A man identified as Iseleto has fled Osubi community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State after allegedly stabbing his 23-year-old son, Miracle, to death on Sunday. It was gathered that the incident was linked to a domestic dispute within the family. Sources said the deceased had rented a separate apartment for himself and his father’s wife in a bid to ease tension and restore peace in the household. The move, however, was said to have angered his father, who allegedly lured him into a nearby bush and stabbed him multiple times with a dagger. After the attack, the…
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A police officer serving in Borno State, Mohammad Muhammad, has been commended for returning ₦2.6m mistakenly credited to his bank account by a customer of a fintech company.
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has sacked the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambo Galadima, following a minor reshuffle of the State Executive Council. The decision was announced in a statement issued in the early hours of Monday by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mukhtar Gidado. According to the statement, the governor approved changes in the composition of his cabinet, leading to Galadima’s removal with immediate effect. “His Excellency, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, has approved a minor change in the composition of his cabinet,” the statement read.…
Ondo State Governor, Dr. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the appointment and confirmation of 32 officers as Permanent Secretaries in the state’s civil service. The announcement was made in a statement on Monday by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Prince Ebenezer Adeniyan. Among those confirmed and appointed are Mrs. Tayo Ogundare, Mrs. Morayo M. Bayo-Philip, Adeyemi Sule, Mrs. Olufunso Tunji-Omoniyi, Olanrewaju Abiodun, Tope Lebile, mni, Stephen R. Aworere, Omotayo Akeju, Olufemi Moyinolorun, Olakunle Ajibade, Mrs. Oluwakemi Akinyemi, Bamidele Daisi, Engr. Akinluyi Omotola, Olumide Kinga, Mrs. Ope Adetoye, Olusiji Olatunji, Mrs. Oluseyi Odusola, Mrs. Funke Adelayi, Dr. Akindele Ige, and Olanrewaju…
The All Progressives Congress has explained why Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is yet to be formally received into the party following his defection. Speaking on a television programme on Sunday, the APC National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, said the delay was deliberate and rooted in strategic considerations, particularly the need to manage regional and religious sensitivities. According to Yilwatda, the party opted to prioritise planned political activities in the northern part of the country ahead of similar engagements in the South. “We are preparing activities in Kano. In politics, we decided to clear the North first because Ramadan is…
No fewer than seven persons lost their lives, while 70 others sustained injuries in a lone road crash that occurred on personsalong the Hadejia Road axis of Kano State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the incident, which also left 28 passengers unhurt. In a statement issued in Kano, the Sector Commander, Idris Muhammed-Lawal, said the crash happened at about 8:35 a.m. at Kwanar Danja, involving a commercial DAF trailer conveying both passengers and goods. Muhammed-Lawal, who spoke through the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Labaran, said the FRSC received a distress call shortly after the crash and deployed a…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested three suspects linked to the abduction of a medical doctor, Abu Babatunde, and the killing of his younger brother. The command said the arrests were made following intelligence-driven operations aimed at dismantling kidnapping syndicates operating in Auchi and neighbouring communities. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Eno Ikoedem, said detectives had recorded significant progress in the ongoing investigation through sustained surveillance and coordinated field actions. According to the police, the first arrest was made on February 3, 2026, when operatives of the Auchi Division, working alongside local hunters…
Fresh tension enveloped the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday as rival camps loyal to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, prepared for a possible showdown at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja. The anxiety followed plans by a Wike-backed caretaker committee to reopen the PDP national headquarters at Wadata Plaza on Monday, with police support, a move that has heightened fears of renewed confrontation. Speaking after a closed-door meeting at the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission last Thursday, the National Secretary of the Wike-backed faction, Samuel Anyanwu, said the…
The Oyo State Police Command has intercepted a large consignment of suspected illicit drugs, including 101 wraps of Canadian loud and nine bags of dried leaves believed to be Indian hemp, during an operation in Ibadan. The seizure was made at an apartment located on Abanise Street, Academy area of Olomi, following actionable intelligence, the police said on Sunday. Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, said the apartment was allegedly being used as a storage facility for illegal drugs by a suspect identified as Oluwadamilare, who is currently on the run. Olayinka said detectives were…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of three young children by suspected kidnappers in Abakaliki, the state capital. The children were reportedly taken in the early hours of Saturday at Nkwegu, opposite the Nkwegu Military Cantonment gate, in Abakaliki Local Government Area. Confirming the incident on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Joshua Ukandu, said the victims included one male child aged two and two female children aged four and two respectively. “Yes, the command is aware of the incident. It occurred in the early hours of Saturday, February 7. “The suspects abducted…