Author: Akewushola Afeez

The Federal Government has concluded investigations into the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre in which 600 inmates escaped. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola stated this on Tuesday in Abuja at the fourth edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture. Aregbesola however said that details of the investigation would not be made public, “as it is still a security document”. The minister said some of the escapees had been recaptured and returned to the centre, while efforts were on to arrest other escapees. According to him, the greatest legacy of the Buhari…

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Monday in Lagos State, said that he would rather die than fail his supporters. Speaking at the Editors Forum, an initiative of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), Obi, disclosed that the right leadership would end most of Nigeria’s challenges by turning the nation from consumption to production. He said that the country was going through many challenges mainly because it was consuming instead of being a producing nation. According to him, if Nigeria is productive, three-quarters of its challenges can be solved. The former Anambra State governor mentioned the…

Gunmen on Monday kidnapped four persons including a nurse and principal along Oke Ako-Irele Road in the Ajoni Local Council Development Area of Ekiti State. It was gathered that the kidnappers waylaid the four persons and whisked them to the forest, leaving the principal’s vehicle on the road. Sources said the victims included the principal of a secondary school in the area, two teachers and a nurse with a primary health care centre, who were returning home at the close of work. A source said, “There is anger in the LCDA here. These kidnap incidents and attacks are worrisome. Nobody…

No fewer than 11 persons have reportedly died of food poisoning in Ikobi community, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. It was learnt that the victims lost their lives after consuming food that was contaminated with harmful chemical. According to the source in area, those who died from last Monday in the tragedy in a space of one week included Adi Ale, Ochefije Ojo, Maria Ojo, Aipu Ochefije and Aboyi Ochefije. Others are Mary Ochoyoda and Ehi Abu, Blessing Abu, Peace Ochoyoda, Ojochono Daniel and Favour Edoh. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed that while six…

Late Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University, Malete, KWASU, Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN, was buried in Ilorin on Monday. The late Professor of Law and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, died on Sunday night in a Lagos hospital after a brief illness at 51. He was buried at his father’s residence, No 6, Agba Dam Street, off Ahmadu Bello Way, GRA, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, at about 4:30 p.m. According to reports, the Muslim janazat prayer was led by the Chief Imam of Ilorin, Sheikh Mohammed Bashir, attended by a crowd of family members, associates, lawyers, judges and top…

The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi, has said that he will not give excuses or  blame the predecessors if elected in 2023 general elections. Speaking at the Editors Forum, an initiative of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE), on Monday in Lagos, Obi said that leaders are elected to solve problems and not to be looking at the past and blaming others. He said that he had studied the country, understood the yearnings of the people and was ready to be a problem solver. “Next year’s election will based on character, competence, capacity, and ability or…

Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped Richard Omosehin, a former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, in Ondo State. The Ondo State Police Command, confirmed the incident on Monday, saying that the incident was being investigated, while search efforts for the victim already started. It was gathered that Omosehin was abducted over the weekend at his home in Igbekebo, the headquarters of Ese Odo Local Government Area of the state. According to a source, the gunmen, who were six in number, arrived in the neighbourhood on a speed boat before going to the victim’s private residence and took off with hm…

The Police in Lagos State has arrested a gang of fraudsters after they followed their victim to the bank to withdraw N600, 000. Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin informed that the incident occured last Friday at about 3:50pm. The PRO said a cashier noticed a 64-year-old customer fidgety, receiving repeated calls and was in a hurry to withdraw N600,000. It was gathered the worker then asked what the problem was but the woman told her she would die if she talked. A team of officers from the Ogudu Division responded to a distress call and discovered three men waiting…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC in Jigawa State, has arrested a 75-year-old man, Musa Gambo, who allegedly raped his six-year-old great-grandniece. The spokesman of the Jigawa State NSCDC Command, Chief Superintendent of Corps (CSC) Adamu Shehu confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen. He said the suspect was arrested after a report by a social worker who got an emergency call from a family friend of the victim who claimed she caught the suspect red-handed when she paid a visit to the girl’s grandmother. Adamu said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at Gandun Sarki…

Gunmen reportedly struck at Oko-Olowo, a town in Ilorin, Kwara State capital in the early hours of Saturday, and abducted three persons including a Muslim cleric and his son. It was learnt that the victim is a young Islamic cleric identified as Alfa Sofiu Amolegbe, who was abducted alongside his son, Aliyu. Another sibling identified as Fasasi was shot and believed to be dead. Reacting to the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer Kwara State Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the abduction of the victims, adding that two suspects had been arrested in connection with the matter. “The command is…

