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Following credible information from a kidnapped victim who escaped from captivity and intelligence provided by members of the public, the Kaduna State Police Command said it has arrested six suspected kidnappers in the state. In a statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, the command said its operatives also dismantled a suspected kidnappers’ hideout in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the statement, the escaped victim reported his abduction to the police on Tuesday and identified a house belonging to one Ja’e Samalu, 65, of Dogon Pako Village, Ikara, as the location where…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that out of the total 2,339,233 registered voters in Osun State, 1,906,390 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, have been collected by eligible voters across the state. In a statement signed by the National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Kudu Haruna, on Thursday, the commission said details of PVC collection in each polling unit had been made available to the public. “A table of the PVCs collected, polling unit by polling unit, has been published on the Commission’s website,” Haruna said. According to the commission, “the number of…
Assistant Comptroller-General of Customs, ACG, and Zonal Coordinator for Zone ‘B’, Nsikan Patrick Umoh, has charged officers of the Kwara State command to maintain high professionalim in the discharge of their duties. Umoh, gave the charge during an official oversight visit to the command’s headquarters in Ilorin, Kwara State, as part of her ongoing tour of operational commands within Zone ‘B’. Addressing officers and men of the Command, the Zonal Coordinator revealed that since assuming office, her headquarters had not received a single adverse report against the Kwara Area Command. She noted that this clean operational record reflects the high…
More Nigerian filling stations have reduced their Premium Motor Spirit, PMS pump prices to remain competitive amid falling petrol prices across Nigeria. Checks on Wednesday morning showed that Ranoil, Nigerian Independent Petroleum Company, NIPCO, Empire Filling Stations and others had reduced their fuel prices to between N1,275 and N1,299 per litre from N1,300 and N1,310 in Abuja and its environs. This means that the filling stations further slashed their petrol prices by between N11 and N25 per litre. This comes two days after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, AA Rano and other filling stations reviewed their pump prices.…
Presidential Candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) and Governor of Oyo State, Engr Seyi Makinde, on Thursday announced former Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Lawal Musa Daura, as his running mate for the 2027 presidential election. Makinde made the announcement at the elective National Convention of the APM held at the Rilwanu Adamu Square, Government House, Bauchi, where he also declared that the task before the opposition ahead of the 2027 general election was bigger than merely winning power. He said the central challenge was to give Nigerians a genuine choice about the future of the…
Seven miners have been killed after a mining pit collapsed at Kassa community in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Eyewitnesses said that several miners were also injured in the incident. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening while the victims were carrying out mining activities at the site. A resident of the community, Albert Danlami, said the incident occurred at about 7pm, when the pit suddenly collapsed on the miners, describing the incident as devastating. Danlami said the victims were trapped underground following the collapse, prompting residents and other miners to commence efforts to recover their corpses. According…
The 2027 Social Democratic Party, SDP, presidential candidate, Adewole Adebayo, has alleged that law enforcement is being politicised in the August 15, 2026, governorship election in Osun State. Adebayo made the allegation on Thursday during a live interview on Arise Television’s Morning Show. He expressed concerns about the integrity of elections in Nigeria, pointing to the occurrence of violence in Osun State ahead of the polls. “The lesson we can learn is that 2027 should not be like the Osun election because, if it is, we are starting on the wrong foot. Already in Osun, violence has occurred. Already in…
The kidnappers of the chairman of Jezco Group, Chief Sir Joseph Ezeokafor, have reportedly demanded a N1.5 billion ransom for his release. The abductors had initially asked the family to pay N700 million. A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed this, saying the kidnappers had established contact with the family. According to the source, the kidnappers initially demanded N700 million, a figure that the victim’s family reportedly accepted as part of efforts to secure their father’s release. The kidnappers, however, were said to have subsequently raised their demand to N1.5 billion. The source said the family had remained…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun state has alleged that Dele Ayegbo, nephew of Wole Oke, the party’s campaign director-general for the state, has been shot dead. A statement on Thursday by Kola Olabisi, spokesperson for Osun APC, said Ayegbo was killed in Esa-Oke, Obokun LGA of the state, on Wednesday night. Olabisi alleged that Ayegbo was assassinated at a junction close to his house in the Idofin area of the town by suspected hoodlums who rode in a car. “The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the killing of the party’s governorship campaign…
Nigerian Afrobeat star, David Adeleke, who is widely known as Davido, has reacted to the arrival of the All Progressives Congress, APC, stalwarts in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, for the party’s governorship campaign mega rally. The Senate President Godswill Akpabio, National Chairman of the APC, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda and about the governors, who are members of the ruling party, are currently in Osun to participate in the rally ahead of the Saturday election. The APC leaders have vowed to ensure that the ruling party wins the Saturday polls. It was gathered that some of the governors, including Hope Uzodimma…