Court Remands Man In Prison Over Alleged Attempted Rape

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Friday remanded one Emeka Akonobi, 38, in prison custody over alleged attempted rape of a 10-year-old girl. Akonobi is standing trial on a count charge of attempted rape to which he pleaded not guilty. Counsel to the accused, Mr Ben Adirieje, applied for the bail of his client in the most liberal term,

Police arrest suspects over arson on pharmaceutical company

The Osun State police command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Yusuf Salahudeen, and his accomplice, Lukman Adeyemi for their alleged involvement in the burning of a pharmaceutical company known as Ebenco, in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Sex-for-mark victim, Monica Osagie, appears before OAU panel

The alleged victim of sex-for-mark, Monica Osagie, is currently appearing before the committee raised by the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, to probe the allegations against Prof. Richard Akindele.

The committee is sitting at the Pro-Chancellor’s Lodge on the campus but only Osagie and her lawyer were

Ile-Ife riot: Afenifere kicks as police parade 20 suspects in Abuja

The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, on Monday, faulted the arrest and parade of suspects involved in the riot at Ile-Ife on March 8, saying no Hausa/Fulani was arrested.

The Publicity Secretary of the group, Mr. Yinka Odumakin, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Abuja, said the parade of the suspects in Abuja showed “undue sectional deployment of federal might.”

Pastor on trial for killing widow in Ile Ife

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a pastor, Joshua Ayobami charged for alleged murder of a widow with whom he had had an amorous relationship.

The court did not take the plea of the 47-year-old Ayobami.

Protest in Ife over murder of septuagenarian

Members of the Ife Zonal Contractors and Sawmiller Association  will today protest the murder of their 75-year-old trustee, High Chief Moses Elutilo.

He was hacked to death by an armed group of hoodlums last Monday.

Assassins kill OAU lecturer

The serene atmosphere at Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile-Ife was on Tuesday night shattered as a lecturer in the department of Agricultural Economics of the institution, Dr. Deji Adejobi, was killed by suspected assassins at his residence located at The-Dawn area, near the Ife toll gate in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

Patient survives, nurse dies after surgical operation

Nurses, doctors and other health workers of Seventh Day Adventist Hospital, Ile-Ife on Sunday over the alleged mysterious death of one of their colleagues after a surgical operation.

Ooni of Ife urges Ipetumodu, Asipa communities to embrace peace

The Ooni of Ile-Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuwade, has called on the people of Ipetumodu and Asipa to sheath their swords, embrace peace and live together harmoniously.

He made the call yesterday in his Palace when he played host to the Justice Falola Judicial Commission of Inquiry on the Ipetumodu and Asipa communal dispute.

Ipetumodu and Ashipa communities in Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State had been at 

each other’s throats over ownership of land and market days.

Students Escape Injury as Fire Gut OAU Hostel

Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife were fortunate to escape when fire gutted one of the rooms in Moremi Hostel of the university.

It was learnt that the fire occurred at Room ‎A304 of the hostel  mid-day Thursday, when the school was on break.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire outbreak was likely caused by electrical appliances.

Woman, 32, Suffers Renal Failure, Needs Help

The life of a 32-year-old woman, Mrs. Oyetunbi Tinuade, currently hangs on the throes of death and she is said to be giving her family and relations sleepless nights over her health condition.

According to information made available to LEADERSHIP Friday, Tinuade was dignosed at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital of renal failure on May 12, 2014 and she is being treated at the same facility as a case of advanced chronic kidney disease stage 5, resulting from Type 1 Diabetes.

Woman, 60, Remanded for Housebreaking in Ile-Ife

An Ile-Ife Magistrates' Court in Osun State on Thursday remanded a 60-year-old woman, Bolanle Olorunwole, in prison over alleged housebreaking and stealing.

The Magistrate, Mrs Risikat Olayemi, gave the order after refusing to take the plea of the accused.

She said the accused would be granted bail after the police had completed their investigations.

Kidnapped woman causes stir in Ife North

There was a stir yes­terday in Ipetu­modu, headquar­ters of Ife North Local Government Area of Osun State, as a mid­dle aged woman simply identified as ‘Iya Imole’, who was alleged to have been kidnapped few days ago was found at the bor­der of the town.

4 get 21-yr jail term for stealing cocoa in Ipetumodu

An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, on Friday, sentenced a four-man robbery gang to 21 years imprisonment.

The convicts are Omotayo Sunday, Kamoru Satoye, Biliaminu Alalade and Fatai Muraina.

The four accused persons were at first arraigned before the Osun State High Court, Ile-Ife Judicial division on June 11, 2013 and were later transferred to the High Court, Osogbo.

‘I was brutalised for not attending prayer meeting’

Friday, March 21, 2014, is a day Esther Lawrence will live to remember, as the incident of that day left her with one eye almost blinded.

Esther, who had been living with her sister, Nkechi Nnamezie, in Ile Ife for over 15 years, had been a part of her sister’s plumbing gadgets store, a business Mrs Nnamezie had owned for almost two decades.

Court Remands Man, 25, Over Alleged Rape Of A Minor

An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded Damilare Oladoye, 25, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl in Ile-Ife.

The Chief Magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, remanded the accused in custody and ordered the counsel to the accused, Miss Bose Dada, to file a formal bail application on his behalf.

Five persons arraigned for killing octogenarian

The Osun State Police Command has arraigned four men and a woman before an Ile-Ife Magistrate’s Court, in connection with the murder of one Pa Taiwo Ogundele.

It will be recalled that the octogenarian Ogundele, was killed at his residence in Igbodo Area of Ile-Ile in March this year.

The five; Ayoola Dauda, Oladipupo Lawal, Adebisi Akerele, Titus Oromakinde and Mujidat Oginni were arraigned on two-count charge of conspiracy and murder.

Court dissolves 10-year-old marriage over threat to life

An Ile-Ife Customary Court on Wednesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Pastor Elijah Babatunde and his wife, Bukola, over threat to life.
Bukola had filed for divorce against her husband on March 26, accusing him of desertion, violent behaviour, provocation, lack of care and constant battering.

20-yrs-old man arraign by police for stealing keg of palm-oil

The police on Wednesday arraigned a 20-year-old man, AbduLahi Yusuf, in a Magistrate’s Court in Ile-Ife, Osun, for stealing a keg of Palm-oil valued at N6,000.
Yusuf was arraigned on three counts of conspiracy, housebreaking and stealing.
The prosecutor, Cpl. Sunday Osanyintuyi, alleged that the accused committed the offence on Sept. 2, 2013 about 5:30 a.m. at No 16, Ido-Osun Street in Ile-Ife, Osun.

Cultism returns to OAU?

Strong indications emerged last week that cultists might have returned to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

Though, the students cannot tell how the prohibited group might have entered the university, they vowed to combat it by all means.

It was learnt that the generality of the students, on Thursday,March 20th, were shocked when they woke up to see  insignia of different cult groups pasted across the school.