THE Ondo Government has announced that henceforth, anyone found guilty of kidnapping in the state will face the death penalty by hanging. The Attorney General and Ondo State Commissioner for Justice, Kayode Ajulo (SAN), stated this at a news briefing after the State Executive Council meeting on Saturday in Akure, the state capital. According to the Attorney General, buildings and facilities used by kidnappers in committing crimes would be demolished after following due process in the court. Ajulo explained that the anti-kidnapping law would be reviewed by the Ondo State House of Assembly, which will prescribe the death penalty for…
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THE Lagos State Government has shut down the Oko-Oba Abattoir over unsanitary activities, waste mismanagement, and unhygienic handling of animal products. This directive was given by the Lagos State Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, after an inspection tour with the media to Oko-Oba Abattoir in Agege. Wahab said the ministry received a petition from the Lagos State Ministry of Agriculture to intervene regarding various environmental and health infractions going on at the abattoir. According to him, what was witnessed at the abattoir is heart-wrenching; the operators have defied and chosen to take the law into their…
THE Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, Ondo State branch, on Friday morning, commenced an indefinite strike, effectively grounding judicial activities across the state. Judges, lawyers, and litigants were denied access to court premises, bringing legal proceedings to a standstill. According to reports, entrances to both the Akure Division of the State High Court and the Magistrates’ Court were firmly locked, stopping all operations within and around the complexes. Ondo JUSUN chairman, Oluwafemi Afolabi, who confirmed the industrial action in a chat with journalists on Friday, said the seven-day ultimatum to the State Government was given a week ago. “We have…
TWO people have been confirmed injured in a tanker explosion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The tanker laden with a petroleum product exploded after it fell at the NASFAT axis of the expressway on Wednesday. The incident also led to traffic congestion. The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this to our correspondent. He said the injured were taken to the Olabisi Onabanjo Teaching Hospital, Shagamu. It was also gathered that the explosion affected six vehicles, including four trucks, one bus, and one Toyota Camry. The Ogun State Sector Command of…
PANIC broke out around Odinjo area in Ibadan on Tuesday when a 33,000 litres capacity petrol tanker explodes. The incident which happened precisely at Muslim Grammar School, Odinjo end of Ibadan on the Lagos-Ibadan highway, forced residents and shop owners to scamper for safety. However, it was gathered reliably thay no life was lost in the incident. The truck, sources hinted, fell on one of its sides before it eventually exploded. An eyewitness account stated that the driver lost control of the vehicles while trying to maneuver his way through bad spots. “The truck skidded off the track before it…
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has arrived in Abuja after spending two weeks in Lagos, where he celebrated Eid al-Adha. Tinubu was accompanied to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport – from where he left for Abuja – by Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and other government officials. Upon his return to Abuja, Tinubu attended the inauguration of the rehabilitated and refurbished Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre, Abuja. At the event, Tinubu urged the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, not to be distracted by busybodies and naysayers but to focus on his mandate to transform the nation’s capital.…
A CHIEFTAIN of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, says President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is smarter than his opponents including Peter Obi of the Labour Party. The former spokesman for the 2023 presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar, said his recent meeting with the president did not translate to a betrayal of his affiliation with Atiku, a former vice president. “I am at liberty as an adult to take decisions,” Sowunmi said on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Monday. “I am not tied to anybody. I am not anti-Tinubu,” the former critic…
OGUN State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has said that the state government will conitnue to create opportunities for the people of the state to excel. The governor stated this at the 2025 Ojude Oba Festival in Ijebu Ode on Sunday He described the festival as a dynamic tool for tourism, youth engagement, and entrepreneurship. Abiodun also said that the festival was more than a celebration but was a symbol of communal harmony and cultural heritage. He said, “Ojude Oba has become a dynamic engine of tourism, youth engagement, and entrepreneurship. Our administration is determined to expand its reach and impact.” He…
SIXTY-SIX parcels of loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea, have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement signed by the director of media and advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said the seizure made on the fifth of June 2025 was based on credible intelligence received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport on the 11th of May, 2025. The statement explained that the NDLEA had watch-listed the shipment, and…
A YET-To-Be-Identified man has reportedly fallen from one of the top floors of the Cocoa House building in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, which threw the entire business community into panic, occurred in the early hours of Monday. A source said that the man reportedly jumped from the 23rd floor, where the museum is housed within the historic edifice, with his condition remaining unclear as the fall could have been fatal. “The victim first hit a roof beside the security post of the building before landing on the ground. It was a terrifying sight,” an eyewitness said. Efforts made to…
