Author: Timilehin David

Men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Southwest Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, have launched a manhunt against the abductors of an APC ward chairman kidnapped yesterday in Ondo State.  T he state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed that the APC chieftain was kidnapped at the entrance to his farm. “I can confirm to you that the chairman of APC Ward 5 was kidnapped at the entrance of his farm along Ifon-Owo road. Upon receiving the report, the Divisional Police Officer in Ifon, in collaboration with hunters, local Vigilante Group of Nigeria and personnel of the…

Following a claim of imposition of candidates, the Presidential Campaign Council of Agege and Orile-Agege under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress, on Tuesday, censured the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, and his camp over the results of the party’s primaries ahead of the July 12 local government elections. The party’s primaries for all 20 local government areas and 37 local council development areas in respect of chairmanship and councillorship elections were held on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at the party’s state secretariat, Ikeja. However, the process and results of the primaries were enmeshed…

Armed gunmen who are undoubtedly kidnappers have reportedly abducted the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 5, Ifon, located in the Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the APC leader, Nelson Adepoyigi, was whisked away by the assailants on Monday evening at his residence along Ifon-Owo Road within the local government. Community sources revealed that the abductors have gotten across to the victim’s family, demanding a ransom of ₦100 million for his release. This incident has heightened anxiety in the agricultural community, with residents expressing concerns over what they perceive as ongoing…

19-year-old Opesusi Faith Timilehin on Monday took ‘Push Out’ rodent poison to kill herself for scoring 190 in the just-released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Opesusi, from Abeokuta, lived at Odogunyan in Ikorodu, Lagos State, with her elder sibling. Neighbours and residents mourned Opesusi, whom they described as “gentle and humble.” A family source said the deceased, who applied for Microbiology, also sat for the same examination last year. “She said her last year’s result was better than this year’s,” one of her close allies (name withheld) revealed. According to…

A teenage girl, Lawal Hameedat Adenike, has filed a lawsuit against the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the PEFTI CBT Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly forcing her to remove her hijab before taking the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The suit was initiated by her mother and legal representative, Basirat Ojo, who recounted the incident that occurred on April 25, 2025, at the PEFTI CBT Centre.  According to Ojo, her daughter was denied entry to the examination hall unless she removed her hijab, which she wears as part of her religious obligations.  Ojo described the…

It is a somber moment in the township of Ode-Irele, the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State as a yet-to-be-identified baby has gone missing and cannot be found since yesterday.  The incident which happened at the Gbeleju Quarters of the bitumen-rich town has thrown the parents of the two-month-old baby, and indeed the whole town, into unexpected mourning, thereby increasing the intensity of fear among residents. According to an informant, it happened that the mother of the baby had around 8pm on Monday gone to get some home utilities in a shop adjacent to her residence, leaving…

It is a somber moment in the township of Ode-Irele, the headquarters of Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State as a yet-to-be-identified baby has gone missing and cannot be found since yesterday.  The incident which happened at the Gbeleju Quarters of the bitumen-rich town has thrown the parents of the two-month-old baby, and indeed the whole town, into unexpected mourning, thereby increasing the intensity of fear among residents. According to an informant, it happened that the mother of the baby had around 8pm on Monday gone to get some home utilities in a shop adjacent to her residence, leaving…

It was a sad Sunday day In Awka, the Anambra State capital, as a tricycle crushed a masquerade to death. The indigenes of Awka on May every year mark Imo Awka Festival, a festival that celebrates the town’s god, which has the money as its  symbol. Though the celebration spans a week in the month of May, as a way of drumming awareness for the upcoming event, masquerading youths take to the streets in masquerade costumes, days before its commencement. They also carry along with them canes, with which they engage in flogging competitions with other masquerades, while some others…

Peter Ogban, the Nigerian professor convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment for rigging a 2019 senatorial election for the country’s Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has been walking freely instead of serving his jail term.  Many Nigerians erroneously think Mr Ogban has served or is still serving his jail term. Mr Akpabio, a former governor of Akwa Ibom State, is a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and a strong ally of President Bola Tinubu. The Court of Appeal, Calabar Division, on April 30, upheld the lower court’s conviction and the three-year jail term for Mr Ogban, a…

Concerns are arising from different parts of Ondo State over what is perceived as the subjugation of the State by sister Ekiti State in the even distribution of dividends of democracy from the Federal Government.  Various demography of the state– youths, adults, public servants, students, artisans observers and the general public– are raising eyebrows on the glaring imbalance in Federal Government’s presence between Ondo and Ekiti States. The latest of these lamentations is contained in an opinion article written by Jonathan Obatola and entitled, “Tinubu’s Appointments: Ekiti Senator, Opeyemi Bamidele, Subjugating Ondo State?”  where he decried the disparity in access…