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There was Chaos in Akure on Sunday as some officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Ondo State Security Network (Amotekun) engaged in a fight over the custody of a suspect. Newsmen gathered that trouble started when the Amotekun Corps officers attempted to arrest a suspected motorbike thief in the Ijoka area of Akure,…
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The Nigerian Navy says its personnel have uncovered eight illegal bunkering sites in the Obe-Akinboye seaside community under the Ilaje LGA of Ondo state. Aliyu Usman, commanding officer of the base, who addressed journalists on Tuesday, said the operation was carried out by personnel of the forward operating base (FOB) Igbokoda. Usman said the discovery…
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Few hours to the Saturday 16th November guber election in Ondo State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has substituted the Labour Party candidate, Olusola Ebiseni, with Dr. Olorunfemi Ayodele Festus. INEC stated that the change followed the receipt of the Certified True Copy (CTC) of a Court of Appeal ruling, which overturned the Federal…
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Police In Ondo State have arrested five suspected kidnappers, who slept off after abducting a pastor’s wife and two other persons. The suspects reportedly slept off after taking hard drugs. It was gathered that the three victims escaped after their abductors slept off. The arrested suspects are: Garuba Mumuni, 27; Yusuf Tale, 21; Kabiru Muhammed,…
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A young Nigerian girl who is 12 years old, has been arrested in Ondo. The girl simply identified as Wumi was arrested for allegedly stabbing her 54-year-old adopted mother to death. The decomposing body of her mother, Florence Adelayi, was found inside her residence at Premier Estate, Okunbadejo Street along Oda Road in Akure. She…
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