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Police have arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly stabbed her adoptive mother to death in Oda, Akure, Nigeria. “The deceased’s family claimed the suspect was suffering from mental illness,” according to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami. “The decomposing body of the deceased was found at her …

An Akure pastor has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Ondo State High Court for deflowering and impregnating a 16-year-old girl in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North, Nigeria. “The victim’s family were a tenant to the defendant where he defiled and frequently had carnal knowledge of the victim,” …

A grandmother set fire to her son, wife and two grandchildren in Apomu community in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, Nigeria. The old woman complained of being starved of food while living with her son in the same house. “She set the house ablaze while the family members were …

A 67-year-old Court of Appeal judge sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, collapsed and died in his office while dressing for a court session, Nigeria. “All attempts to revive him proved abortive as he gave up the ghost on the way to the hospital,” reports said. The immediate past …

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for killing one his master in Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was an apprentice of the deceased in the Akure South local Gouvernment Area. “He killed his master and dumped …

The Federal Road Safety Corps has confirmed the death of four persons in a fatal motor accident which occurred at Opa Community in Akure South Local Government Area in Nigeria. “The accident involved a Silver Color Toyota Corolla and a Green Nissan Almera heading to Ondo city from Akure,” said …

Unknown gunmen have murdered a mother of four known as a hairdresser at the popular Oja Oba market, in Akure, the Ondo State capital, Nigeria, according to reports. “The assailants trailed the woman to where she was killed, stating that there were knife cuts on some parts of her body …