GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that two students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, were killed in a fatal road accident along the Akure-Ondo Expressway on Wednesday evening. It was gathered that the victims, Chukwu Athanasius and Oladokun Oyindamola, who were said to be on a motorcycle, were reportedly crushed by a speeding vehicle leading to…
The fuel scarcity crisis in Nigeria has taken a tragic turn, as the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE) for Akure South Local Government, Oluwatuyi Olasoji, has passed away. Olasoji collapsed while waiting to purchase fuel at a filling station in Akure, Ondo State. Local reports indicate that the incident occurred…
Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo, has appointed 344 persons as senior special assistants (SSAs) and special assistants (SAs). The appointments come about two months to the November 10 governorship election in Ondo state. In April, Aiyedatiwa won the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ondo state with 48,460 votes. In a statement on…
A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure has ordered the remand of a 31-year-old Pastor of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Victor Oluwasegun, to a correctional center for impregnating a 15- year old girl. The Pastor was said to have also impregnated five other young girls in the family way. Oluwasegun was said to have had unlawful…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigeria Police Force, Ondo state command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Mr. Ajagba Joseph, for allegedly attempting to murder a man he found in his concubine’s house. This was made known in a statement shared by the police command on X.com on Wednesday. According to the statement the incident occurred…
A 17-year old boy Philip Emmanuel has narrated how he and his accomplice, Precious, killed their madam, Mrs. Adene Iyabode Deborah. Late Adene, a popular caterer, was found dead inside her apartment after not being seen for some days. She was stabbed severally and her head severed. The suspect, who was paraded at the Ondo…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Ondo state Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa is set for disbursement flag-off Ceremony for Bursary, Scholarship, and Financial Assistance to Indigenous Students of Ondo State. In a notification by Aiyedatiwa’s special assistant on students affairs, Hon. Kevin Solomon Olalolu, the flag off is scheduled to hold on Monday, 2nd September 2024 at…
The Nigeria Police Force has apprehended an Islamic cleric named Oluwafemi Idris, who was discovered with a gruesome collection of human parts in Ondo State. Authorities, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid at Idris’s residence in the Akoko area, unearthing a chilling assortment: severed human hands, three kidneys, three hearts, a spine, and even…
No fewer than 16 persons have been roasted to death in an accident at Ajue community along the Ore-Ondo highway. They were said to have been burnt beyond recognition. The accident, which occurred around 8pm on Monday, involved a Toyota Hiace bus and a truck. Witnesses said dangerous overtaking led to head on collision and…
Upset by the increasing insecurity in the Akoko area of Ondo State, a group of women have staged a peaceful protest, with some of them partially dressed, to condemn violent killings by suspected herdsmen. Mostly elderly, the women marched through the streets to express their distress over the frequent killings, kidnapping and destruction of their…