Tension in Ondo as bandits attack police station
Suspected bandits on Wednesday night attacked a police station in the Ipele-Owo community of Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State, causing panic among residents.
Suspected bandits on Wednesday night attacked a police station in the Ipele-Owo community of Owo Local Government Area, Ondo State, causing panic among residents.
A mentally unstable 19-year-old in Ondo State stabbed an NSCDC officer to death while being restrained.
Ondo lawmakers have rejected Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s N531 billion supplementary budget, citing poor execution of the 2025 Appropriation Law and lack of transparency.
A fatal road crash involving a Dangote Cement truck killed eight people, including a pregnant woman and her child, near Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo state.
Ondo police rescued a four-year-old girl sold for N3.7m, exposing a trafficking syndicate spanning three states.
A 53-year-old man is remanded in Ondo State for the alleged repeated rape of his 16-year-old niece and forcing her to terminate two pregnancies. Police say the victim reported the assaults herself.
Parents at Ondo’s UNIMED say rising tuition is unbearable, calling on Governor Aiyedatiwa to reverse the new ₦2.6m fees.
Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa drew online attention after a viral video showed him dancing energetically at the state’s Night of Praise anniversary concert in Akure, earning comparisons to Osun’s “dancing governor” Ademola Adeleke.
The NCDC reports that three new Lassa fever cases in Edo and Ondo are part of a broader 2025 outbreak tallying 857 confirmed cases and 160 deaths (18.7 percent CFR), spread across 21 states and 106 LGAs.
Ondo State has banned nursery and JSS 3 graduation parties, enforced textbook reuse, and ordered stricter regulation of private schools to ease parental burdens and improve education standards.