The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with an alleged ₦33m visa scam and launched a manhunt for a third accomplice said to be on the run. The arrests followed a petition filed by Legal Komfort & Associates on behalf of Mr Adeyeye Aderemi of Idanre, who alleged that the suspects duped him under the guise of processing a United Kingdom visa for his son. According to the complaint, the alleged mastermind, identified as Bunmi Olowookere, reportedly conspired with others to obtain ₦33m from Aderemi in January 2025, but failed to deliver on the agreement. Police…
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A commercial motorcyclist and his passenger have been crushed to death by a petrol tanker at Pokia Junction, inward Araga, along the Epe Ijebu corridor of Lagos State. The fatal crash occurred on Monday and followed a wrong way movement by the rider, according to findings by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority. A statement issued by the agency’s Public Affairs Director, Adebayo Taofiq, said the Okada rider, who was conveying a male passenger, rode against traffic and ran into an oncoming tanker that was travelling at high speed. The impact reportedly killed both men instantly. Taofiq said LASTMA officials…
Suspected fighters loyal to notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji have raided Gajit community in the Lajinge axis of Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State, abducting about 20 residents. Security analyst Bakatsine disclosed the attack in a post on X on Wednesday, noting that the armed group stormed the village late on Tuesday. He said the bandits shot sporadically, leaving two residents injured before whisking away their victims, made up of men and women. “Last night, bandits loyal to Bello Turji attacked the Gajit community in Lajinge District, Sabon Birni. The raid resulted in injuries to two people, and…
The Anambra State Police Command has taken into custody a masquerade alleged to have assaulted residents during a funeral in the Awgbu community, Orumba North Local Government Area. Spokesman for the command SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Monday, warning that the police would not watch while individuals hide under cultural traditions to harass citizens. Ikenga said the suspect was captured after a viral video showed the masquerade chasing and attacking mourners during the burial, an act the command described as unlawful and disruptive. “The command has arrested the masquerade involved in the unprovoked attacks that caused…
The Edo State Police Command has uncovered a staged kidnap in Ekpoma that forced a man to sell his belongings to raise ransom for a brother who was never abducted. Police spokesperson SP Eno Ikoedem, in a statement on Friday, said the drama began on January 10 when the command received a report that Idris Isiaka, a vulcanizer based at Balogun Street in Emaudo, had been kidnapped. According to Ikoedem, Isiaka conspired with two others to fake his disappearance and push the story through a blogger, claiming his captors demanded twelve million naira. The statement revealed that the suspects reached…
In a bid to end decades of recurring faceoffs in the nations university system the Federal Government on Wednesday formally signed a revised agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The signing ceremony in Abuja capped a renegotiation process that first kicked off in 2017 to overhaul the 2009 FG ASUU agreement originally scheduled for review in 2012 but stalled for more than a decade. Multiple government panels led by Wale Babalakin Munzali Jibrin and Nimi Briggs had previously attempted to conclude the process without success. However the impasse was finally broken following the inauguration of a new committee…
The Oyo State Police Command has taken a 35-year-old hunter, Waheed Rasaki, into custody for allegedly killing his colleague, Femi Oyedepo, during a hunting trip in Ibadan. Police spokesman, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement issued in Ibadan on Wednesday, noting that the shooting occurred on Tuesday, January 7, in the Oretan Ijaiye axis of Moniya, Akinyele Local Government Area. According to Ayanlade, Rasaki reported himself to the Moniya Divisional Police Headquarters shortly after the incident, claiming the gun discharged accidentally during the expedition. He said, “At about 21:20hrs, the suspect walked into the station to report that around…
Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, the oldest institution of higher learning in Ondo State, is begging for sustaining aid to enable the institution to justify the dreams of its founding father, late Chief Adekunle Ajasin. It is lamentable that today the age-long institution is administered without recourse to its edict. This vice has brought serious damage to the visionary dream of the late sage. For instance, today it is the only institution in the Sunshine State where all its management staff are in acting positions, contrary to the edict. The Rector has been in acting capacity for almost three years and…
A midnight blaze on Tuesday razed the RSK Adebowale Multipurpose Filling Station in the Ofiki neighbourhood of Saki, Oyo State, destroying a petrol-laden tanker, a motorcycle and multiple fuel pumps. Chairman of the Oyo State Fire Services Agency, Moroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to him, firefighters swung into action after receiving a distress call from Alhaji Mufutau Badmus, Chairman of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria in Saki. Akinwande disclosed that the response team, led by Kolade Taiwo, arrived at the facility to find the station engulfed in flames, including a DAF…
Nigeria’s gospel community has been thrown into mourning following the death of popular singer, Bunmi Akinnaanu, widely known as Omije Ojumi. Akinnaanu’s passing was confirmed on Tuesday through a statement posted on Instagram by fellow gospel musician, Ayo Melody, who issued the announcement on behalf of the family. The brief release, shared with a photograph and tribute video, disclosed that the evangelist breathed her last on January 12, 2026, at a hospital in Lagos. Part of the message read, “With great sadness, we announce the passing of Evangelist Olubunmi Akinnaanu Adeoye, Omije Ojumi, who departed on January 12, 2026, at…