Author: Ado Oyeyemi

By Ado Oyeyemi An Akure Magistrate’s Court in Ondo State has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Samuel Douglass, to 12 months’ imprisonment for stealing four baskets of fresh tomatoes worth N140,000. Douglass was arraigned before Magistrate Olusola Olujobi on a one-count charge of stealing. The prosecutor, Taiwo Oniyere, told the court that the defendant committed the offence in July 2026 at about 6am at Fourth Gate, Afunbiowo Estate, Akure, within the Akure Magisterial District. According to Oniyere, Douglass stole the four baskets of tomatoes belonging to his employer, Abimbola Akintomide. The prosecutor said the complainant had directed the defendant to deliver…

By Ado Oyeyemi The Ondo State Chairman of the Democratic Leadership Alliance, Oluwatosin Israel Ayeni, has resigned his position, citing the need to promote fairness, unity and political balance within the party. Ayeni announced his resignation in a letter dated Friday, September 18, 2026, addressed to the National Chairman of the party at its national headquarters in Abuja. The former chairman said he decided to step aside to allow another senatorial district to produce the party’s next state chairman. He explained that his senatorial district was regarded as next in line to produce the governor of Ondo State, making it…

By Ado Oyeyemi The management of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has expelled 42 students over examination malpractice after concluding investigations into allegations against them. The expelled students comprise 31 Higher National Diploma students and 11 National Diploma students drawn from various institutes and programmes of the institution. The disciplinary action was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday by the Principal Assistant Registrar, Academic Board Matters Division, Ibrahim Esin. Esin said the students were investigated by the institution’s Examination Malpractice Committee after they were accused of violating examination rules. According to him, the committee found the students guilty after due…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has detained three additional personnel over the deaths of suspected illegal miners in Niger State, bringing the number of officers in custody to 24. The NSCDC spokesperson, Assistant Commandant of Corps Babawale Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. The Corps had earlier announced the detention of 21 personnel following the deaths of the miners while in NSCDC custody in Niger State. Afolabi said the three newly identified personnel had also been suspended in connection with the incident, adding that all affected officers from the Niger State Command had…

By Ado Oyeyemi Hundreds of students of the Taraba State College of Nursing Sciences, Jalingo, staged a peaceful protest on Monday following an overnight attack on one of the institution’s female hostels located outside the school premises. The attackers allegedly raped a female student during the incident and inflicted injuries on her, including cutting off one of her fingers. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Monday when the hoodlums stormed the hostel, dispossessing students of their mobile phones and other valuables. The injured student was subsequently taken to GSCN Hospital in the Mile 6 area of Jalingo…

By Ado Oyeyemi Women from Obinolu Ngodo in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State have protested at the council secretariat over alleged destruction of their farms by herdsmen. The women, who came from different villages in the community, accused herders of uprooting cassava tubers from their farms and feeding them to cattle. They also alleged that large herds of cattle had trampled on other crops they planted, raising concerns over possible food shortages in the community. The protesters, who arrived at the Umunneochi Local Government headquarters in Nkwoagu with cassava stems they said were uprooted from their farms, claimed…

By Ado Oyeyemi A man identified as Livingston Nwakanma has been arrested by youths of Osaa Ukwu community in Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State for allegedly hacking his mother, Mrs Nwaigbe Nwakanma, to death. Nwakanma was said to have attacked his mother with a machete on Saturday before fleeing from the community. According to reports, the suspect was later apprehended by youths of the community after he allegedly fled following the incident. The deceased, popularly known as Daa Nwaigbe, was reportedly a popular trader in the community’s local market. She was said to have been in her kitchen…

By Ado Oyeyemi Four leaders of the Fusengbuwa Ruling House in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, have instituted a suit against 12 members of the family over an alleged leadership crisis and claims of financial inducement in the selection of the next Awujale of Ijebuland. The claimants are the Chairman of the ruling house, Abdulateef Owoyemi; his deputy, Dokun Ajidagba; Vice Chairman, Prof Fassy Yusuf; and Secretary, Pastor Jeremiah Salami. They are asking the Ogun State High Court sitting in Ijebu-Ode to award them N1bn in damages over what they described as unfounded allegations of financial inducement and other infractions against their…

By Ado Oyeyemi A yet-to-be-identified woman has been crushed to death by a truck after she reportedly fell from a motorcycle along the Agbara-Lusada Expressway in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The fatal crash occurred around 7pm on Saturday near Cashier Bus Stop along the highway, according to an eyewitness, Kunle, who spoke about the incident on Sunday. Kunle said the motorcycle was attempting to overtake the truck when the woman, who was a passenger, fell onto the road and was run over by the truck. He said, “The accident involved a woman who was a passenger…

By Ado Oyeyemi Former Kano State Governor and 2027 vice-presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has expressed readiness to reconcile with the state’s incumbent governor, Abba Yusuf. Kwankwaso made his position known in an interview with the BBC Hausa Service published on Sunday, where he spoke about his strained relationship with Yusuf. Yusuf, who won the 2023 governorship election on the platform of the New Nigeria People’s Party, was previously a prominent supporter of the Kwankwasiyya movement associated with Kwankwaso. Their relationship, however, deteriorated after Yusuf defected to the All Progressives Congress and aligned with former Kano…