By: Abudu Olalekan Out near Katsina State, armed men took a retired defence spokesman along with his wife. Troops confirm they’re moving fast to find them. This is the latest on the situation. A man who used to speak for Nigeria’s armed forces was taken by armed men. His wife too. The incident happened during…
By: Abudu Olalekan A 67-year-old Fulani leader in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, Abdullai Muhammadu, has denied involvement in recent kidnappings around the Ijebu axis, even after police said one of the bags used to deliver ransom was found in his kitchen. Muhammadu, who is the Seriki Fulani and leader of the Fulani community in Ijebu…
By: Abudu Olalekan Midway through the morning, sound spills across Ijebu-Ode when the Ojude Oba Festival kicks alive. Noise wraps around bright fabrics, old stories rising with every beat. Locals arrive alongside visitors drawn by what the day holds. Music pulses under hooves clattering in procession. Crowds shift in waves, cloth shimmering in sunlight. Memory…
By: Abudu Olalekan A father and his son are among five people taken into custody by the Ogun State Police Command. Weapons surfaced after targeted moves shaped by solid tips. Four guns were found through actions that unfolded in different parts of the state. Operations ran tight, guided by real-time information. The arrests came without…
By: Abudu Olalekan Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, says the rebuilt Rivers State Secretariat will be ready for use by the first quarter of 2027. That’s the timeline he’s putting on it. No long talk. He spoke on Monday after he went round the site again—those tall buildings in the Old GRA area of Port…
By: Abudu Olalekan NNPC isn’t backing down in its fight with Dangote Refinery over fuel imports. If anything, it’s digging in. In a filing at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited told the judge that petrol and other products coming out of Dangote’s refinery are being sold at “significantly…
