By Ado Oyeyemi A 49-year-old security guard, Oladapo Felix, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly shooting a resident of Zion Estate in the Akobo area of Ibadan. The incident occurred at Zion Estate, Yakoya area of Elewuro, Akobo, Ibadan, where the suspect was reportedly on duty as a security guard. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed the arrest in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday. According to the statement, the victim told the police that he identified himself as a resident of the house but was allegedly shot…
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By Ado Oyeyemi A Kano Magistrate’s Court has ordered the remand of a man, Nazifi Kabir Liringo, over the alleged killing of his friend, Zaharaddin Adamu, during grass-cutting activities in Abuja. Liringo, who resides in Dambatta Local Government Area of Kano State, was arraigned before Magistrate Court 27, Nomans Land, presided over by Magistrate Hauwa Abba Musa. He was charged with culpable homicide under Section 222 of the Penal Code. Prosecutor Maryam Halilu Dantiye told the court that the charge was a fresh one and requested that it be read to the defendant. The court clerk, Muhammad Musa Tudun Wada,…
By Ado Oyeyemi A final-year student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Oluwole Oluwaseun, has died in an incident being investigated by the police as an apparent suicide. Oluwaseun was a student of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The university management said it received information about an emergency involving the student at about 1:30pm on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at an apartment in the Damico area of Ooni Layout, Ile-Ife. According to the institution, its Quick Response and Security Team immediately moved to the location after receiving the distress call. The Nigeria Police was also contacted, while officers from…
By Ado Oyeyemi The Presidency has challenged the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Peter Obi, to withdraw from the 2027 presidential race if his claims that he left Anambra State without outstanding liabilities are disproved. Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, issued the challenge on Wednesday while reacting to the ongoing dispute between Obi and the Anambra State Government over the financial obligations allegedly inherited from his administration. Onanuga said Obi had previously stated that he handed over the state without outstanding debts and had pledged to stop his presidential campaign if…
By Ado Oyeyemi The wife of a lecturer at Babcock University, Dr Seun Ebiesuwa, has accused her husband of physically assaulting her during a disagreement over their children. The woman made the allegation in a video, claiming that the incident occurred after Ebiesuwa allegedly took their children from her father’s residence. According to her account, she went to confront her husband after learning that he had taken the children and met him packing their belongings. She alleged that an argument ensued between them, during which Ebiesuwa moved towards her. The woman said she asked him to keep his distance and…
By Ado Oyeyemi A fire outbreak at the Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Kano State, has destroyed property estimated at N20m. The Federal Fire Service, Kano State Command, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying its personnel responded swiftly to the incident and prevented the fire from spreading to other parts of the university. The emergency was reported at about 11:38am after security personnel at the institution alerted the Commander of the Nigeria Police Academy, according to the FFS. Following the distress call, firefighters from the POLAC Fire Station, led by ASF II Nura Haladu, were…
By Ado Oyeyemi Operatives of the Special Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Delta State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists and recovered a locally fabricated gun, live cartridge and suspected illicit drugs during a raid in Obiaruku, Delta State. The suspects were arrested on September 13, 2026, following credible intelligence received by the SAKU operatives stationed in Ubulu-Uku. The Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement issued in Warri, saying the operatives executed a search warrant at a premises along Ghana Quarters Street, Umuebu Road, Obiaruku. According to the police, the search yielded…
By Ado Oyeyemi The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Sani Dikko, for allegedly conspiring with two others to kidnap his grandfather and collect N3 million ransom for his release. Dikko was arrested alongside Kabir Sani, 22, and Salisu Bello, 22, by operatives of the command’s Violent Crime Response Unit during a patrol around Marabar Shema Village in the Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Fage. Aliyu said the suspects…
By Ado Oyeyemi Workers of the Federal Ministry of Education on Wednesday barricaded the entrance to the ministry’s headquarters, preventing the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, and the Acting Permanent Secretary, Dr Folake Olatunji-David, from accessing their offices. The workers gathered at the entrance of the ministry as a motorcade reportedly conveying the minister arrived at the premises. In a video circulating on social media, the protesters could be heard chanting, “Alausa must go,” while preventing vehicles from gaining access to the ministry’s premises. The protest is coming amid an unresolved dispute between the ministry’s management, workers’ unions and…
By Ado Oyeyemi Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has weighed in on the growing disagreement between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. The dispute escalated after the APC Governors’ Forum, led by Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma, distanced itself from Wike’s Rainbow Coalition in Rivers State. Uzodimma had said the APC governors would not support any political arrangement capable of undermining President Bola Tinubu’s re-election bid or weakening the ruling party ahead of the 2027 general elections. Wike subsequently rejected the governors’ position, insisting that…