Catholic Bishop decries insecurity By Ayo Olowu | The Emeritus Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ondo, Most Revd. Dr. Francis Alonge has condemned the current insecurity in Nigeria stressing the need for collaborations of all stakeholders in addressing the situation. Alonge spoke during his condolence visit to the Leader of the Yoruba Socio-Political Group, […]
Mrs Olakunori’s death, a tragedy–Akinyelure By Adekola Afolabi | The Senator representing Ondo Central at the National Assembly Dr Ayo Akinyelure, has condemned the killing of Mrs. Funke Olakunori, daughter of Afenifere’s National leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti. Akinyelure described the killing of daughter of Afenifere leader as a national tragedy which must be tackled headlong […]
ODHA wants stringent punishment for kidnappers By Josephine Oguntoyinbo | Ondo State House of Assembly has decried the level of insecurity in the state and Nigeria as a whole just as it resolved that existing law on anti- kidnapping should be amended to accommodate robust and strict punishment. At a plenary sitting presided over by […]
Fresh crisis erupts over Araromi-Obu/Ikale land dispute From Akinnodi Francis, Ore | Crisis broke out yesterday between Araromi Obu and Ikale people in Ondo State over the land where the Araromi Obu Rubber plantation is located leaving several people seriously injured and properties damaged. It was gathered that the 15-year-old land dispute had been resolved […]
Husband rejects run-away wife By Seye Fakinlede | Like a twist of fate, one Joseph Momoh, has approached the Akure Customary Court seeking for the dissolution of his 25-year-old marriage with his estranged wife, whom he accused absconding from home for seven years. The plaintiff told the court that without explanation, his wife, relocated from […]
Man, 26, remanded for raping niece From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | A 26-year-old man, Abibu Babatunde, has been remanded in prison by an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly raping his 14-year-old niece. The police prosecutor, Inspector Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the accused person forcefully had unlawful canal knowledge of his 14-year-old niece. The […]
Indian hemp lands man in prison From Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo | An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court has remanded one Emmanuel Ojo, 31, in prison over alleged possession of Indian hemp. The accused person was said to have committed the offence on July 8, 2019 around 9:00 pm at Erefe area in Ile-Ife. The prosecutor, Inspector Emmanuel […]
Man remanded over alleged kidnapping By Kayode Olabanji | A middle-age-man Eirege Onoriode, suspected to have kidnapped one David Aladesawe, has been remanded in prison by an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Oke-Eda. The prosecution said Onoriode, and others at large, while armed with guns, cutlasses and other dangerous weapons, attacked and kidnapped the […]
Suspected ritualist arrested in Akure Barely a month after a middle-aged man was murdered in cold blood with his vital organs chopped off at Agbogbo bus-stop in Akure, residents of the area have apprehended a man suspected to be a ritualist. The residents and commercial motorcyclists who arrested the suspect revealed that they noticed he […]
Security man nabbed for sleeping with mad woman By Tola Gbadamosi | A 30-year-old security guard, Mr Tubosun Adesanu, has been nabbed by a Human Rights group (ASEN), after having sex with a mad woman under the pedestrian bridge at Oja-Oba market, along Oba Adesida road Akure, the Ondo State capital. Adesanu, who was said […]
