This was contained in a statement issued on Friday March 17, by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. Daniel …

An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has remanded a 16-year-old boy, Lekan Mustapha and his guardian, Zulum Yisa, for alleged kidnapping.   The teenager, during his arraignment on Tuesday, February 28,  told the court that they used biscuits and magical rings to abduct nine children and …

A prominent member of a leading political party in Idanre Local Government in Ondo State, Mr. Akinlabi Akinnaso has been killed by a security agent at INEC’s collation centre.    Akinnaso, popularly known as Oluomo lost his life in the early hours of Sunday, February 26, after he was allegedly …

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, has sentenced a man, Sunday Oluwafemi, to life imprisonment for defiling his wife’s 9-year-old niece, who was said to have been living with the couple.   The convict was said to have been arrested by policemen in the state for committing the …