The Kwara State Police Command has initiated an inquiry into the murder of a farmer, Abdulazeez Abubakar Abiodun, also known as Azeez Garba or “Kebe”, whose lifeless body was discovered on his cocoa estate in the state’s Isin Local Government Area. Garba was reportedly killed by unknown assailants on his field along the Owa-Onire axis, … Read more
The Zamfara State Hisbah Commission has detained a woman called Khadija Abdullah in Gusau’s Gadar Baga region on charges of witchcraft. According to a statement published on Tuesday by the commission’s Public Relations Officer, Umar Haruna Tsafe, the arrest came after community leaders accused the suspect of carrying out claimed spiritual rituals at her home, … Read more
Six persons died when a gas-laden truck exploded at an Army checkpoint on the Abuja-Lokoja Federal Highway in Kogi State. Zagazola Makama, a security analyst, detailed the incident in a post on X on Tuesday night. According to the post, the explosion occurred inside the authority of the Chikara Division, prompting a quick reaction from … Read more
During a joint security operation in Kebbi State’s Danko Wasagu Local Government Area, a member of the Yansakai vigilante group was slain, and four suspected bandits were neutralised. Zagazola Makama, a security analyst, detailed the incident in a post on X on Tuesday night. According to the post, the event began when a large group … Read more
Gunmen stormed Government Secondary School, GSS, Olowa in Kogi State’s Dekina Local Government Area on Tuesday, kidnapping the school principle, four pupils, and a National Examinations Council, NECO, ad hoc staff member while the NECO examination was in progress. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert who covers Lake Chad, reported on the development. According … Read more
Alhaji Sani Yellow, the notorious bandit lord, has disputed news of his death. A video posted on X on Wednesday by a user named Mobilisingnigerians showed Sani Yellow disputing accusations that he was murdered during a recent security raid in Zamfara State. According to a message that accompanied the video, news of his death were … Read more
Bola Oyebamiji, the governorship candidate of the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged the British High Commission and the international community to closely follow the August 15, 2026, governorship election, expressing worries about reported political violence and intimidation in the state. During a courtesy visit by a delegation from the British High Commission … Read more
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the transformation of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, into the Federal University of Mining, Engineering, and Technology, Nasarawa. According to the presidency, this is a significant boost for the country’s technical education sector and attempts to tap Nigeria’s massive solid mineral resources. The clearance was announced in a statement by … Read more
Mr. Ejike Ofoegbu Experience, a blogger who claims to be the publisher of Igbo Times Magazine and INews, has apologised for releasing a series of news articles disparaging Anambra State Governor Prof. Chukwuma Soludo and his son, Ozonna. The blogger had written four news pieces after a video of Ozonna went viral, showing him dancing … Read more
The Department of State Services, or DSS, has released Omoyele Sowore’s media aide, Zainab Sodiq, to the leadership of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria). Sodiq was arrested and jailed by the Department of State Services (DSS) because she possessed a drone. In a statement made on Saturday, Malam Ahmed Shekarau, Secretary of IPI Nigeria, … Read more