Grandmother Sets Son, Wife, Grandchildren Ablaze Over Alleged Starvation In Ondo
A grandmother, named lforiti, has allegedly set her son, his wife, and her two grandchildren ablaze in Apomu community of Akure, the Ondo State capital. The suspect allegedly committed the…
Police Free 77 Victims Rescued From Church In Ondo, Detain Pastor, Assistant
At least 77 persons including 23 children were rescued from the church after parents of the children petitioned the police. Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, the state PPRO revealed this while featuring…
Over 50 Abducted Children Discovered In Underground Of Ondo Church
Over fifty abducted children were allegedly found in an underground apartment of a church in the Valentino Area of Ondo town, Ondo State, on Friday evening. According to unconfirmed reports,…
Insecurity: Ekiti Residents Block Road, Protest Incessant Kidnapping
Aggrieved residents of Ajebandele area, along Ado-Ikere-Akure road, in Ado-Ekiti, on Monday, blocked the road while protesting against incessant abductions and robberies in that section of the capital city. The…
Police Arrest Woman Who Brutalised Teenager For Stealing Meat In Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged woman for allegedly inflicting deep cuts on a seven-year-old child for stealing meat from her pot of soup in Akure, Ondo…
NDLEA Arrest Dismissed Ex-Police Chief For Drugs Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State have arrested a former Divisional Police Officer of Idanre, Monday George. Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Spokesman revealed this in a…
Students Storm Adekunle Ajasin University Over Incessant Road Killing
Students of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko on Friday stormed to the streets to protest against incessant road crashes close to the university campus. Over the years, many lives have been…
Suspected Herdsmen Rape Woman To Death In Ondo
Suspected herdsmen have killed a housewife simply identified as Roseline Joguntan after she was gang-raped on her farm at Igbokoda in the Ilaje council area of Ondo State. The assailants…
Ondo Waste Management Arrest Eighty Persons For Violating Environmental Laws
The Ondo State’s Waste Management Authority over the weekend arrested no less than 80 persons for violating environmental laws of the state. They were arrested in different locations in Akure,…
Police: Admission Seeker Hacked To Death In Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command has begun investigations into the killing of a young lady simply identified as Ebunoluwa Osatuyi by yet-to-be-identified person in her father’s house at the Okuta…
Court Docks Attendant For Stealing In Ondo
An Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ondo State on Friday docked a filling station attendant identified as Tiser Vitalis-Saater for allegedly stealing of N787,300 belonging to his employer. The…
Student Dies After Jumping Through Window In Ondo
A 16-year-old student, Emmanuel Ojo of CAC Grammar School, Akure, Ondo state killed himself within the school premises. The Junior Secondary School 3 student was said to have died while…
Akeredolu Lambastes Northern Leaders, Politicians Supporting Killers Fulani Herdsmen
The Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu has lambasted northern leaders, politicians and other Nigerians supporting killer Fulani herdsmen, calling them criminals. He criticised them as he bemoaned the herdsmen atrocity…
Suspected Fulani Herdsmen Raze Ondo Community, Kill Three Persons
No less than three persons were killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen who invaded Molege Village in Ose Council Area of Ondo State. Many houses were razed along Elerinla near Arimogija…
Ondo CP Warns Officers Against Extorting Motorists On Highways
The police commissioner in Ondo, Oyeyemi Oyediran, has warned cops posted to expressways in the state during the yuletide not to extort motorists. “All the policemen posted on duty on…
Ondo PDP Asks Akeredolu’s Son To Declare Assets After Appointment
The Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo has called on the Director-General of the newly established Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit of the state government, Mr Babajide Akeredolu, to declare…
Yuletide: Police Assure Ondo Residents Of Tight Security
Residents of Ondo state have been assured of tight security and safety of lives and property before, during and after the Christmas and new year celebrations. DSP Funmilayo Odunlami, the…
Court Remands Pastor Who Raped Five-Months Pregnant Woman In Ondo
An Akure Magistrate’s Court has remanded a pastor in the Celestial Church of Christ CCC simply identifed as Gbenga Filani for allegedly raping a five-month pregnant lady in Ondo State.…
Ondo APC Justifies Appointment Of Akeredolu’s Son As DG
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Ondo state chapter has justified the appointment of the son of state Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, Babajide, as the Director-General of Performance and Project Implementation…
NSCDC Arrests 8, Impounds 39,200 Litres Of Adulterated Diesel In Ondo
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ondo state Command on Tuesday arrested eight persons in connection with the illegal dealings in adulterated automotive gas oil, also known as…