Tag: Akure
Police bust kidnapping ring in Ondo, rescue 3 victims
“Upon receiving the footage, the command immediately activated its intelligence team, leveraging digital surveillance analysis and coordinated field operations to…
Traditional ruler orders closure of shops, markets in Akure for festival
“The closure becomes obligatory as part of the necessary rites in observing the age long tradition of the Amole Festival.
Protests erupt in Ondo as herdsmen kill 5 farmers
“We are being slaughtered without anyone doing anything. Akure North is under siege. We are farmers, not criminals. We are…
Soldier allegedly stabs man to death over carpet in Akure
“The stabbed trader fell to the ground while the ‘customer’ took to his heels upon realising that his victim had…
2023 Elections: Tribunal begins sitting in Akure
She said that the tribunal would listen to all the parties and make decisions based on facts and evidence in…
Ondo youths leader writes Acting Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa
“Your Excellency, it will not be wrong to conclude that okada riders in Ondo State are potent security threats to…
Police discover burnt corpse concealed in sack in Akure
The yet-to-be-identified corpse was found on Monday around the Green Park area at Oke-Aro in Akure South Local Government Area…
1 dead, 6 injured in road accident in Akure
The accident, which occurred at about 4:10 a.m., involved a Toyota Sienna bus marked RBC 412 CU and a commercial…
Man coughs to death while waiting for taxi in Akure
Police spokesperson in Ondo State, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the death to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and said…
How 16-year-old Ondo student died after jumping through window
The student attempted to jump through the window, but hit his head against the post and collapsed hitting his head…
10-year-old girl throws stepbrother inside well in Akure
A 10-year-old girl, Suliya Abubakar, said she threw her stepbrother, Usman Abubakar, aged 20 months, inside a well because her…
Akeredolu imposes 24-hour curfew on 2 Akure communities
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Friday imposed a 24-hour curfew on Ode and Isinigbo communities in Akure North…
Akure EndSARS protest, mere political aggression – Ondo APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State has described the ongoing #EndSARS protest in Akure as mere political aggression…
JUST IN: Shooting in Akure between APC, PDP supporters
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and the All Progressives Congress(APC) in Ondo State exchanged gun fire in Akure, the…
INEC container fire puts Ondo firemen to shame
But for the dysfunctional equipment of the Ondo Fire Service, some of the 5,141 card readers that INEC lost to…