•Fulani herdsmen A pastor, identified as Segun Adegboyega, has been reportedly killed by people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen on his farm in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. It was gathered that the incident happened yesterday on the deceased’s farm located at Gege village on Ogbomoso-Iseyin Road, reports The PUNCH. Investigation further revealed that t...
•Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed two traditional rulers travelling through a community in Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State. It was gathered that the two traditional rulers, the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olushola, were ambushed and kille...
•Tinubu Appalled by the worsening insecurity and ongoing kidnapping epidemic in the country, a coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) under the auspices of the Civil Society Joint Action Group has called on President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency on the current security situation in the country, claiming at least 2,423 p...
•Oluomo The impeached Speaker of the Ogun House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo, alongside two other principal career officers of the assembly, Dayo Samuel and Adeyemo Adedeji, were today arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, the capital of the state. Oluomo and the duo were dragged before the court by the [&hellip...
Operatives of Imo State Police Command today raided a suspected hideout of kidnappers, situated at Okohia Forest in Owerri West council area of the state. The police during the raid arrested seven suspected members of the kidnappers gang as well as recovered four decomposing corpses, suspected to be that of their victims, reports The Guardian....
•IGP Olukayode Egbetokun Commanders of the newly launched Special Intervention Squad (SIS) by the Nigerian Police Force to curb kidnapping in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are currently undergoing a training program in Abuja. The programme organised by the Nigerian Police Force and Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Af...
•Cletus Ibeto The ongoing trial of the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, over alleged N4.8 billion fraud amongst other offences before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja was yesterday stalled due to the return of the case file by the trial judge, Justice Ismail Ijelu to the Chief Judge of […]
In a bid to combat the rising cases of insecurity in the South-West states, the six governors in the region have commenced discussions with President Bola Tinubu-led federal government on the need for the Amotekun corps to be allowed to carry sophisticated arms. The Ekiti State governor, Biodun Oyebanji, who disclosed this yesterday during a [...
•Philip Aivoj The Ogun State police command has confirmed the release of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Lagos State, Philip Aivoj, after spending four days with his kidnappers. According to a police spokesperson in the state command, Omolola Odutola, the PDP chieftain was freed in the early hours today, although she could not ...
An undergraduate of the Ogun State-owned University of Education, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode in Ogun State, Abdul-Azeez Ibrahim, has been arrested by the State police command for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism. Abdul-Azeez, arrested on Saturday in Ijebu Ode, is said to be the hit man and armourer for...
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