Nine killed as bus, truck collide on Ijebu-Ode-Ore road

By Ade Oyeyemi Nine people lost their lives on Monday after a commercial bus collided with a truck on the Ijebu-Ode-Ore section of the Ijebu-Ode-Benin Expressway in Ogun State. The crash occurred at about 4:55pm around the Bethel area of the highway and involved a white Toyota Hiace bus belonging to Delta Line and a […]

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Tinubu meets Musa, reviews Nigeria’s security challenges

By Ade Oyeyemi President Bola Tinubu on Monday held a high-level security meeting with the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), in Lagos. The meeting, which took place at the Presidential Residence, centred on the country’s defence strategy and ongoing efforts to tackle insurgency and banditry. A statement by Leah Katung-Babatunde, Special Adviser on […]

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Sokoto govt debunks report of 18 Gamji students’ abduction

By Ade Oyeyemi The Sokoto State Government has denied reports that 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology were abducted while travelling from the state to Oyo State. The government described the report as false, insisting that no current student of the institution was involved in any abduction. The clarification was contained in a […]

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Aiyedatiwa commends security agencies for neutralizing terrorist leader

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has commended the security agencies for neutralizing a senior Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) commander, Abdussamad Ohida, also known as Anwar, in the Owo forest of the state. In a statement on Monday by the Information and Orientation commissioner, Mr Idowu Ajanaku, the […]

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Tinubu orders probe into Ondo NAF jet crash

By Ade Oyeyemi President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigerian Air Force to investigate the cause of Monday’s crash involving an ATR-42 aircraft in Igbokoda, Ondo State. The President gave the directive after receiving a briefing from the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke, on the crash which occurred near a […]

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FG honours Aiyedatiwa as best governor in education

By Ade Oyeyemi The Federal Government has recognised Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, with a Special Recognition Award for his administration’s contributions to the education sector. Aiyedatiwa received the award on Monday at the 2026 World Teachers’ Day commemoration held at Eagle Square, Abuja, where he was recognised as the Best Governor in Education. The […]

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2027: Akobundu rallies women for Tinubu, as 500 support groups join APC

By Ade Oyeyemi Hon. Princess Gloria Akobundu has called on Nigerian women to support President Bola Tinubu’s bid for a second term in office, declaring that the country is on the path to renewed greatness. Akobundu, a member of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council Women Mobilisation Wing, spoke on Monday at the APC […]

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18 Sokoto health students abducted, driver killed on Oyo-bound trip

By Ade Oyeyemi About 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology, Sokoto State, have reportedly been abducted while travelling to their hometowns in Oyo State, with the driver of the chartered bus killed by the assailants. The incident was said to have occurred within the past 48 hours along the route to Oyo State, […]

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Ondo Air Crash: Aiyedatiwa mourns, orders emergency support

By Ade Oyeyemi Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has expressed sadness over the crash of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of the state, and directed government agencies to support the ongoing search and rescue operation. The aircraft, an ATR-42 with tail number NGR 931, was on a routine mission […]

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