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Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has issued an Executive Order establishing a Coroner Inquest/Panel of Inquiry into the killings, shootings, injuries and violence reported at Naira and Kobo Junction, Motor Park/Garage Area, Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, on August 24, 2026. The panel, headed by Magistrate Ayokunle Shiyanbola, will investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident, determine the identities and number of victims, establish the immediate and remote causes of the violence and examine whether criminal responsibility is connected to the deaths. The Executive Order, which takes effect on August 31, also mandates the panel to investigate the role of security operatives and determine whether live ammunition or other weapons were used during the incident and w...

The Cross River State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the gruesome m#rder of a Bolt driver in Calabar in the early hours of Friday after he allegedly resisted an attempt by three unidentified men to dispossess him of his Toyota Corolla vehicle while driving at about 5:30am along Target Road in Calabar South Local Government Area. According to an eyewitness, the driver picked up the three suspects along Mbukpa Road in Calabar South and was heading towards Calabar Municipality when they allegedly ordered him to stop and hand over his car key. When he refused to heed to their instruction, the assailants stabbed him. The deceased managed to drive into a nearby fuel station with blood all over his body. The suspects fled the scene afterwards. Passersby rushed the driver...

President Bola Tinubu has gone to a United States court to prevent the US Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from releasing records linked to allegations of drug trafficking.The records are being sought by American transparency activist Aaron Greenspan, who filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against several US government agencies. Greenspan is seeking documents relating to investigations involving Tinubu, including the FBI’s full file on him and FBI Form 302 interview records from 1992 and 1993. The case also concerns an alleged record linked to a 1993 civil forfeiture case in the US involving about $460,000 connected to Tinubu. Tinubu has consistently denied any wrongdoing. In court ...

The Nigeria Police Force has rescued two Colombian women allegedly lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking syndicate in Lagos.  ExploringAfrican Heritage The victims, identified as Maria Camila Rodas Ortiz and Yuliet Fernanda Rios Mesa, were rescued by operatives of the National Central Bureau (NCB-INTERPOL), Lagos Annex, following actionable intelligence from INTERPOL-NCB, Bogotá. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, August 29. According to Iniedu, the intelligence was received on August 26, 2026, indicating that the two Colombian nationals had been fraudulently lured to Nigeria, where they were allegedly held against their will and stripped of their travel documents. The police said cert...

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its policy banning transgender Americans from serving in the military, the latest significant case involving trans Americans to reach the conservative court in recent years.   Days after taking office last year, Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon to ban transgender service members as incompatible with military service. The administration is appealing a ruling from a federal court in Washington, DC, that sided with a group of trans Americans who were already serving.   “The authority of the US military to determine who may serve in the nation’s armed forces is a matter of exceptional importance,” US Solicitor General D. John Sauer told the Supreme Court, according to a copy of the appeal revi...

Togo, Benin and Niger owed Nigeria $11.16 million for electricity supplied by Nigerian power generation companies under bilateral arrangements in 2025, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). NERC disclosed this in its 2025 annual report, saying the Market Operator (MO) issued invoices totalling $73.91 million to the three international electricity customers during the year. However, only $62.75 million was paid, leaving an outstanding balance of $11.16 million and representing an 84.90 percent remittance performance. The international customers identified by NERC are Société Nigérienne d’Électricité (NIGELEC) of Niger, Société Béninoise d’Énergie Électrique (SBEE) of Benin and Compagnie Énergie Électrique du Togo (CEET). “The international bilateral custo...

The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has published the names and photographs of 10 more Nigerians on its “worst of the worst” register of suspected criminal offenders. The names and photographs were published on the website of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as the Trump administration continues its immigration enforcement and deportation campaign. DHS said the initiative was part of efforts to carry out President Donald Trump’s pledge to pursue mass deportations, beginning with individuals it considers serious criminal offenders. “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is highlighting the worst of worst criminal aliens arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE),” the department said. It added: “Under DHS leadership, the h...

Simon Ekpa, the pro-Biafra separatist campaigner, has appealed his six-year prison sentence for terrorism-related offences in Finland. According to BBC Pidgin, the Finnish prosecutor handling the case has also appealed, seeking a longer prison term on the grounds that the sentence imposed was insufficient for the offences. The Finnish Court of Appeal is expected to hear the case within the next three weeks. Ekpa was arrested by Finnish authorities in November 2024 and subsequently charged with inciting terrorism and participating in the activities of a terrorist group. In September 2025, the Päijät-Häme District Court sentenced him to six years in prison after finding him guilty of the offences. The court said Ekpa had used his “significant social media following” to esc...

The Federal Government has urged healthcare facilities not to send cancer patients home when they still require hospital-based care, stressing that treatment and support should continue even when a cure is no longer possible. The National Coordinator of the National Cancer Control Plan at the Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, Dr Uchechukwu Nwokwu, made the call in an interview on Friday, August 28. Nwokwu said a hospital’s inability to provide further curative treatment should not automatically lead to a patient being discharged without arrangements for continued care. He said where a facility lacked the capacity to provide the required treatment, the patient should be promptly referred to another appropriate facility to ensure that care continued without interruption. “...

Some members of Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, and journalists reportedly escaped death by the after an alleged attack by youths from the Ologbo community in the Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The civil society members and journalists were reportedly attacked on Thursday, August 27, 2026, when officials of Ossiomo Power Company were about to switch on the Independent Power Plant II unit in a bid to restore electricity supply to its customers in Benin City and its environs. It was alleged that the members of the CSO were driving out of the area when a large group of irate youths from Ologbo stormed the place in commando style, threatening fire and brimstone. The youths allegedly held everyone hostage for nearly an hour, fuming over the visitors’ pre...