By Ado Oyeyemi Nigerian playwright and filmmaker, Ayọ̀dẹ́jì Àjàdí, has secured the £37,092 Kowitz Scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies in Creative Writing: Scriptwriting at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Àjàdí won the prestigious scholarship with his play, Sons of Anan, a work rooted in African mythology and tradition that explores the tension between inherited beliefs and contemporary realities. The play, which has previously been staged at the Muson Centre in Lagos, examines issues of power, gender and the forces that influence human relationships. In a statement issued on Monday, Àjàdí said the scholarship represented recognition of the stories…
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By Ado Oyeyemi The Anambra State High Court, Awka Judicial Division, has sentenced a man, Silas Uwa, to life imprisonment for killing his uncle during a dispute over a parcel of family land in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of the state. Justice Okechukwu Nwabunike handed down the sentence on Monday after finding Uwa guilty of manslaughter in a case marked A/63C/2018. The court heard that Uwa and the deceased had been embroiled in a dispute over ownership of a parcel of land in the community. The prosecution told the court that the matter had been decided by the…
By Ado Oyeyemi No fewer than 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology, Sokoto State, have reportedly been abducted by suspected terrorists while travelling to their hometowns in Oyo State. The incident, which occurred within the last 48 hours along the route to Oyo State, also resulted in the killing of the driver of the chartered bus conveying the students. A youth leader from Oke-Ogun, who confirmed the incident, clarified that the victims were students of Gamji College of Health Technology and not Usmanu Danfodiyo University students, as earlier reported. He said the students were travelling in a bus…
No fewer than 32 people, comprising 25 passengers and seven crew members, were on board a military aircraft that crashed near the Naval Base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, on Monday, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has disclosed. The aircraft, which was confirmed to belong to the Nigerian Air Force, was reportedly flying from Benin, Edo State, to Lagos when it disappeared from radar before crashing in the coastal community. Keyamo, in a statement on Monday, said air traffic controllers first alerted him to the aircraft’s disappearance after efforts to establish contact with the crew through radio…
By Ado Oyeyemi Twin sisters, Hadiya Usman, a medical doctor, and Aidah Usman, a pharmacist, have died days apart after battling sickle cell disease in Yobe State. Hadiya was undergoing her internship at the Federal Medical Centre, Nguru, while her twin sister, Aidah, worked as a pharmacist at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital before their deaths. The sisters were daughters of the Medical Director of FMC Nguru, Prof Hadiza Abdullahi Usman. A family member, Ibrahim Auwal, confirmed the deaths on Monday, saying Hadiya died on Friday, while Aidah passed away on Sunday. Auwal described the deaths as a devastating…
By Ado Oyeyemi A university don and The Muslim Congress, Ondo State Chapter, have identified ethical leadership as critical to addressing Nigeria’s development challenges, saying the country’s major problem is not a lack of resources but a shortage of leaders with integrity and accountability. The Chief Imam of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State, Dr Sirojudeen Bakrin, stated this on Sunday in Akure at the 2026 annual state lecture organised by the TMC to commemorate Nigeria’s Independence Day. The lecture, themed, “Nation Building Through Ethical Leadership: Thinking Ownership of Our Roles,” focused on the role of responsible leadership and citizens in…
By Ado Oyeyemi The Nigerian Army has confirmed the killing of a senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Abdussamad Ohida, also known as Anwar, in Ondo State. Ohida was killed on Sunday during a joint security operation conducted in a forest around Owo, the headquarters of Owo Local Government Area of the state. Several other members of the terrorist group were also reportedly killed during the operation, which involved troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services and personnel of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, popularly known as Amotekun Corps. The operation…
Many people are feared dead after a helicopter crashed in Igbokoda, the headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, on Monday. The incident reportedly occurred on October 5, 2026, throwing residents of the coastal community into panic as emergency efforts were launched at the scene. As of the time of filing this report, details of the crash remained sketchy, while the number of people aboard the helicopter had yet to be officially confirmed. The condition of those who may have survived the crash was also unclear. Sources said efforts were underway to establish the circumstances that led to…
By Ado Oyeyemi A senior commander of the Islamic State West Africa Province, Abdussamad Ohida, has been killed during a joint security operation in Owo forest, Ondo State. Ohida, also known as Anwar, was reportedly eliminated alongside several other members of the terrorist group by a combined team of Nigerian Army troops, Department of State Services personnel and operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun. Security sources said the operation, conducted at the weekend, followed intelligence indicating that Ohida was planning attacks on civilians in parts of southern Nigeria, particularly during the forthcoming festive period. The sources said…
By Ado Oyeyemi At least 28 people have been killed in a fresh wave of attacks across Plateau State despite a dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed by the state government to curb the escalating violence. The killings have been recorded in Mangu, Bokkos and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas, where residents have continued to live in fear, with farming and cattle grazing activities severely disrupted. The latest incident occurred on Sunday evening when suspected gunmen attacked a vehicle conveying Fulani herders around Total filling station in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area, killing two people and injuring six others. The Chairman of…