The Ondo State Police Command has arrested 25 suspected cultists after foiling a planned initiation ceremony in the state. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement made available to Journalists in Akure, stating that the arrests followed credible intelligence received from a concerned citizen. According to the statement, the information […]

‎ ‎Eight suspects, who allegedly constituted public nuisance under the guise of agitating for Yoruba Nation, have been rounded up by the Ogun State Police Command. ‎ ‎The suspects were alleged to had taken to major roads in Sango-Otta, specifically Temidire Junction and Under-Bridge, on Thursday, December 25, 2025, being Christmas Day, an offense the […]

      A 42-year-old woman identified as  Modupe Alasin has been reportedly dead after she was mercilessly beaten by her supposed husband.     The victim, a residents of iEfon Alaaye, in Efon local government area of Ekiti State.     According to an eyewitness, the man had flogged the wife severely because she […]

An Akure Chief Magistrate Court has arraigned the Yangede of Epe community in Ondo  East local government area of Ondo State, Oba Oyebade Akinkuade Isaac (65), alongside two others, Philip Akinrintan (61) and Tolu Akinwande (56) over allegations of unlawful excavation and environmental degradation. The trio were brought before the court on a five-count charge […]

Gunmen suspected to be drug dealers has shot dead an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Ondo zonal command. The late NDLEA simply identified as Jide was until the incident attached to the Nacotic Department of the NDLEA Ondo zonal command. The incident which happened at the Ita-Nla area of Ondo town, […]

  No fewer than three persons who were badly injured on Sunday night during a shooting in a popular night club located along Ondo/ Akure highway in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo west local government area of Ondo State.     The police also confirmed the arrest of one persons in connection with the shooting, […]

  A 41-year-old businessman in Olotu community, Igbokoda, Ilaje local government area of Ondo State, Mr Malo Ojogo, has accused the officer of the Nigeria Navy, Ugbonla Operational Base of allegedly brutalizing him.   Though, the Ugbonla Naval Base, through its Public Relations Unit, denied the allegation. Malo Ojogo, alleged that he was left with […]

A retired Permanent Secretary from the Ekiti state civil service, Mr Babatunde Alokan has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ado-Ekiti over an allegations of stealing government vehicle. Alokan, who retired from the civil service in 2024 was alleged to have absconded with a vehicle allegedly belonging to the Ekiti State Government following […]

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Gabriel Emmanuel to life imprisonment for kidnapping the Eleda of Eda-Ile. The 25 year old convict was arraigned before Justice Adekunle Adeleye on 8th March, 2023 on three count charge bordering on murder, kidnapping and demanding property with menace with intent to steal. The […]

  Palpable tension gripped residents of Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo west local government on Saturday night as unknown gunmen shut  dead a commercial motorcycle operator in the town. The incident which occured at Odo-Ayo area of the community, happened at about 8:15pm on the fateful day resulted into tension,  as residents including commercial motorcycle […]

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers has shut dead a 46-year-old health worker and abducted his nine years old son. The incident which occured at about  8:pm  in Oba-Ile, along Akure Airport in Ondo State capital resulted into tension and panic in the area. The victim whose name was identified as Akinola Oyabiyi, a father of […]

  …Family, Association Raising Fund For Ransom Suspected kidnappers on Saturday  struck in the Akoko area of Ondo State, abducting an Anglican Cleric, Rev. Canon Olowolagba, his wife, and two children along the Ise- Akoko-Iboropa road in Akoko North-East Local Government area of Ondo State.     The incident, which has created panic and tension […]

A  Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Akure has proposed  the forgery trial of Oba Babalola Adebomi, the Alararomi of Araromi-Ekiti, to January 28, 2025. The embattled monarch is currently facing a two-count charge of certificate forgery, allegedly presented a fake University of Ibadan degree and a forged NYSC discharge certificate […]

Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ekiti State Command has seized about  500 kilogrammes of weeds suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The command disclosed that it has uncovered over ten hectares of the cannabis plantation along Ilawe/Ikere and Igbara-Odo axis of the state and spread to neighbouring town. He said the […]

Tragedy struck on Tuesday in Igburowo town, Odigbo local government area of Ondo State following the death of a 58-year-old man who was said to have committed suicide by poisoned himself with chemical substance suspected to be Snipper. The discovery of the lifeless body of the middle-aged  man whose name was given as Omolayo Bamidele, […]

Tragedy struck on Tuesday in Igburowo town, Odigbo local government area of Ondo State following the death of a 58-year-old man who was said to have committed suicide by poisoned himself with chemical substance suspected to be Snipper. The discovery of the lifeless body of the middle-aged  man whose name was given as Omolayo Bamidele, […]

. Palpable tension has engulfed Elewuro area of Ondo town, the administrative headquarters of Ondo west local government area of Ondo state following the death of a 30-year-old man who was said to have murdered by yet-to- identified person. Though, the death of the man whose name was identified  as “Delo” is still  sketchy at […]

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced one Olaleye Ariyo to twenty years imprisonment for raping a fifty years old woman. The 31-year-old convict was arraigned on the 5th of  July, 2022 before Justice Adeniyi Familoni on a count charge bordering on rape. According to the charge, the defendant on 22/01/21 […]

  An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado-Ekiti, has sentenced seventy years old grandpa to life improvement for having canal knowledge of his granddaughter. The accused person whose name was given as Mr Sule Adeola, was until the incident a professional bricklayer in Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti State. The convict was arraigned before Justice […]