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Land Dispute Intensifies: Harmony Gardens Threaten Legal Action Against Oba Sikiru Adetona Amid Allegations of Trespass and Conspiracy

By Yinka Amodu In an escalating legal saga, Harmony Gardens and Estate Development Ltd, has issued a pre-action notice to Oba Sikiru Adetona, the Awujale of Ijebu land, Ogun State, alongside Oba Kamarudeen Animashaun of Epe, Lagos State, and others. The notice serves as a stern warning against alleged continuous trespass, accusing the traditional rulers of using their influence with the Inspector General of Police… []

Abuja FHA Director, Aondo Ver Abducted By Suspected Bandits

– Aondo Ver By Adeola Idris  Suspected bandits have kidnapped a director at the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Aondo Ver. According to a source, the incident happened at Pambara New Extension, Bwari Central Area of FCT around 12:30 am on Thursday. Pambara New Extension is about 200 metres away from the military camp and checkpoint in Bwari. kidnappers were said to… []

Military Uncovers Five Million-litre Stolen Crude In Rivers

– Nigerian Army at work By Adeola Idris  An illegal refinery was uncovered along the Mirinwanyi channel of the Imo River in the Komkom area of the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state. The 6 Division, Nigerian Army, on Wednesday, said it uncovered this. They discovered a massive illegal refinery camp and seized five million litres of stolen crude oil stored in a reservoir… []

Ooni, Igboho, Condemn Killings In Ekiti As Monarchs Threaten To Invoke Yoruba gods Against Perpetrators

– Ooni of Ife, Sunday Igboho  By Adeola Idris  Following the brutal killings of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State on Monday, Ekiti monarchs have threatened to invoke traditional methods including the Yoruba gods against kidnappers who are terrorising the state. The hoodlums, who hitherto operated in the North-West, have in the past weeks laid siege to the South-West where they have unleashed havoc on… []

Erukucity Produces A Brand New Police Commissioner

– CP Sunday Kayode  ~By Oluwaseun Fabiyi The popular exhortation that, whatever one finds doing, should be done with one’s entirety, has again proven to be rewarding; when judiciously adhered to. This is the case with DCP Sunday Olukayode, who was recently promoted to the rank of CP and subsequently deployed to Plateau State Command. The quintessential police chief, who hail from Eruku town, in… []

Compulsory Free Education For Out Of School Children: Falana Sues FCT, Education Ministers, AGF, 36 State Attorneys Generals

– Femi Falana By Adeola Idris  A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana and Hauwa Mustapha have sued the Attorney General of Federation, the education minister, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the Attorneys General of the 36 states of the Federation and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over the education of Nigeria child of school age. The suit filed by the duo on… []

Tragedy As 24-year-old Jamima Shettima Commits Suicide Over Failed Relationship

– Jamima Shetima Balami By Bunmi Onakan It was a big shocker to the whole Vinikilang (Hayin Gada) community in the Girei local government area of Adamawa State as Jamima Shetima Balami , a 24-year-old National Diploma II student of the Department of Mass Communication at the Federal Polytechnic Mubi in the State, has tragically taken her own life. The deceased, eye witness confirmed consumed… []

Fish Out Killers Of Ekiti Traditional Rulers -Oyebanji Gives Marching Order To Security Agents

– Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji By Adeola Idris Governor Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti has given the security agencies in the state a marching order to fish out the killers of two traditional rulers murdered on Monday by armed bandits. A source confirmed that the bandits, suspected to be herdsmen, had killed David Babatunde Ogunsakin, Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Olatunde Samuel Olushola, Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, after… []

Bandits Abduct Newly Married Couple In Zamfara

– File photo of bandits By Adeola Idris  A newly married couple has been abducted by bandits who stormed Madabanciya village in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Sunday night. An indigene of the area, Ibrahim Sani, while recounting what happened, said the bandits arrived in the village on foot around 11.45 pm on Sunday, leaving their motorcycles outside the village. According to… []

Islamic Leader Killed In Kaduna, Private Parts Removed

– File photo of gunmen By Adeola Idris  Peace has since vacated the once serene Awai village in Kaduna State’s Soba Local Council after the lifeless body of Malam Salisu Mai Almajirai was discovered on the side of the road, with his genitals severed. The event occurred over the weekend, around 24 hours before the victim’s wedding. Speaking to reporters about the tragedy, a local… []

Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger Quit ECOWAS Say Group Has Become A Threat To Member States And Populations

– ECOWAS Logo  By Adeola Idris and Mohammed Idris In a move that has sent shock waves across the sub-region, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger Republic, yesterday, pulled out of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), alleging that the group’s decisions are being influenced by foreign powers. In a joint statement, the three countries, currently led by military juntas, accused the regional bloc… []

Gunmen Kidnap Oyo Park Management Boss, Kuso

– File photo of gunmen By Adeola Idris  Chairman of Oyo State Tipper, Lorry and Quarry Park Management System, Akeem Akintola, popularly known as Kuso, has been kidnapped by gunmen. The abduction occurred in the early hours of Saturday, around Ajiboye area, Omi Apata, Ibadan, the state capital. According to a source, the attackers stormed Akintola’s residence and abducted him to an unknown destination. Multiple… []

How Ibadan Airport Incident Exposed Shocking Secret On Who Is Behind The Killing Of A Late Army General

– The private jet that crash-landed By Adeola Idris It’s no more news that a private jet with registration number, N580KR, crash-landed around 11 am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport in Ibadan. A source who spoke to Channels TV on the incident said the jet missed the runway Into the nearby bush, but there was no death or casualty recorded. Firefighters and rescue officials… []

No Casualties As Another Private Jet Overshoots Runway In Ibadan

– The private jet By Adeola Idris  After the November 2023 incident when a private jet, which was conveying the minister of power, Bayo Adelabu, from Abuja to Ibadan crash-landed at Ibadan Airport, another private jet skidded off the runway while landing at the same airport. No fewer than 10 persons escaped death on Friday as the private jet from Abuja overshot the runway while… []

Alleged Food Poisoning: Ogun Govt Reacts, Parents Blame Covenant University For Being Evasive

– Covenant University gate By Adeola Idris  More sources including students and parents have confirmed the news of alleged food poisoning on the campus of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, both the state government and the management of the institution have reacted. At the weekend, news of a possible outbreak of diarrhoea, vomiting, and fever, suspected to have been traced to food consumed by students,… []

Kidnapping: Wike Assures Abuja Residents Of Quick Action, Promises To Strengthen Vigilance Teams

– FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike By Adeola Idris  Speaking at a security town hall meeting with stakeholders and residents of Kwali Area Council at Kwali town, Abuja, yesterday, Minister of Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, has directed chairmen of the six area councils in the territory to strengthen the local vigilance teams in their areas by ensuring that their needs were adequately met…. []

Ibadan Explosion: We’ve Conducted Structural Integrity Test On 230 Houses- Makinde

– Gov. Seyi Makinde By Adeola Idris  Structural integrity tests have been conducted on no fewer than 230 houses possibly affected by the recent Ibadan explosion. The disclosure was made by the state governor, Seyi Makinde on Saturday following the explosion which occurred on Tuesday, killing five persons, injuring 77 and rendering thousands homeless in the state. Makinde disclosed these figures while speaking at the Nigerian Society of Engineers… []

EFCC Accuses Emefiele Of Forgery In Fresh Charges

– Emefiele during one of the court’s session By Adeola Idris Embattled former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, was on Friday arraigned at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on 20 count-charge bordering on corruption and forgery. Emefiele was first arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on six counts of N1.2bn procurement allegations. The EFCC… []

CJPAN Pays Abdul Imoyo Last Respect

– Late Abdul Kolawole Imoyo By Adegboyega Johnson  Body of Abdul Kolawole Imoyo, who until his death was the Media Manager at Access Bank was finally laid to rest on Thursday 18th January. Imoyo who was also the Publicity Secretary of Association of Corporate & Marketing Communications Professionals in Banks (ACAMB) passed away in the early hours of Sunday, December 17, 2023, at First Cardiology,… []

EFCC Chair, Olukoyede Vows To Fish Out Agency’s Investigators Who Take Bribe

– EFCC Chairman, Olanipekun Olukayode By Bunmi Onakan  In his New Year address to staff members of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on January 19, chairman of the anti-graft agency, Ola Olukoyede has alleged that some of the commission’s investigators are taking bribes, noting that he had a process in motion to fish them out. The EFCC… []