By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal Months of relentless military operations appear to be taking a toll on insurgent groups operating in Nigeria’s North-East. The Nigerian Army says another key member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) has voluntarily surrendered. This time, not just any fighter, but a man believed to have managed the group’s…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal What looked like an ordinary shipment of Nigerian food items headed for the United Kingdom turned out to be something else entirely. Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) say they uncovered more than three kilograms of cocaine concealed inside cartons packaged as foodstuffs, setting off an investigation that…
It started on April 22, 2022. A normal day. Then Omoboade Adesina, a staff member of the National Youth Service Corps in Ekiti State, was taken. Four years later, a courtroom went silent. On Thursday, an Ekiti State High Court sentenced two men — Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar — to death by hanging for…
By: Oluwaseun M. Lawal It was a quiet Saturday night in Surulere. Then the tip-off came in. By the time operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit moved in, an unregistered MAN diesel truck was already loaded and ready to go. Inside it? Sacks. Dozens of them. Stuffed with military camouflage uniforms. By…
