Saturday, August 22, 2026

Olumayowa Samuel

April 17, 2026

Transportation Crisis: OAU students end lecture boycott, academic activities resume

Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have ended their 72-hour lecture boycott over the institution’s inadequate transportation system.

OAU
April 16, 2026

Gunmen kidnap UTME candidates, others in Benue

Mr Emenari, however, said one of the victims eventually escaped from the kidnappers.

Unknown gunmen
April 16, 2026

Police extradite Nigerian fugitive to UK for alleged murder, drug trafficking

The extradition followed a formal request by UK authorities in September 2024 to locate, arrest, and extradite the fugitive.

Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi
April 16, 2026

Delta police officers caught extorting N51,000, using POS terminal inside station arrested: CP

Aina Adesola, the police commissioner in Delta, has ordered the detention of officers in Asaba who used a point-of-sale operator at the station to extort accused persons.

Delta police officer caught extorting civilians
April 15, 2026

Fishermen rescue man who jumped into Lagos lagoon from Third Mainland Bridge

The victim was later seen in the video in a canoe being paddled to shore by a fisherman.

LAGOS LAGOON
April 15, 2026

OAU students embark on three-day lecture boycott over transportation crisis

Mr Habeeb said, “The boycott started yesterday and it is in full effect.”

OAU gate
April 15, 2026

Police investigate Lagos hospital for trafficking as woman pregnant with twins gets one baby after childbirth

The Idimu area police command headquarters has launched an investigation into alleged child trafficking by Tiptop Solution Hospital in Ikotun, Lagos.

Tiptop Solution Hospital
April 14, 2026

Opposition figures sponsoring bandits, kidnappers in Nigeria because of 2027 elections: Akpabio

Mr Akpabio expressed optimism that things would normalise in two weeks after the polls.

Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs.
April 13, 2026

Ogun police nab two security guards for killing traveller in Ibafo

The CP warned against all forms of unlawful violence and reiterated the command’s zero tolerance for extrajudicial acts.

Police officers
April 13, 2026

Six men charged over £13.8 million cannabis haul at Birmingham Airport

The suspects allegedly attempted to import cannabis between June 1, 2024, and August 9, 2024. 

Birmingham Airport