The abductors of travellers at Omi-Alafa village, along Owo-Ifon road, in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have demanded N90 million ransom from the families of the victims. The victims were abducted on Saturday while they were returning from a burial ceremony in Edo State. Commissioner for Information...
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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ondo State Command, has told its officers to redouble their commitment to public enlightenment and education, to reduce crashes on highways. Mr Ezekiel SonAllah, State Sector Commander, made the call at a one day capacity building oganised for the officers of Public Enlightenment...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – At least six persons have been killed, while three others sustained severe injuries in a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday at Ajue town, Odigbo LGA, on the Ore-Ondo expressway, Ondo State. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Unit Commander in Ore, Mr Sikiru Alonge,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has announced the arrest of two additional suspects in connection with the June 5 attack on St Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State. The Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said the...
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of five suspected killers of over 40 worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo on June 5. Akeredolu said this during a courtesy visit to his office by the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ondo...
A lawyer, Mr Tope Temokun, has described the announcement of the nomination of a candidate for the vacant Olore stool in Ondo State as a call for the breakdown of law and order in the town. According to Temokun, the announcement was made by the Akintimehin Ruling House on...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Amotekun has intercepted over 160 suspected invaders, mainly youths of northern extraction. The men were hiding in two trucks, under some cows and motorcycles conveying them from the northern part of Nigeria. The invaders, this time around 168, are mainly...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – No fewer than four persons have been kidnapped by gunmen along Owo/Ikare Road on Thursday in Ondo State. The abducted victims who were identified to be Ikare-Akoko chiefs were on a return trip to their home from Akure, when they were attacked by the...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Ondo State Police Command has confirmed a midnight attack by suspected gunmen on the Okuta Elerinla Police Division in Akure, the state capital. The police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Akure. Ms. Odunlamin noted that...
Nine persons were burnt to death on Friday in an auto crash which occurred at Omotosho Step Down Bridge, on Ore-Lagos expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Mr Sikiru Alonge, Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ore Unit Command, confirmed the accident to the News Agency...
A 22-year-old suspected female kidnapper has confessed to her Kidnapping crimes with her father after she was arrested by the police. Adeola Omoniyi revealed that she had been delivering children she kidnapped to her father, Ilesanmi Omoniyi, who in turn paid her the sum of N30,000 for each operation....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nation Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has commended the Nigerian Police Force over the recent rescue of 50 abducted children, who were being held by a church at its premises in Ondo Town. The UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Peter Hawkins, who gave the commendation in...
By OlA MODUPE, Akure – Operatives from the Ondo State Police Command have rescued about 77 people for the case of suspected abduction from The Whole Bible Deliverance Church in Ondo Town, Ondo West LGA of the state. The state police spokesman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the rescue operation...
Police operatives from the Ondo State Police Command have rescued no fewer than 50 children from an underground apartment in a church in Ondo Town of the state.. It was learnt that children were abducted and kept in the underground cells. The pastor of the church and other accomplices...
The Amotekun Corps in Ondo State have arrested a number of persons in connection with the massacre of worshippers at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. The Commander of the Corp, Adetunji Adeleye made this disclosure while addressing newsmen in Akure, the state capital. More details shortly.
The Kaduna State Government (KDSG), on Sunday confirmed that bandits attacked worshippers, killing three persons and injuring two others in Kajuru Local Government Area in the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Kaduna. Aruwan said,...
It’s a solemn day in Owo, Ondo State as the victims of the deadly attack on St. Francis Catholic Church are laid to rest in the town. This followed a funeral mass held on Friday in honour of the victims whose remains had been deposited at the morgue of...
Security operatives have averted what could have been the most devastating incident in the history of Nigeria, General Lucky Irabor revealed on Sunday. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) made the disclosure during his appearance on a Channels Television’s special progamme tagged ‘Democracy Day: Giving Hope To Nigerians’. He...
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says the Federal Government was “hasty” in blaming the Islamic State’s West African Province (ISWAP) for the Owo church attack. The governor said this in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, on Friday. “The statement is too hasty. I...
Nobel Laureate and renowned playwright, Prof . Wole Soyinka, has described the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, where many worshippers were killed, as a message to the entire people of South-West. Soyinka made his view known on Friday while paying a condolence visit to Gov....