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…Over 150 farmers lose N700m In Latest Flood Disaster …Victims Say Repeated Floods Threaten Food Security, Livelihoods …Demand Compensation, Emergency Relief, River Dredging Daud Olatunji Fish farmers in Ogun State have appealed to President Bola Tinubu and Governor Dapo Abiodun for urgent intervention after devastating floods destroyed fish ponds, production facilities and fish stocks worth over N700 million in parts of Ijebuland, compounding losses that have exceeded N1.5 billion in the last four years. The affected farmers, under the umbrella of the Ijebuland Fish Farmers’ Association, said more than 150 fish farmers were affected by the flash floods triggered by…

The Nigerian Army has declared one of its personnel, Private Mohammed Yusuf Amutu, wanted over his alleged involvement in the illegal sale and supply of military uniforms to terrorists and other criminal elements. The Army said the soldier, who was serving at the Nigerian Army Ordnance Kits Factory under the Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps, absconded from his unit on June 3, 2026, before preliminary investigations linked him to the alleged illicit activities. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by the Assistant Director of Army Public Relations at the Headquarters Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps, Maj. Oluwatope…

Grace Adeleke Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, on Thursday launched the Iru Ekun Security Network in Kwara State, declaring that the outfit would begin operations to dislodge bandits and other criminal elements from forests across the state. Igboho, who spoke during the inauguration of the security outfit in Ilorin, said forests in parts of Kwara had become safe havens for kidnappers and armed bandits, insisting that the new security network would complement the efforts of conventional security agencies to restore peace. He announced that the outfit’s first operations would focus on Babanla and Eruku communities,…

Zainab Abioye Survivors of the deadly canoe mishap in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State have recounted the terrifying moments they struggled for survival after an overloaded boat carrying about 40 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized while returning from rice farms. The victims, who escaped death by a whisker, narrated how local fishermen and farmers risked their lives to rescue drowning passengers, even as they appealed to the Federal and Jigawa State governments to construct a bridge across the river to prevent recurring tragedies. The canoe reportedly capsized at Malamawar Yandutse community after becoming unstable in the middle…

The Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has criticised Governor Seyi Makinde over a court order restraining the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from accessing records of contracts awarded by the state government since 2021. The opposition party described the development as a setback to transparency and accountability, insisting that public officials must be open to scrutiny over the management of public funds. The APC’s reaction followed Wednesday’s ruling of a Federal High Court in Ibadan, which reportedly restrained the EFCC from investigating financial records relating to contracts awarded by the Makinde administration. Governor Makinde’s media office had…

Ayomide Awe Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has criticised President Bola Tinubu over the alleged allocation of ₦22.15 billion in the proposed 2026 federal budget for the construction and renovation of 106 palaces across Nigeria, describing the expenditure as unconstitutional and lacking transparency. Atiku, in a statement issued on Thursday by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, said the budgetary provision represented a violation of the constitutional responsibilities of the Federal Government and raised concerns about accountability in public spending. He alleged that the allocation reflected an attempt to turn the national budget into “an instrument for…

Three men have been sentenced to life imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Abuja for concealing information about the masterminds of the infamous Oriire school kidnapping in Oyo State. The convicts were found guilty after pleading guilty to charges brought against them by the Federal Government, admitting that they deliberately withheld information that could have exposed those behind the abduction. Justice Salem Ibrahim handed down the sentence after the defendants confessed to concealing vital information relating to the kidnapping, which involved pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The prosecution also established that the convicts…

…Insists AD Govs mLMisunderstood Behind-The-Scenes Political Negotiations …Says Alliance With Opposition Was Driven By National Unity, Not Weakness Daud Olatunji Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a blistering response to former Ogun State Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, rejecting allegations that he deceived leaders of the Alliance for Democracy during the political events leading to the 2003 general elections. In a lengthy letter dated July 23, 2026, and titled “Reply to Your Inaccurate Posture: ‘How Obasanjo Deceived Us in 2003’,” the former President described Osoba’s account as inaccurate, misleading and based on incomplete knowledge of the political realities of the period.…

Leaders of Fulani communities, security agencies, farmers, traditional institutions and government representatives in Oyo State have called for stronger collaboration to tackle kidnapping, farmer-herder clashes and other security threats, warning against the ethnic profiling of Fulani people over crimes committed by individuals. The resolution was reached at a stakeholders’ peace and security meeting convened by the leadership of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Oyo State and hosted by the Oyo West Local Government. The meeting attracted representatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Amotekun Corps, traditional…

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