A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced four men to death by hanging for their roles in the deadly 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, bringing a major phase of the long-running terrorism trial to a decisive close. The judgment, delivered on Wednesday by Justice Emeka Nwite, followed months…
Fear and uncertainty gripped residents of Ibadan on Wednesday after gunmen reportedly abducted the younger sister of former Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, along with her twin sons in a brazen attack that has once again drawn attention to the worsening security situation in Oyo State. The victims were identified as Mrs. Olaide Busayo…
Residents of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, were thrown into panic after armed men suspected to be terrorists launched a daring attack on a Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) office in the city, overpowering security personnel and escaping with official firearms. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, has raised fresh concerns about the growing…
A traditional priest and self-acclaimed seer, HRM Augustine Bola Adegunloye, popularly known as Egbeji Ologun, stirred public debate after issuing a strong warning to former Lagos State Governor and then-national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his reported presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections. In a video that…
Teachers in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Tuesday joined their counterparts across Nigeria in a nationwide protest against the rising incidents of abduction of teachers and students, as well as the continued captivity of some teachers and pupils kidnapped in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The peaceful demonstration, organised by the…
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has emerged winner of the African Democratic Congress, ADC presidential primary election ahead of the 2027 general election after polling 1,846,370 votes. Atiku defeated former Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi, who secured 504,117 votes, and economist Mohammed Hayatu-Deen, who polled 177,120 votes in the exercise conducted across the 36 states…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of innocent people under the guise of religion or financial interest, stressing that no religion supports violence or the taking of innocent lives. Speaking during Eid prayers at the Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Obalende, Lagos, President Tinubu urged Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to embrace the true message of…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has formally affirmed Senator Sandy Onor as its presidential candidate for the 2027 general election. The affirmation took place at the party’s national convention in Abuja, where delegates from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory endorsed him as the party’s consensus candidate. In his acceptance speech, Onor said…
The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with the abduction of two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), while also dismissing reports of another mass kidnapping in parts of Ibadan as false and misleading. According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the elimination of a high-ranking official of the extremist organization known as Islamic State during a joint operation carried out by military units from both Nigeria and the United States in Nigeria. This is indeed a very important development in the fight against extremism in West Africa and elsewhere….
