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Bandits have killed two people and abducted 11 others during separate attacks on Taloka and Huda communities in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. A resident of Taloka told Daily Trust that dozens of bandits riding about 20 motorcycles invaded the community at around 12:30 am on Tuesday. He said residents were alerted by gunshots as the assailants stormed the village and went from house to house. He said the bandits first invaded a room where several youths usually sleep. Although the youths managed to escape, the attackers succeeded in abducting one of them. Zenith Bank Women’s Basketball…
Senator Francis Fadahunsi on Wednesday, August 12, 2026, visited the police station following an invitation from the Nigeria Police Force and subsequently addressed members of the press. The senator’s visit comes amid public attention surrounding a viral video in which he was alleged to have made controversial comments relating to members of the Accord Party. In a video shared on YouTube by Channels Television on Wednesday August 12, 2026, Fadahunsi explained that his decision to appear at the police station was based on his respect for the law and the need to understand why the police had requested his…
Seven days after the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating the alleged establishment and activities of the Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC) held its last public sitting, the panel is yet to make its findings public. The chairman of the committee, Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau), in a phone conversation with our correspondent, declined to comment on the progress of the investigation, saying doing so could undermine the process. Concerns continue to grow over the next step of the investigation, particularly after the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) concluded its own probe into the controversy…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has alleged a plan to arrest its National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. In a statement issued on Wednesday night, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Bolaji Abdullahi, said the ADC had received “credible reports” of plans to arrest the former Osun governor. Abdullahi said the party was concerned about the alleged plan given what it described as a pattern of intimidation and harassment targeting opposition figures. “Given the pattern of intimidation, harassment and misuse of state institutions that has increasingly characterised the conduct of this government towards the opposition,…
The Deputy Governorship Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Benjamin Adereti, has accused Governor Ademola Adeleke of being behind the alleged attacks and killings of members of the opposition party ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Adereti made the allegation during an interview on Beyond the Headlines with Nifemi Oguntoye on TVC News on Wednesday while reacting to concerns over rising political violence in the state ahead of the poll. He alleged that more than 40 APC members had been killed, insisting that the attacks could not simply be attributed to clashes between rival cult groups, as…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has directed operators in Nigeria’s capital market to immediately identify and freeze funds, assets and other economic resources linked to a Nigerian citizen and three Nigerian companies sanctioned by the United States Government for allegedly facilitating financial transactions connected to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and ISIS-West Africa. The directive, contained in a circular titled ‘Notice of Sanction’ posted on the commission’s website, requires all Capital Market Regulated Entities (CMREs) to freeze the assets of the designated individual and entities without prior notice and report the action to the Secretariat of…
The police in Osun State have summoned Francis Fadahunsi, the senator representing Osun East, over the comments he made during a rally asking supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to “kill” members of the rival Accord Party ahead of Saturday’s governorship election. Mr Fadahunsi during a protest at the palace of the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland in Ilesa over alleged incessant killings of the APC members in Ijesaland, directed party members to retaliate by the kill with the rival part Accord. In the video which circulated online, the senator, who was accompanied by other All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders,…
Ten police officers and two civilians were killed on Monday at a battle with suspected bandits along the Rafin Makuku axis of Sakaba Area of Kebbi State, the police have said. Two other officers were injured in the confrontation, while the police said at least 17 suspected bandits were killed. he encounter occurred at about 9:25 a.m. on 10 August after the police intercepted the armed group moving between Zamfara and Kebbi states. “Several of the attackers were neutralised, with at least 17 suspected bandits so far assessed to have been neutralised,” Mr Usman said. He added that four motorcycles…
Governor Ademola Adeleke has expressed concerns over a viral video allegedly showing Senator Francis Fadahunsi calling for the killing of Accord leaders and their family members. Governor Adeleke raised the alarm on Tuesday during an emergency press briefing organised to report on developments on the state’s political landscape. The governor said the alleged remarks had gone beyond political contestation and should be treated as a national security matter requiring the attention of President Bola Tinubu through the Office of the National Security Adviser. “This is now beyond politics. This is now a national security threat. I have demanded the immediate…
Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo, says he won’t be a political godfather to Bimbo Adekanmbi, his preferred successor and the governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the 2027 election. In May, Makinde declared Adekanmbi as his anointed candidate for the Oyo governorship seat, urging the former commissioner for finance to build on the good works of his eight-year administration in the state. Speaking on Monday during a luncheon held for members of the Muslim community at the Banquet Hall of the government house in Ibadan, the APM presidential candidate said he would not interfere in the governance…