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Edo CP Orders Probe Of Alleged ₦1 Million Police Extortion In OkpellaThe Edo State Police Command has ordered an immediate and full-scale investigation into an allegation that some police officers attached to the Okpella Police Division extorted ₦1 million from some young men.The allegation followed a video circulating on social media in which the alleged victims claimed that police officers arrested them, falsely accused them of being members of a cult group, and allegedly demanded and collected ₦1 million before releasing them.The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Patrick Daaor, directed that the allegation be thoroughly investigated.The police command said the officers allegedly involved in the incident had been identified and summoned to repo...

Published August 13, 2026 at 9:30 AMThe arrested suspectA man arrested by security operatives in connection with an incident involving the Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, has alleged that he was hired by the All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate for the Ifelodun, Boripe and Odo-Otin Federal Constituency, Francis Eniade.The suspect, who was reportedly apprehended wearing a police uniform and carrying a firearm, made the allegation during an interrogation captured in a video reviewed by SaharaReporters.During questioning, the handcuffed suspect admitted that he fired the weapon twice and said he had accompanied Eniade to the location where the incident occurred.The allegations against Eniade have...

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has said that the Osun state governorship election scheduled for August 15, 2026, is a do-or-die affair for the All Progressives Congress, APC.National Publicity Secretary of the party, Bolaji Abdullahi made this allegation on Wednesday while fielding questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’.He said the ‘go and kill them’ statement by the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District, Francis Fadahunsi, was not just a metaphor.Recalls that Fadahunsi was spotted in a video where he told his supporters to kill any member of the Accord Party they see ahead of the August 15, 2026 governorship election in the state.However, the lawmaker later claimed he was quoted out of context, stressing that he mea...

A 64-year-old man, Abubakar Aliyu, has confessed to s3xually abusing a 14-year-old girl at his medicine shop in Arawa Quarters, Gombe.Aliyu, a grandfather with several grandchildren, was arrested following a report by the childs  mother.The suspect admitted to the act during questioning by security operatives on Wednesday, August 12, 2026. The suspect, who was paraded by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Public Relations Officer, CSC Saad Buhari, said the minor came to his shop at night to buy drugs and that the incident occurred on three occasions. NigerianNews Aggregator“She came to buy medicine around 11pm. I told her it was late and that she should go home, but she refused,” he said.“I lured her. When she got home, her mother asked her where she ...

A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dele Momodu, has characterized the August 15, 2026 governorship election in Osun State as a direct contest between incumbent Governor Ademola Adeleke and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.Appearing on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Momodu argued that the All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the local political strength to challenge Adeleke on its own merits, contending that the race is primarily driven by the influence of the presidency.“The battle in Osun is not a contest between Adeleke and the APC; it is between Adeleke and President Bola Tinubu. APC is no match for Adeleke in Osun.”He further emphasized that political stakeholders across various platforms recognize the governor's rooted standing within the state, mai...

Nigeria has failed to meet minimum fiscal transparency requirements for the second consecutive year, with the United States Department of State concluding that the country made no significant progress in improving its public financial management or opening its public finances. In  Africans& Diasporaits 2026 Fiscal Transparency Report, the State Department evaluated 139 governments alongside the Palestinian Authority, finding that only 73 met basic benchmarks. Nigeria was grouped among 53 nations assessed as making no measurable progress during the review period spanning January 1 to December 31, 2025.  The findings come amid ongoing domestic concerns regarding budget execution, particularly as federal authorities operate multiple budget cycles simultaneo...