There was mild drama on Wednesday at the Isale-Oko area of Sagamu, Ogun State, after two inmates attempted to escape following a court proceeding. PUNCH Metrolearnt exclusively on Sunday from a source in the area, who requested anonymity, that the incident had occurred while officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service were attempting to return the inmates to custody. The source noted that two of the inmates had fled before the NCoS officers gave a hot chase. The source added that the officers had arrested one at the spot and the other later that day. The source said, “A mild drama…
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Nigeria’s female youth national team, Falconets’ captain, Joy Igbokwe has revealed steps being taken by all players in the squad to ensure they beat Rwanda again this Saturday, in the second leg of their FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup qualifier. Sports247 reports that the Falconets won the first leg 1-0 away in Kigali on Sunday, courtesy of a 70th minute goal by Alaba Olabiyi, but Igbokwe assured that she and her colleagues will not rest on their oars ahead of the upcoming reverse fixture in Ibadan. Both sides will lock horns again this Saturday at Lekan Salami Stadium in Adamasingba…
A businesswoman, Ebere Theresa Okolonkwo, was on September 14 taken into custody after Aviation Security Officers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in collaboration with National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives attached to the screening point of Terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, arrested her for concealing illicit drug in her underwear while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Doha, Qatar. After a thorough search, two big parcels of white crystalline substance that later tested positive to methamphetamine with a gross weight of 1.40 kilograms were recovered from her butt pad underwear.…
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has urged the Federal Government to publish a full list of beneficiaries and provide a detailed breakdown of the N330bn reportedly disbursed to poor Nigerians through the National Social Safety-net Coordinating Office. The call followed a recent disclosure by the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, who announced that the Federal Government had begun cash transfers funded by an $800m World Bank facility to cushion the effects of economic hardship. In a statement on Sunday signed by HEDA Chairman, Olanrewaju Suraju, the group acknowledged the…
Oyo State House of Assembly has passed a vote of confidence on the Executive Governor of the state, Engineer Seyi Makinde. The lawmakers also expressed the same confidence in the Speaker of the House, Mr Adebo Ogundoyin, and the leadership of the House. The decision was made during plenary at the resumption of recess of the House. In his contribution, Mr. Olatunde Kehinde, representing Akinyele State Constituency 2, highlighted the governor’s recent rollout of strategic road projects across Oyo State. He emphasized that a significant portion of the recently approved N300 billion facility will fund the rehabilitation and reconstruction of…
The Osun State House of Assembly Quarters have been deserted by lawmakers as the ongoing renovation on the buildings remain uncompleted two years after its commencement. According to information gathered by OSUN DEFENDER, the renovation work commenced in 2023, shortly after the resumption of the 8th Assembly, and was halted in 2024. The medium visited the project site on Wednesday and observed that the place has been deserted with no activities in sight and security workers manning the entrance of the quarters. Also, there was no signpost indicating details of the contractor handling the work. OSUN DEFENDER learnt that a…
Armed men believed to be herdsmen and bandits have carried out a deadly ambush on a combined squad of security operatives in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State, leaving multiple casualties and several officers missing. According to intelligence obtained by Zagazola Makama, the attack took place on September 19 at Agu Centre. Sources said the joint patrol comprising personnel of Operation Anyam Nyor, Operation Zenda, the Special Intervention Squad (SIS), and civil protection guards ran into a well-planned ambush. The assailants, reportedly wielding rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and other heavy weapons, engaged the security team in a fierce gunfight. The…
The Executive Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area, Hon. Jonathan Modi, has expressed sorrow over the killing of security personnel who were ambushed during a joint clearance operation in Katsina-Ala, Benue State. In a condolence message issued on Sunday, September 21, 2025, the chairman sympathized with the Nigerian Police Force, the Civil Protection Guards, and the Nigerian Hunters Council following the tragic loss of their men. DALY POST reported that officers attached to Operation Anyam Nyor were attacked on Friday by suspected herders and militia groups in Mbatyula, Agu Centre, Katsina-Ala LGA. Reports indicate that about 13 officers remain missing,…
The Senior Special Assistant on Humanitarian Services to Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State, Muhammed Egye Osolafia, who is popularly known as Deedat, has allegedly been kidnapped by gunmen. The governor’s aide, Osolafia, was said to have been kidnapped upon arriving at his residence in Tudun Amba area of Lafia, the state capital, on Saturday night. The gunmen were said to have reportedly arrived in the area, shooting sporadically into the air to put fear in residents nearby before heading straight for their target. Mr. Peter Ahemba, who is the Senior Special Adviser to Governor Sule on Public Affairs, confirmed…
Anambra State Governor, Chukwuma Soludo, says he will hand over power to a governor from Anambra Central Senatorial District at the end of his tenure. This was as he stressed that zoning of the governorship seat among the three senatorial districts has become an established practice in the state. Soludo stated this during an endorsement rally for his re-election bid and the return of Ifeanyi Ibezi, a former member of the House of Representatives, to the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, at Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area. According to him, the zoning arrangement, which began with Anambra North, was…
Some parts of Kaduna state have been thrown into darkness after the collapse of a major electricity transmission line belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN. In a statement by the TCN’s spokesman, Ndidi Mbah, the incident occurred at Tower Number 7 along the Kaduna Town Lines One and Two in the Rigasa area of Igabi Local Government. Mbah stated that the collapse, which happened after a heavy downpour and windstorm, was further worsened by acts of vandalism, as critical structural members of the tower were discovered to have been removed. According to him, as a result, bulk power…
The founder of PRNigeria, Malam Yushau A. Shuaib, has dragged the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State, before the Federal High Court in Abuja, challenging his withdrawal from the Senior Executive Course (SEC) 47 of the Institute. In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1329/2025, Shuaib, a renowned public relations expert, is demanding ₦1 billion in general, special, and aggravated damages against NIPSS over alleged emotional trauma and reputational damage. He is also seeking an additional ₦100 million as litigation costs, having issued a pre-action notice on June 16, 2025, to the Institute’s Director-General, Professor Ayo Omotayo, which…
The Presidency has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu stepped into Kaduna State despite it being referred to as a “no-go area.” Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, said Tinubu went to Kaduna amid claims that the North hated him and that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would not vote for him in 2027. The President had traveled to Kaduna on a one-day working visit where he attended a wedding ceremony and visited the widow of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, Aisha, in her residence. However, Dare said Tinubu stepped into Kaduna despite it being the…
The Crisis Management Committee of the Mbume bloc of clans in Etung Local Government Area, Cross River State, has called for the immediate reinstatement of the suspended Paramount Ruler, HRM Ntufam Dr. Emmanuel Oru-Ojong. Chairman of the committee, Ntufam Odu Ndep Moses, made the demand in Calabar, stressing that the lingering dispute over the throne of Etung can only end if the substantive monarch is returned to his seat. The committee also urged the state government to prosecute the Clan Head of Ajassor community, Ntufam Anthony Ntui Eta, accusing him of defying a High Court order which, according to them,…
Ghana President John Dramani Mahama has backed Asante Kotoko ahead of their CAF Confederation Cup clash with Kwara United. Mahama urged the Porcupine Warriors to play with pride when the square up with Kwara United in the preliminary round first-leg tie at the Accra Sports Stadium, Accra on Sunday (today). The president stated this during a courtesy visit of the Warriors to the Jubilee House on Friday. Asante Kotoko will be making a return to the continent after five years absence. They were quarter-finalists in the competition in 1995. The reverse fixture will hold at Moshood Abiola Sports, Arena, Abeokuta…