THE wife of the slain Olukoro of Koro Ekiti in Kwara State, General Segun Aremu-Cole (retd), and two others who were kidnapped have reportedly regained their freedom. They were said to have been released late on Monday. “The news just received from home confirms that Olori and the girl have been released and have returned to Koro about 30 minutes ago,” the Asiwaju of Koro, Chief Samuel Ayobola told National Pilot The monarch was killed by the kidnappers as he prepared to have his dinner on February 1, 2024. The gunmen were said to have stormed the palace at about…
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GUNMEN, who killed Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State and kidnapped his wife and another person last Thursday night have reduced N100m ransom placed on the abducted victims. It was gathered that the gunmen had reached out to the monarch’s family over the weekend for payment of N100m ransom, which has now been reduced to N40m for the release of the two captives after extensive negotiations with the family. Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole was assassinated by suspected gunmen in his palace on Thursday night while his wife and another person were abducted.…
GUNMEN, who killed Olukoro of Koro-Ekiti in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State, Oba Segun Aremu, on Thursday night, have demanded N100m ransom for the release of the deceased’s wife and another victim who were whisked away on the fateful day. This newspaper gathered that the suspected kidnappers reached out to the family of the late monarch through a beer parlour operator in the community. A source hinted this newspaper that the suspected kidnappers got the telephone number of the beer parlour operator from his female staff, who was also abducted on the same day. The chairman of the…
A RECENT investigation has uncovered that there is no truth to the rumours of a financial dispute between former President Muhammadu Buhari’s ex-personal assistant, Tunde Sabiu Yusuf, and billionaire oil mogul Alhaji Auwalu Abdullahi Rano, popularly known as AA Rano, over a purported $400 million. Contrary to earlier reports, no evidence of Sabiu slapping AA Rano for alleged financial discrepancies was also confirmed. It was also gathered that there was no business relationship between the two men that would warrant such a dispute over funds. Tunde Sabiu, has case files with anti-corruption agencies regarding alleged financial malfeasance between 2016 and…
THE Senate has summoned service chiefs over the spate of insecurity in the country. This was a unanimous call by the lawmakers after an emergency session on the first legislative day of the year on Tuesday. The Senate had gone into the executive session after the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele raised a motion on behalf of the Senators on the security situation in the country. After about two hours behind closed doors, the Senate then reconvened and resolved to invite the service chiefs next week, over the spate of insecurity in the country. The service chiefs are the Chief of…
THE Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for a tight security measure in the wake of the withdrawal of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger from the Economic Community of West African States. The military regimes of the three Sahel countries who have been at loggerheads with ECOWAS over sanctions imposed on them, announced their withdrawal forthwith from the regional bloc in a joint statement on Sunday. With the withdrawal, many believe Nigeria’s fight against terrorism could be affected considering the country borders Niger Republic up north. Concerned about the development, the former Vice President, Atiku, in a…
AFTER 12 months, the Nigerian Air Force has finally accepted responsibility for the January 2023 air strike that killed 37 herders alongside their livestock in the Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall, Hassan Abubakar, visited Nasarawa state Friday alongside senior officials of the Air Force. He paid a courtesy call to Governor Abdullahi Sule at the Government House in Lafia, the state capital predicated on the findings of the review committee on the airstrike report. “Sometime in January last year, airstrikes were conducted in the state after intelligence revealed…