The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution will, on Monday, arraign a 57-year-old medical doctor of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, for allegedly defiling his wife’s 15-year-old niece. This was contained in a letter of notification titled, ‘State of Lagos vs Dr Olufemi Olaleye,’ signed by the Principal State Counsel for the DPP, Mr Oluwagbenga Alagbe on Sunday in the state. Alagbe said that the arraignment would be before Justice Ramon Oshodi of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja. “Olaleye will be facing a two-count of defilement and sexual assault by penetration. “He must appear…

The Air Component of Operation Whirl Punch has destroyed about 10 camps and neutralized several bandits during air interdiction missions in three local government areas of Kaduna State. A statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna by the state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said the operations were conducted within a week. He said the hideout of a bandit, Alhaji Ganai, was struck and destroyed south of Kidandan in Giwa Local Government Area (LGA). “The bandit and several others were neutralized in the strike,” Aruwan said. He added that the hideout of another bandit, Ali Kawaje…

Terrorists were reportedly feasting as more kidnapped Kebbi students delivered babies, while others are pregnant. The terrorists have performed a naming ceremony for the baby delivered by a kidnapped student. The 16-year-old is one of the learners abducted from the Federal Government College (FGC) in Birnin Yauri. It was gathered that the young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released. On June 17, 2021, armed bandits invaded the boarding school, and took 100 students and eight teachers. A policeman was killed. PRNigeria was informed that a feast was held to celebrate the birth of the new…

The Ibagun Youth Forum has disassociated itself from a purported endorsements of some Candidates seeking elective positions. The leader of the Forum Mallam Sarafadeen Olawale described such actions as ‘uncalled for and capable of misleading the public’. The forum was reacting to the endorsement of some candidates by the Ibagun Security Committee. “Our community development is paramount and should not be politicized, because our teeming Youths are unemployed, lack of infrastructures and inability of Government to formulate pro peoples policies,” Sarafadeen Olawale said in a statement obtained by this medium. He thereafter warned those behind the endorsements to desist from…

The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Chieftain in Kwara State, Ambassador Abdulfatah Yahaya Seriki has declared his unalloyed support for the re-election of the incumbent governor of the State, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the much anticipated 2023 general elections. Businessman and politician, Seriki while speaking with the Association of Kwara Online Media Practitioners (ASKOMP) on Saturday in his Ilorin chalet office, said he has invested a lot in APC, insisting that he must ensure that Governor AbdulRazaq and other party candidates emerged victory at the 2023 polls. Seriki, who is also called Eleniyan by his supporters and admirers, noted that…

The Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 38-year old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the suspect, who killed his mother-in-law, killed the person who saw him perpetrating the act. “The suspect killed his mother-in-law, only to discover someone saw him committing the crime. “He quickly killed the man that saw him. “Preliminary investigation…

Osun Governor Gboyega Oyetola has insisted that he would reclaim his mandate at the governorship election petition tribunal. The All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain in Osun State maintained that he won the July 16 poll. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Ademola Adeleke the winner of the election when he polled 403,271 votes against 375,027 Oyetola’s votes. Oyetola and the APC are challenging results from 749 polling units in 10 LGAs over alleged electoral malpractices. While speaking on Saturday during the 31st Iragbiji day in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state, Oyetola expressed optimism that he would…

The Yobe State Police Command while acting on the warrant issued by Nguru Senior Magistrate Court, has arrested of Sadiya’s husband, Ibrahim Yunusa, for allegedly detaining and starving of his wife. “The motive of this act is not known, but police have arrested Mr Ibrahim Yunusa and handed him over to the magistrate court,” DSP Dungus confirmed. However, according to reports, Sadiya, a middle-aged housewife, who was detained and starved for a year by her husband in Nguru, Yobe State has reportedly died in hospital. It was gathered that Sadiya died on Saturday in Kano, while receiving medical attention at…

Three persons have been reportedly rescued by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara state Command, from kidnappers’ den in Ilorin, the state capital. It was learnt that the victims boarded a Keke Napep at Oja-Oba in Ilorin on November 9,2022 at about 7p.m, heading to Lanre-Gada in Ilorin metropolis. It was gathered that while the tricycle was in motion, a member of the gang allegedly brought out a gun and threatened to kill them if they raised the alarm. Instead of heading to Lanre-Gada, the driver of the Keke Napep diverted to another route…

The identity of the humanitarian worker gunned down in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State has been unveiled. According to reports, a soldier opened fire on a humanitarian worker, a pilot attached to the United Nations and his colleague. While three persons -two soldiers and a civilian – reportedly lost their lives, the pilot survived with injury. Alem Muluseta, an official of Medicine de Monde (DM), has been identified as the aid worker who lost her life in the incident. Little is known about the private life of the deceased but she was from Ethiopia. In a tribute, one…