Bolu-Olu Esho

Nigeria

Journalist at Independent (Nigeria)

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Protest As Police Protect Tipper Driver After Thre Die In Collision With Keke

5 days ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

Crisis broke out at Oke-Aro area of Akure, Ondo State capital, when the driver of tipper escaped lynching and ran into the police station after three persons died in an accident that involved a tipper and a commercial tricycle(Keke Marwa). A tipper and the tricycle had a head-on collision at Itagbanja axis, along Oke-Aro/Idanre Road on Friday and two persons died on the spot while the third person died on the way to the hospital.
Akure-Idanre Road Dualisation Approved By Gov. Aiyedatiwa

5 days ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

AKURE – Residents of Idanre town and other communities along Akure/Idanre Road may begin to strategise to explore the pending economic stimulus of the dualization of the road as Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa approved the project. The construction of the road was among many projects approved during the state EXCO meeting held on Wednesday at the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure the Ondo State capital.
Easter: AIG Assures Ondo, Ekiti Residents Of Adequate Security

6 days ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

AKURE – People of Ondo and Ekiti states have been assured of adequate security during and after the Easter celebrations. The Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 17, Akure, AIG Ajani Omolabi gave the assurance on Friday while congratulating christian extends warm greetings to all Christian faithful the zone.
Aiyedatiwa Approves Akure-Idanre Road Dualisation

6 days ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

AKURE – Residents of Idanre town and other communities along Akure/Idanre Road may begin to strategise to explore the pending economic stimulus of the dualization of the road as Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa approved the project. The construction of the road was among many projects approved during thestste EXCO meeting held on Wednesday at the Governor’s Office at Alagbaka, Akure the Ondo State capital.
Two Jailed For Advance Fee Fraud In Ondo

1 week ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho |Olusegun Abisoye

AKURE – A Federal High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced two persons to seven years imprisonment for obtaining N1.3m under false pretence. The defendants, Akpu Kelechi and Eze Henry Ogbonna, were arraigned by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Ondo State Command on two count charges of conspiracy and obtaining under false pretence.
Insecurity: Declare State Of Emergency In Ondo, PDP Tells Tinubu

1 week ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

…Alleges Aiyedatiwa Is Playing To Gallery … It’s Not True – APC Following unabated killing of farmers and kidnappings in Ondo State, Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) has raised the alarm calling on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to declare state of emergency in the state.
Ondo CP Redeploys DPO, Orders Investigation Of Corruption Allegation

1 week ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

AKURE – In a move to uphold the integrity of the Nigeria Police Force, the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi, has redeployed the Divisional Police Officer(DPO) of Igbara-Oke (names withheld) and ordered immediate investigation into the alleged corruption activities leveled against the DPO. In a video that went viral on social media, some residents of the town were seen booing the DPO, accusing him of being corrupt.
Visually Impaired Students Protest Poor Feeding, Learning Conditions In Ondo

1 week ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

…Allege Misappropriation Of Grant AKURE – Students and alumni of Ondo State School for the Visually Impaired, Owo, have protested poor feeding and learning conditions in the school. The students, who visited the Governor’s Office in a peaceful protest, expressed their disgust about their current harrowing experiences under the new management of the school.
Police Arrest Suspected Killer Of Ondo Building Materials Merchant

1 week ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

AKURE – Ondo State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the assassination of an Ore-based building materials merchant, Alhaji Sumaila Awoyinka, in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The suspect, Afolabi Ijalo, was arrested by a team of detectives who had been on his trail since the merchant was killed on March 1, 2025. This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Police, Wilfred Afolabi on Friday.
CD Calls For Repeal Of Cyberbullying Law

2 weeks ago | independent.ng | Bolu-Olu Esho

AKURE – Campaign for Democracy (CD) has called on the National Assembly to as a matter of necessity repeal the obnoxious cyberbullying law, otherwise known as Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act or amend it immediately. This came on the heel of the arrest, arraignment and remand of three youths leaders of Akoko Youths Forum (AYF) from Akoko area of Ondo State on grounds of alleged cyberbullying on Tuesday.