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The identities of the 177 worshippers abducted from the ECWA Church and the Cherubim and Seraphim 1 and 2 churches in the Kurmin Wali community of Kajuru County, Kaduna State, have been released. This underscores the scale of the weekend attack and its devastating impact on the community. The victims were abducted on Sunday during a church service when armed assailants stormed the premises, opened fire indiscriminately, and forced worshippers […]

Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has called on the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, and the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, to work together to tackle insecurity in the South West and promote regional development. Igboho made the appeal amid the ongoing disagreement over the rotational chairmanship of the Oyo State Council of Obas between the two monarchs. His call also came as […]

The Kwara State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, following unrest on campus linked to the use of the institution as a temporary orientation camp for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The directive was issued by Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq as tensions escalated and security agencies intervened to prevent a breakdown of law and order. In a statement signed by the Acting Registrar, AbdulHafis Aminl, […]

Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has criticised delays in passport processing and warned immigration officials against collecting illegal charges during an unannounced inspection of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) passport office in Gwagwalada, Abuja. The minister stressed that Nigerians must not be made to pay any amount beyond officially approved passport fees, warning that inefficiency and sharp practices in service delivery would no longer be tolerated. During the visit, Tunji-Ojo […]

Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London for a preliminary hearing in her corruption trial. Alison-Madueke, who served as Nigeria's Petroleum Minister from 2010 to 2015, was the first woman to hold that position in Nigeria and the first woman to head the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The case was heard by Judge Thornton on Monday. This marked the start of […]

Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has ordered the immediate closure of Kwara State Polytechnic Institute in Ilorin following disturbances related to the temporary relocation of the National Youth Corps (NYSC) orientation camp to the campus. The decision was announced Tuesday in Ilorin in a statement by the institute's acting director, Abdulhafiz Amin. He stated that the closure was for the safety of people and property within the school community. The state government […]

Yoruba nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has appealed to the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Abimbola Owoade, and the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja, to set aside differences and work together to tackle insecurity and promote development in the South West. Igboho said it was unnecessary for the two foremost Yoruba traditional rulers to expend energy on disputes over leadership positions, stressing that […]

The Oyo State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate allegations of financial inducement levelled against the Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin. The allegation was raised during plenary on Tuesday by Ibrahim Shittu, a lawmaker representing Saki West constituency. Adedoyin, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), represents Ogbomoso South, while Shittu belongs to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Speaker of the House, Adebowale […]

The driver charged in connection with the car crash that injured heavyweight boxing star Anthony Joshua and claimed the lives of two of his friends has appeared before a court in Ogun State. The defendant, 46-year-old Adeniyi Mobolaji Kayode, was driving Joshua and his associates, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, when their Lexus SUV collided with a stationary truck along a highway in the Sagamu area of the state. Ayodele […]

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by Senator Samuel Anyanwu, a factional National Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), seeking official recognition as the party’s scribe. Justice Mohammed Umar struck out the suit on Tuesday after it was established that Anyanwu’s tenure as PDP National Secretary expired in December 2025, thereby rendering the case academic. Anyanwu had instituted the suit against the Independent […]