Ondo police command arrests 62-year-old over alleged abuse of minor. By Dally Iyamu The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 62-year-old man, Imeje Mathew, over allegations of defiling a 12-year-old girl in Akure. According to a statement issued by the Command’s PPRO, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, the incident was reported by the…
Stop blaming police, support security efforts, PCRC tells residents By Ibrahim Kilani The Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) in Okeagbe Police Division, Chief Musa Eleyinta, has said that security is a collective responsibility that should not be left in the hands of the police alone. Eleyinta made the assertion while addressing residents…
Free Speech Is Not License for Anarchy. By Olaitan Adesina I have read several elegantly written and legally textured articles demanding or appealing for leniency from the Honourable Minister for the Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in the matter of Emorioloye Owolemi, the self-acclaimed Director General of Asiwaju Media Team, an organization which parades itself as a…
Akoko North East LG Boss moves to curb crime, launches rider registration, tracking scheme By Binta Haroon Determined to curb rising security concerns and improve accountability among transport operators, the Chairman of Akoko North East Local Government Area, Alhaji Mohammed Mutiu Olawale, has partnered Hikom Energy Limited to begin a comprehensive registration of all…
Dakwa People Should Live Peacefully — Dakwa Prince By Adamu Usman Attaboh A prince of Dakwa in Tafa Local Government Area of Niger State, Alhaji Zakari Garba, has asked the people of Dakwa to continue to live peacefully with one another and support the government of Governor Umar Bago. Speaking recently in the palace of…
Bwari Chairman Should Keep His election promises — Monarch By Adamu Usman Attaboh The District Head of Dakwa in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Dr. Alhassan M.B. Chukuri, has asked the new chairman— Hon. Joshua Ishaku, to keep the electoral promises he made to the Dakwa people, particularly, and the Bwari…
BMNA Set to Honour Bayelsa Mega Prophet, Apostle George Odoko as Visionary Prophet of the year By Chris Mark The General Overseer, Heroes Palace International, has been nominated for an award of excellence by the organisers of the prestigious Bayelsa Media Network Awards (BMNA), According to a statement issued to newsmen in Yenagoa by the…
Tinubu Nominates Taiwo Oyedele As Minister of State for Finance President Bola Tinubu has nominated Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance, replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite. This was contained in a statement signed and made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The statement continues, “Uzoka-Anite will…
Muhammad Hassan Sale: The Demise of an Academic—One Death Too Many By Prof. M. K. Othman On Tuesday, 10th February, 2026, as I stepped out of my official car at the university clinic, the crowd’s solemn eyes were fixed on me, rife with unspoken questions. Why did the cold hand of death snatch away Muhammad…
Ondo cracks down on Illegal gold mining in Ose, vows to protect host community By Kunle Michael The Ondo State Government has taken decisive steps towards addressing illegal gold mining in Ose Local Government Area. It, however, pledged to protect host community interests while exploring lawful means of harnessing the mineral resource for economic development….
