Unknown assailants have killed a 62-year-old retired teacher, Mrs. Iyanuoluwa Adamolekun, in Arigidi Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. According to reports, the lifeless body of the woman was found in her residence in a pool of blood on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at Similoluwa quarters in Arigidi Akoko. It was gathered that her granddaughter who came back from school on the fateful day, raised an alarm which drew neighbours to the gory scene. At …
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The Ondo State Police Command announced Wednesday, Nov. 15, that it has launched an investigation after a girl, 7, was found dead in a well in Shasha, Akure. The girl’s body was discovered in the well on Monday, Nov. 13, days after she went missing. Adunni Azeez, a friend of the bereaved mother, told Punch that a neighbour was suspected to have been involved in the child’s death. “The mother’s neighbour has been having grudges with the family. From what …
A Family Magistrate’s Court sitting at Oke-Eda, Akure on Tuesday, September 12, remanded a 36-year-old man, Daisi Alade, in Olokuta Correctional Centre, for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The defendant is standing trial on one-count charge of child defilement. The police prosecutor, Martins Olowofeso, informed the court that the defendant committed the offence at about 10 pm on August 27, 2023, along Mahin/Igbokoda road, Ugbonla, Ondo State. Olowofeso said Alade lured the 12-year-old girl (name withheld), to …
The 45-year-old man, Bankole Oginni, who allegedly killed his ex-lover, was on Thursday, August 17, remanded at the Olokuta Correctional Centre by an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State. The police arraigned Oginni, a staff of the Public Complaint Commission, Akure and football coach, on a count of murder. The defendant popularly known as Honourable Kole, was reported to have invited his ex-lover, Bosede Adejoro, to his father’s house at Danjuma in Akure, where he gruesomely killed …
A Family Court sitting at Oke-Eda, in Akure, Ondo State has ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Daniel Udoh at Olokuta Correctional Centre over s3xual abuse and exploitation of a 3-year-old girl. Udoh, who resides at No.5, Alayere Community, Oda Road area of Akure was charged on one count for sexual abuse. Prosecuting police officer, Martins Olowofeso, told the court that the defendant committed the offences at 5pm, on June 12, 2023. He alleged that Udoh …
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested three members of a syndicate that specializes in tampering and stealing prepaid meters of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) in various parts of Ondo State. The Public Relations Officer of the corps in the state, ASC l Daniel Aidamenbor, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday, May 4, 2023, said the suspects sold the stolen meters to unsuspecting members of the public. “Following …