THE Deputy Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Abayomi Akinruntan, has resigned his position after citing the need to align with the conventional arrangement of elective positions in the state. The resignation letter of the former deputy speaker representing Ilaje Constituency 1, who is the son of the Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Fredrick Akinruntan, was read on the floor of the Assembly by the Clerk, Benjamin Jayeiola. Akinruntan, who was absent during the plenary, was elected as the deputy speaker of the Assembly in June 2023, a position he occupied until his resignation. The resignation letter read:…
THE once-cordial relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his long-time political protégé, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, appears to be fraying, and with no signs of reconciliation in sight, party stakeholders are becoming increasingly concerned. Though neither President Bola Tinubu nor Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has publicly acknowledged any rift between them, sources within the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the national, zonal, and state levels confirm that a subtle but widening gulf now separates the President and the Lagos governor. Efforts to intervene have been minimal, with some party leaders choosing to ignore the signs in the hope…
ONE of the 14 occupants trapped in the collapsed two-storey building along Obafemi Awolowo Road, Ota-Ona, in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State has been confirmed dead. The building, which caved in on Tuesday, initially left 14 people trapped. As of the time of filing this report, 10 had been rescued, while three others remain unaccounted for. In an update to this newspaper, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency confirmed that one of the four initially unaccounted-for occupants had been recovered dead from the rubble. While the cause of the collapse remains unclear, the Lagos State Fire and…
GUNMEN have struck again in Ondo State, kidnapping three members of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry in the Akure North Local Government Area of the State. The incident was said to have occurred on Monday evening while the churchgoers were returning from a Bible study session in the Kasemola area of the Ogbese community. A message from the leadership of the church announced the incident stating this: “Good morning, beloved. Kindly pray along with us. Three of our members were kidnapped yesterday after bible study at Kasemola inside the Ogbese axis.” The entire community is now gripped in fear as…
AN Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced Jayeoba Oluwafemi to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 14-year-old stepdaughter. The 56-year-old convict was arraigned before Justice Adekunle Adeleye on December 4, 2020, on a single charge of sexual assault. The charge stated that on October 26, 2020, at Ado Ekiti, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, the defendant sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl, contrary to Section 31 (2) of the Child’s Right Law, Cap. C7, Laws of Ekiti State, 2012. In her testimony before the court, the survivor, who was a primary six pupil, said: “My mother…
FORMER Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Atuku Abubakar shunned Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke to visit erstwhile Interior Minister, Rauf Aregbesola amid push for coalition to unseat President Bola Tinubu. The Nation recalled Atiku, ex-presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi; ex-Kaduna Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and other opposition stakeholders have proposed a coalition to unseat Tinubu in 2027. But the PDP Governors forum rejected coalition and any merger in 2027 noting they will only welcome any willing person or groups pleased to join the party. On Friday, Atiku shunned Adeleke by refusing to visit him first at either the Government…
AN Abeokuta High Court in Ogun state on Thursday sentenced two men to death by hanging, and one other to 21 years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder. The convicts, Wale Adedeji, Akeem Sulaimon, and Wahabi Idowu were found guilty and convicted on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy, armed robbery and attempted murder Delivering his judgment, Justice Olugboyega Ogunfowora, said the court was convinced beyond reasonable doubt that the accused persons committed the offences as charged. Ogunfowora, having found that the accused persons were guilty as charged, convicted the trio to 14 years each on count one…
OYO State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has reaffirmed his commitment to the Peoples Democratic Party, saying he has no intention of leaving the party despite recent defections and internal challenges. Speaking on Wednesday during the official inauguration of the newly elected PDP South West zonal executive members at the party’s zonal secretariat, Soji Adagunodo House, Old Ife Road, Ibadan, Makinde declared that the PDP would remain aligned with the masses and their aspirations. “People have been asking us as leaders of this party that a lot of people are decamping, even governors, and some others are threatening to decamp and all…
SECURITY has been beefed up at the Ilesa Correctional Facility after a rainstorm wreaked havoc leading to the collapse of the wall and escape of seven inmates. Authorities of the Nigerian Correctional Service confirmed the escape of the seven inmates. They were identified as John Michael (34yrs); Tobi Akin (19yrs); Eze Nweze (40yrs); Olalekan Ajofoyinbo (45yrs); Ninalowo Yusuf (28yrs); Matthew Ogunjimi (20yrs) and Kabiru Oyedun (39yrs). They placed N5m bounty on each on the escapees. The Nation observed that there was heavy security presence at the Correctional Facility in Ilesa when visited on Wednesday evening. Reacting to the development, the…
AN overnight rainfall on Tuesday has led to the escape of seven inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, after the facility’s old perimeter wall collapsed. According to the Nigerian Correctional Service, the breach occurred around 2:00am and was caused by the structural failure of the wall during the storm. The spokesperson for the NCoS, Umar Abubakar, in a statement, noted that authorities have since launched a manhunt to locate and return the escapees to custody. The Controller General of Corrections, Sylvester Ndidi Nwakuche, has ordered an immediate investigation into the incident. He assured the public…