A farmer identified as Sunday Ayeni has been killed on his farm located at Uba Oka Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. It was gathered that the lifeless body of the deceased was found on the farm with machete cuts on his body. The incident came a few days after the late farmer received compensation for his farm that was destroyed by cows of some herdsmen in the area....
No fewer than three persons have been reportedly abducted along the Nkpologwu-Akpo Road, Nkpologwu, in Aguata Local Government Area of the Anambra State by unidentified assailants. Although the details of the incident remain sketchy, it was gathered that the armed assailants kidnapped the three men at different locations in the community early Sunday. The kidnap is said to be coming after some gunmen attacked a police checkpoint at the Omata junction along the Nnewi Oba...
A fire has engulfed the store of global electronics maker LG at Abule Osun, Trade Fair, Lagos State. The incident, which occurred around midnight on Sunday, destroyed goods worth millions of naira. This was revealed in a statement released by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency through its Head of Public Affairs Unit, Nosa Okunbor. He stated that the agency received distress calls through its toll-free emergency lines at 12:15 am, with fire officials arriving...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, in a nationwide operation, seized multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy-duty automobile pivot shafts, Ghanaian fabric, Kente, and other items. This was made known in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agency’s website on Sunday. Suspect The agency disclosed that it also intercepted 2.32kg of cocaine at a courier firm in Lagos, and recovered 10.494kg of cocaine...
Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and Convener of the #RevolutionNow Movement, has announced that organisers of the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protests will take legal action against the Nigerian government. This decision comes after peaceful protesters faced attacks, killings, arrests, and detentions by police and other security agencies during the 10-day nationwide demonstration against hunger, hardship, and bad governance under President Bola Tinubu’s administration. In an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Sowore, a former presidential candidate of the Africa...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have countered attempts by drug cartels to capitalise on recent protests to expand their activities. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in videos shared on X.com on Sunday. According to Babafemi, the cartels had planned to take advantage of the protests to move their “markets” across land, sea, and air. However, NDLEA operatives, armed with personnel, intelligence, cutting-edge technology, and sniffer dogs,...
Nigeria’s high-rated athlete and world record holder, Tobi Amusan on Friday failed to qualify for the final of the 100m hurdles event in the ongoing 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France. President Bola Tinubu’s administration has expressed disappointment and concern over Team Nigeria’s failure to secure a single medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, prompting calls for reforms to improve sports administration in the country. In a statement released on his official X page...
The African Action Congress (AAC), Ogun State Chapter has accused the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) of extortion following the introduction of the payment of candidate nomination fee by the political party. The Chairman of the electoral body after a stakeholders’ meeting on Thursday in Abeokuta announced that political party candidates would pay the sum of N250,000 for chairmanship candidates. Male councillorship candidates are expected to pay N150,000 while female councillorship candidates are...
The chairman of the Ikeja Tricycle Riders Association, Oladimeji Ahmed, 48, is currently in police custody following a violent altercation with a police officer. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a post on X.com on Saturday. Retweeting the video of the altercation, Hundeyin wrote, “Oladimeji Ahmed, aged 48, Ikeja Chairman of Tricycle Riders Association, has been arrested for serious assault on a police officer. “Ahmed assaulted an Inspector...
Some suspected cultists on Friday night reportedly killed one 48-year-old PoS operator, Fatai Kehinde under the Kuto bridge, Abeokuta. The PoS operator popularly called Faithy and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Abeokuta was said to have been killed by assailants who chased him from his shop inside Kuto market to under bridge. The killing is said to be coming on the heels of the murder of another young man said to be a...
