A police officer identified as Tolulope, who was attached to the Ondo State Police Command, has allegedly shot his wife dead and later killed himself. The incident, which occurred on Tuesday evening, was said to have happened in Akungba-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. A police source said the cop was
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An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for their involvement in kidnapping. The convicts are Tosin Adenikinju, Abiodun Olabowale, Omoniyi Akinsoyinu, Olatuyi Igbekele and Daso Oluwasiji. They were arrested by the men of the Ondo State Police Command for kidnapping a nurse, Mrs Unikiere Adodo, who works
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Residents of Akure, the Ondo State capital, numbering over hundred on Monday, stormed the office of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company, protesting the alleged extortion of the electricity company. The protesters comprising the landlords of Ajayi Elekumo Estate at the Alagbaka area of the city barricaded the entrance of the BEDC office, preventing the officials
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Members of the Ebira community in Ondo State on Sunday called on Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to save them and their farmlands from incessant attacks by some Fulani herdsmen. They alleged that no fewer than 20 members of the community had been wounded by the herders following the attacks. The Chairman of the Ebira Farmers Association,
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The abductors of two Catholic Priests in Ondo State, have contacted the catholic church, forty eight hours after the abduction, and demanded N100 million as ransom before their release. The two priests, Rev. Fr. Joseph Nweke and Rev. Fr. Felix Efobi from Awka Catholic Diocese, Anambra state were said to have been kidnapped on the
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