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Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure Many people were feared killed on Saturday evening as a trailer rammed into some shops at Akungba Akoko in Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The accident occurred a few metres away from the main gate of the Adekunle Ajasin University. According to an eyewitness, the truck which was coming from Ikare Akoko town in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of the state lost control and rammed into some set of shops along the road. He said about five bodies had been recovered from under the truck.

Punch Newspapers Sections A newly recruited policeman, David Friday, has been arrested for alleged involvement in armed robbery. Friday, who was attached to Olofin Police Station in Idanre in the Idanre Local Government Area of the state, was arrested with a soldier attached to the 32 Artillery Brigade, Nigeria Army, Owena Cantonment, Innocent Victor. Both suspects allegedly robbed some persons in Akure. Parading the suspects on Thursday, the state Police Commissioner, Bolaji Salami, said David had earlier stolen an exhibit motorcycle at his duty post before he was caught for another robbery....

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, on Thursday sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years’ imprisonment for false allegation against a church founder. Abiodun was arrested in 2019 for lying against the founder of Promiseland Prophetic Ministry, Akure, Pastor Gbenga Akinbiyi, that seven placentas were planted on the church’s altar. The church is located in the Shasha area of Akure. The convict, who was a former member of the church, swore an affidavit before the commissioner for oaths on the matter. Abiodun and a l...

South-West govs should employ laws to cage killer herdsmen – Monarchs Peter Dada, Akure The Ondo State Council of Obas, on Thursday, called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to caution his aides who comment on security of the country. The traditional rulers, who reacted over the comments made by some aides of the President on the order of Akeredolu ejecting the herdsmen from all the forest reserves in the state, said the move was not to chase out the Fulani in the state but to save it from the activities of the bandits. This was contained in a communiqué issued at th...

Punch Newspapers Sections Peter Dada, Akure No fewer than four suspected kidnappers were feared killed when men of the Nigerian Army attacked them along Owo-Ifon Expressway, Ondo State on Friday. The soldiers who were said to be on patrol along the expressway reportedly rammed into the kidnappers who had barricaded the road while attempting to abduct some travellers. It was gathered that the hoodlums had already kidnapped some victims when the soldiers got to the scene. A source said, “On sighting the soldiers, the hoodlums opened fire on them and the soldiers responded and killed four of t...