Tag: ondo
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BREAKING: Gunmen hijack school bus, abduct one in Ondo
Some unknown gunmen on Thursday morning hijacked a private school bus at Oba Ile Estate in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, kidnapping a member of staff of the school. It was gathered that the event occurred around 6:45am while the driver and the kidnapped staff of the school were moving round…
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BREAKING: Kidnapped Ondo Deeper Life Pastor regains freedom
A Deeper Life Pastor, Otamayomi Ogedengbe, who was kidnapped in Irese in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been released by his abductors. Pastor Ogedengbe was abducted on Monday evening after conducting Bible study at Irese area of Akure. His wife, Yinka, said the kidnappers shot into the air before taking him…
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Gunmen strike again in Ondo, kidnap pastor inside church
A pastor of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Mayomi Ogedengbe was on Monday abducted in his church located in Irese, a community near Akure, Ondo State capital by unknown gunmen. According to an eyewitness, the kidnappers came in with a black Corolla Sports Car and took the pastor away to an unknown destination. The whereabouts…
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Angry youths protest as two persons killed in Ondo road crash
Two people reportedly died in a road accident that happened along High Court Road in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday night. The road accident involved a commercial motorcycle better known as okada, and a damaged truck. According to an eyewitness, those killed were the commercial motorcyclist and his passenger. The eyewitness said that…
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Robbers attack bullion van in Ondo
Suspected armed robbers have attacked a bullion van along Ondo/Akure express way of Ondo state. The incident happened in Bolorunduro axis of Ondo East Local government Area on Thursday. The robbery attack, which started at around few minutes past 5:00pm at Elemoso village, it was gathered lasted for close to an hour, until the robbers…
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Amotekun evacuates 42 suspected Fulani invaders in Ondo
The Ondo State Government Sunday evacuated 42 suspected Fulani invaders, who were arrested on Thursday by men of the Ondo State Security Network, Amotekun, at Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government. The suspected invaders, who are mainly from Jigawa and Kano States, claimed that they were brought to Ondo State for training as security…
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Ondo houseboy machetes madam to death while asleep, absconds to Ogun State
The Police Command in Ondo State on Thursday paraded one Emmanuel Akpan, a houseboy, and his accomplice, Goodness Ekpe, for allegedly killing his employer, Mrs Febisola Caroline Adebayo. Bolaji Salami, Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, made this known while parading the suspects along with 25 others, arrested for various crimes in the state, before…
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Gunmen abduct three construction workers in Ondo
Daredevil gunmen on Tuesday abducted three construction workers working on the Ikaram-Akunnu-Akoko highway linking Akoko Northwest and Akoko North East local governments areas of Ondo State. The road is a major gate way for travellers plying the North and the South West region. Ondo Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Engr. Raimi Aminu, had last week…
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BLACK SUNDAY: Several passengers dead as commercial bus plunges into Ondo river [Video]
A commercial bus has plunged into the Owena River, along Akure-Ondo highway in Ondo State, killing an undisclosed number of passengers. According to eyewitnesses, the driver of the 18-seater bus which was coming from Ondo town and heading to Akure lost control as a result of speeding and plunged into the Owena River. Five of…
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Ex-Oyo, Ondo Military Administrator during Abacha’s regime, Ahmed Usman is dead
A former Military Administrator of Oyo State, Colonel Ahmed Usman, is dead. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG gathered that Usman died around 3.00am on Wednesday in Jos, the Plateau State capital, during an illness. Usman was military administrator of Ondo State from August 1994 to August 1996. He governed Oyo from August 1996 to August 1998 during the…