Tag: Akure
‘Distasteful stunt’: EFCC denies ladies’ assault in Akure raid
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says no suspect was assaulted during the arrest of 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Akure, the Ondo...
EFCC arrests 127 internet fraudsters in Akure
The operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The suspected internet...
Ondo APC primaries: Commissioner assaults journalist in Akure
The Ondo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Saka Yusuf-Ogunleye, has allegedly assaulted the Assistant Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
Varsity student nabbed for kidnapping, collecting N50,000 ransom
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 21-year-old undergraduate, Anthony Oscar, for allegedly kidnapping a 17-year-old girl.
Oscar...
Businessman machetes wife to death, commits suicide in Akure
A popular businessman in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Sesan Adelabu, well known as Emirate, has macheted his wife to death and committed suicide.
It...
FUTA students protest robbery attacks in Akure
Scores of students of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) in the Ondo State capital, on Friday, February 9, 2024, protested incessant robbery...
Man dies protecting son from collapsed building in Akure
Tragedy struck in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Tuesday, August 1, 2023, following the over 24 hours rainfall which led to part of...
Yahoo boy kills Junior Secondary School student in Akure
Tragedy struck in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Monday, May 8, as an over-speeding motorist, suspected to be an internet fraudster, ran over...
Suspect: We saw small coffin, tortoise in Ondo lynched driver’s car
Victor Amos, one of the suspects arrested for the killing of a 35-year-old driver lynched in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Temitope Olorunfemi, has...
Suspected ‘Yahoo boy’ crushes 4 to death, injures others in Akure
A suspected internet fraudster, fondly called Yahoo boy, has crushed no fewer than four persons to death in an accident in the Ijoka area...
