Friday, 21 August, 2026

Category: Crime


A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday sentenced to death four of the five terrorists that attacked the Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State. Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the maximum sentence shortly after convicting them in the Read more…


Gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday kidnapped a middle-aged woman, identified as the younger sister of the immediate past Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, and her twin children in the Elewura area of Challenge, Ibadan, in another wave Read more…


Former vice president, Atiku Abubakar, has raised the alarm over the worsening insecurity in the country, warning that no one is safe under the President Bola Tinubu’s administration. Reacting to the kidnap of the sister and twin nephews of former Read more…


Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Peter Obi, has expressed shock and sadness over the condition of abducted schoolchildren, urging their captors to release them immediately. Obi on his verified ‘X’ handle yesterday said he was “deeply shocked Read more…


The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if urgent action is not taken to secure the release of teachers and students abducted from schools in Oyo and Borno states. The union made the Read more…


Chuks Okocha, Olawale Ajimotokan, Sunday Aborisade, Linus Aleke, Juliet Akoje, Kuni Tyessi in Abuja, Hammed Shittu in Ilorin, Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo, James Sowole in Abeokuta, Laleye Dipo in Minna, Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan, Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti and Read more…


The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has traced the source of an alleged voter data leak to an internal user account and launched a comprehensive investigation into the incident, amid growing concerns over the security of electoral records. INEC disclosed Read more…


Two policemen have been feared killed after suspected hoodlums attacked the convoy of the Chief of Staff to Anambra State Governor, Dr. Ben Nwankwo, along the Amansea–Ufuma Road. The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Ikioye Orutugu, has issued a 48-hour Read more…


• Says Appeal Court ‘exparte order was unwarranted, uncalled for, frivolous and vexatious’ The Supreme Court has set aside an order of the Court of Appeal freezing the assets of Neconde Energy Limited, Nestoil Limited and two others, over an Read more…


For Mrs Funmilayo Ojo, each passing hour adds to her pains and worries. For the first time since the abduction in Oyo State, her voice was heard by the authorities. Standing among worried relatives at Ahoro-Esiele community in Oriire local Read more…


Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, calling for the immediate rescue of schoolchildren and teachers abducted in Ogbomoso amid growing concerns over insecurity in the state. The demonstrators, comprising members of Read more…


An SSS insider told this newspaper that the suspects were apprehended during coordinated intelligence-led operations that led to the recovery of 15 AK-103 rifles, 15 magazines and 1,434 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition. The State Security Services (SSS) has reportedly Read more…