Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, has condemned the declaration of state of emergency in Rivers State. It will be recalled that President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, declared a state of emergency in Rivers State and suspended the governor, Similayi Fubara; his deputy Ngozi Odu, as well as the House of Assembly for six months….
A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday granted an order for Abdulrahman Bello, the suspected killer of Hafsoh Lawal, a final year student of Kwara State College of Education and his co-defendants to be returned to the custody of the Department of Security Service for further investigation. The suspects in the alleged gruesome murder…
A former queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, has applauded the dismissal of criminal charges against her and two others over a stampede incident in Ibadan, Oyo State, which led to the death of 35 children. She, however, says her heart still grieves over the tragedy. PUNCH Online reports that the Oyo State…
…Reaffirms commitment to bring lasting peace to the embattled communities. …Directs 24-hour nonstop security surveillance. …Invites Olufon, Olobu, and stakeholders from both communities to a meeting tomorrow at 12 noon. Governor Ademola Adeleke in a move to curb its further spread, and resurgence of the crisis between the warring communities of Ilobu and Ifon, has…
Emergency rule: Rivers electorate drag Tinubu, NASS, AGF to Court The electorate in Rivers State has dragged President Bola Tinubu to court over the removal of the elected Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, the Deputy Governor, and the entire members of the State House of Assembly. The suit, marked FHC/CS/550/2025, was filed at the…
A 42-year-old staff member of an electricity distribution company has been electrocuted while working in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred on Monday at about 8:15 pm. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Thursday, confirmed that the victim was reconnecting and…
The Supreme Court on Friday nullified the concurrent judgments of the Court of Appeal and the Federal High Court, which had sacked Senator Samuel Anyanwu as the National Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A five-member panel of the apex court held, in a unanimous judgment, that the issue of who serves as the…
The Nigerian Air Force says it has killed several terrorists in torrents of airstrikes on their fortified hideouts in Chiralia, Grazah, Yuwe, and Zango Hill, in Borno and Katsina states. This is contained in a statement by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Information, NAF, Group Capt. Kabiru Ali, on Friday in Abuja. Ali said…
No fewer than two people have been killed, and many others severely wounded in a fresh communal clash between Ifon and Ilobu communities of Osun State over land disputes. The violence erupted in the middle of the night on Thursday when hoodlums armed with sophisticated firearms and dangerous weapons including charms, cutlasses, bows and arrows,…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers, including two ladies, in Gabasswa Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement on Friday. He said the suspects were arrested following a report of a kidnapping incident from a…
