Armed men suspected to be kidnappers have killed a man and abducted a businesswoman in Ayede Ogbese, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, The Nation has learnt. The victim, identified as Okudili Okoro, 34, was shot dead on Thursday night when the attackers stormed the community to abduct Mrs Orogun, a popular provisions store owner. According to local sources, the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. when the assailants, numbering about ten, arrived in two unregistered vehicles and began shooting sporadically before seizing their target. “It was a sad incident. They came in two vehicles to kidnap two women…
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Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have dislodged armed herders during a routine patrol in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State, recovering an AK-47 rifle and ammunition. Acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, in a statement on Friday in Makurdi, said the operation took place on Wednesday around Mbakyior Outpost and Agidi community. According to him, the troops encountered the armed herders at a suspected crossing point in Mbakyior. Upon sighting the soldiers, the suspects fled, opening fire in an attempt to resist interception. “In a swift and coordinated response, our troops returned fire, forcing…
The Kano State Police Command has assured residents of adequate security during Saturday’s by-elections in Bagwai/Shanono and Ghari/Tsanyawa constituencies. Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that security agencies were working jointly to ensure a peaceful exercise. Bakori said clear operational orders had been issued to officers deployed to all polling units in the affected local government areas, with sufficient armed personnel mobilised to provide security before, during, and after the polls. “We will maintain a visible presence at polling units to safeguard voters’ rights and prevent intimidation. Thuggery, violence, or any act capable…
Dangote Cement Plc has pledged full support for Ruth Otabor, sister of Big Brother Naija Season 7 winner, Josephina “Phyna” Otabor, after she was involved in a serious accident with one of the company’s trucks in Auchi, Edo State. The incident occurred on Wednesday, barely a week after Ms Otabor graduated from Auchi Polytechnic. Eyewitnesses said the truck ran over her leg before it was stopped by a bystander. She later underwent an amputation due to the severity of her injuries. According to witnesses, the truck driver attempted to flee but was apprehended. It remains unclear whether the victim was…
Senator representing Sokoto South, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, was on Thursday greeted by cheering crowds in Sokoto following his recent interrogation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Videos posted on his official X (formerly Twitter) account showed residents lining the streets to welcome the former Sokoto State governor as his convoy entered the city. In an accompanying message, Tambuwal expressed gratitude for the reception, describing it as an honour he would “never take for granted.” The senator had honoured an EFCC invitation on Monday and was questioned over alleged fraudulent cash withdrawals amounting to N189 billion. He was released…
A young boy has been killed by suspected kidnappers in Anambra State after allegedly refusing their demand to sexually assault his sister. Human rights activist Harrison Gwamnishu, who revealed the incident in a social media post, said the boy was abducted alongside his two sisters by armed men. The kidnappers, he claimed, subjected the children to severe abuse after their family failed to meet a ransom demand. According to Gwamnishu, the abductors ordered the boy to violate one of his sisters, and when he resisted, they murdered him in retaliation. “This is more than a crime; it is a wake-up…
The Kaduna State Government has rejected allegations by a coalition of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Social Democratic Party (SDP) that it is plotting to rig Saturday’s bye-elections, describing the claims as “baseless” and “a desperate bid to pre-empt defeat.” The coalition, led by ADC National Vice Chairman (Northwest) Jafaru Sani, had accused Governor Uba Sani’s administration of recruiting thugs, bribing electoral officials, and engaging in large-scale vote buying to influence the Chikun/Kajuru Federal Constituency and state constituency polls in Zaria and Sabon-Gari. It also alleged that senior officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were being offered…
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced two men, David Friday and Innocent Victor, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of armed robbery, conspiracy and impersonating security personnel. Justice W.R. Olamide, delivering judgment, held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, establishing that Friday, a serving police officer attached to Olofin Police Station, Idanre, and Victor, who falsely claimed to be a soldier, carried out a series of violent robberies in Idanre on January 15, 2021. According to court testimony, the pair dressed in police and military uniforms accosted multiple victims at…
Former Sokoto State governor and serving senator, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has vowed not to be silenced by what he described as “intimidation and blackmail” following his detention by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N189 billion fraud. Tambuwal, who was questioned by the EFCC and held overnight before being granted administrative bail, returned to Sokoto on Thursday to a rousing welcome from thousands of supporters. Addressing the crowd at his residence, he pledged to continue advocating for “equitable and democratic governance” in the state. “I cannot be intimidated or blackmailed. I believe I shall be vindicated, and…
Lebanese authorities have arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly smuggling cocaine capsules worth more than $500,000 into the country. The suspects, identified only as R.A. (born 1996) and L.N. (born 1977), were apprehended in July by the Central Bureau for Drug Control after allegedly swallowing 156 capsules of the narcotic, weighing about three kilograms. According to Lebanese news outlet L’Orient Today, the pair arrived at Beirut’s international airport at dawn on July 24, travelling from Nigeria via Ethiopia. They allegedly proceeded to a hotel in the Kesrouan district, north of Beirut, to extract the drugs and deliver them to a…