Crime & City Diary
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JUST IN: Prime suspect in Ondo Varsity students’ murder dies
By Boye Oyeyemi – Femi Oladele, popularly known as Tallex, who was the main suspect in the killing of two students from Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), has reportedly died under mysterious circumstances not long after admitting to the crime. Oladele, who is the landlord of the victims Andrew Eloho Okah and John Friday Abba, was apprehended by operatives…
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Fashola Mistura Ashabi narrates gender’s ordeal in Lagos
Fashola Mistura Ashabi was born and raised in Lagos state, Nigeria and she was the second of two children of a single mother, Mrs. Fashola Zainab Adedayo. According to her, she grow up in a Muslim community, as she was taught that a woman’s life should revolve around marriage, children, and submission to her husband. She stated that her mother…
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Lawyer, NANS demand justice over murder of Ondo varsity students
By Boye Oyeyemi – A prominent lawyer and community leader, Tolu Babaleye, has condemned the abduction and murder of two students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), describing the incident as a betrayal of trust and a tragic stain on the town’s peaceful reputation. Western Post had reported that the Ondo State Police Command revealed the victims were abducted,…
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Nnamdi Kanu’s threats pose real danger to Nigeria’s unity – FG
By Kunle Sanni – The federal government has argued that statements made by Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are not empty boasts but direct threats to Nigeria’s unity and public safety. At a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, government counsel Adegboyega Awomolo, SAN, urged Justice James Omotosho to dismiss Kanu’s no-case…
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JUST IN: Police confirm UNIMED Registrar was assassinated
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the assassination of the Registrar of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Mr Ezekiel Imole Adeniran. WESTERN POST earlier reported the passing of Adeniran, whose lifeless body was discovered in his Ondo town residence during the early hours of Thursday, July 17, 2025, a development that has thrown the university…
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Ondo chief judge orders release of 31 inmates to decongest prisons
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olusegun Odusola, has ordered the release of 31 inmates awaiting trial as part of efforts to decongest correctional centres in the state. The release followed a two-day inspection of three facilities: Olokuta Medium Security Custodial Centre in Akure, the Segede Custodial Centre, and the Female Custodial Centre in Ondo…
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Osun police arrest suspected killer, recover stolen cars, weapons
By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arrested Michael Ojo, a 27-year-old suspected cultist and leader of an armed gang accused of kidnapping and killing two residents of Akungba in Ondo State. He was apprehended in Ilesa on July 11, 2025, while allegedly attempting to sell a stolen black Lexus Jeep with registration number GGE 197…
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Police arrest cultist planning assault on Ondo polytechnic election
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist, Muhammed Taofeeq, over an alleged plot to violently disrupt the upcoming Students’ Union Government (SUG) election at the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji. Parading the suspect before journalists, the police described Taofeeq, 28, as a notorious cult member who had long been on their wanted list for crimes…
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Man goes berserk, kills three children in Osun
…mob lynches suspect By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo – Tragedy struck the Oba-Ile community in Olorunda Local Government Area of Osun State when a man, suspected to be under the influence of hard drugs, reportedly went on a violent rampage and hacked three children to death. The suspect, identified as 30-year-old Sodiq Eniola, was said to have been lynched by an…
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How Ondo varsity student lured colleague to ritualists – Police
By Boye Oyeyemi – The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four individuals, including two undergraduates of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, for allegedly abducting and taking a fellow student to a cult shrine for ritual initiation. The victim, 17-year-old Laughter Orowole, a 100-level student of OAUSTECH, was declared missing by her father, Hon. Orowole…
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