Troops and police in Edo State killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued farmer Lucky Egbiki, 50, during a ransom sting on August 6. The team exploited negotiations to lure the gang to Ozigholo, where a lone collector showed up and promptly got neutralized. His fleeing comrades dumped the farmer and bolted into the forest, likely with fresh bullet wounds. Security forces recovered the full N1.5 million ransom, meaning the gang walked away with absolutely nothing but a corpse to show for their trouble. Egbiki, snatched from his farm in Okhuesan, was handed over to his family unharmed after a medical…
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Nasarawa State’s monthly federation allocation has skyrocketed from about ₦4.5 billion to approximately ₦16 billion, Governor Abdullahi Sule has revealed, crediting President Bola Tinubu’s economic reforms. Before the subsidy removal, the state received between ₦3.8 billion and ₦4.5 billion monthly—now it averages ₦14 billion to ₦16 billion. Speaking in Lafia while hosting the Renewed Hope Ambassadors Presidential Media Team, Sule said Tinubu “took the bullet” for states and local governments by removing the fuel subsidy and unifying exchange rates. These moves freed resources previously swallowed by subsidies, giving sub-national governments unprecedented fiscal capacity. With the windfall, Nasarawa has executed ₦90…
In a week-long nationwide offensive, Nigeria’s Armed Forces rescued 363 kidnapped victims and arrested scores of terrorists, informants and logistics suppliers, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced Friday. The largest single operation freed 308 abducted persons – including 163 Kwara indigenes and 145 Niger State residents, mostly women and children from Kainji Lake National Park. In Borno, troops foiled an abduction attempt on July 31, rescuing 31 persons, and later discovered two women and two children held captive since 2023. Other operations rescued victims in Benue, Kogi, Edo and elsewhere. Troops also dismantled illegal refining sites, recovered arms and ammunition, and…
The ICPC has submitted an interim report to President Bola Tinubu, exactly 30 days after he ordered a probe into the fraudulent Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC). ICPC Chairman Musa Aliyu disclosed this on Thursday after briefing Mr Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The commission recommended the prosecution of self‑proclaimed Director‑General Adeniyi Adeyemi for forgery, impersonation, and related offences. Investigations established that Adeyemi was never appointed by the Federal Government, and PFIPC was never created by any law or valid government instrument. His appointment letter, gazette, and supporting documents were all forged. The fake agency unlawfully occupied the…
The X spat between Davido and ex-presidential aide Bashir Ahmad Thursday descended into pure petty warfare, with each man weaponising the other’s biggest failure. It started when Davido cheered President Tinubu’s call to his uncle, Governor Adeleke, over the EFCC’s account freeze on Osun State. Ahmad quote-tweeted, warning Davido would “lament” if the 15 August governorship election flips. Davido fired back with surgical cruelty: “U got 16 votes bro in primaries!!” referencing Ahmad’s humiliating defeat in APC primaries. Ahmad pivoted to music: “How many Grammys from five nominations?”. But Davido wasn’t done. He called Ahmad “a small boy who came…
The war of words between Afrobeats king Davido and former presidential aide Bashir Ahmad turned viciously personal Thursday, as the singer unleashed a blistering tirade over Ahmad’s political and social record. The spat erupted after Davido cheered President Tinubu’s intervention to unfreeze Osun State’s EFCC‑restricted account. Ahmad jabbed Davido’s five Grammy losses; Davido retaliated by mocking Ahmad’s humiliating 16‑vote defeat in the 2022 APC primaries then went for the jugular. “You spent 8 years with the ex‑president and couldn’t change a thing in your poverty‑stricken community,” Davido fired, accusing Ahmad of being “an accident in politics.” Ahmad, visibly rattled, pivoted…
President Bola Tinubu personally called Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke on Thursday, mere minutes after directing the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to vacate the court order freezing the state government’s account. Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga announced the phone conversation on X, stating that Tinubu informed Adeleke about his directive to lift the order. The EFCC had frozen the Osun government’s salary account at First Bank on Wednesday over alleged suspicious transactions. However, Tinubu, in a personally signed statement, said he felt “deeply embarrassed” by the timing of the action, just days before the August 15 governorship election. The…
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed a massive 15,000 operatives to secure the August 15 Osun State governorship election, Commissioner of Police Samuel Erale Etaifo announced on Wednesday in Osogbo. The deployment, ordered directly by the Inspector-General of Police due to rising political tension and recent pre-election violence, includes conventional policemen, Police Mobile Force units, counter-terrorism specialists, explosive ordnance disposal teams, dog squads, and medical emergency personnel. Etaifo, who was redeployed early to the state to coordinate security, warned both officers and political actors against any form of compromise, vote-buying, or intimidation at polling units. In a firm declaration, he…
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has delivered a sharp riposte to Afrobeats star Davido, after the singer appealed to the APC National Campaign Council chairman to allow Osun residents choose their next governor freely. Davido had on Wednesday urged Uzodimma not to turn the August 15 governorship election into a “political battleground”. Speaking at a press conference in Osogbo, the singer addressed the Imo governor directly: “To our daddy from Imo State, I say this with respect, sir. I’ve heard rumours suggesting moves to interfere in the Osun election… I appeal to you to use your influence to promote peace…
“Ọgbọ́n ju agbára lọ”—wisdom is greater than strength. Yet in the case of Peter Obi, one is left searching for evidence of either, as the man who once governed Anambra now presides over a burgeoning pandemic of “Olodoism” threatening to engulf Nigeria’s political discourse. Peter Obi’s political brand rests on a foundation of tautological mumbling and conveniently unverifiable statistics. His favourite refrain, “Go and verify,” has become the ultimate shield against scrutiny. When challenged, he retreats into the comfortable echo chamber of what critics term “Chinese data”, statistics that exist only in the imagination of their creator. The famous claim…