Author: Safiu Kehinde

Safiu Kehinde The National Union of Road Transportation Workers’ (NURTW) National President, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, has visited the union’s headquarters in Abuja hours after the invasion of the premises by members of the faction led by Tajudeen Baruwa. NPO Reported that Baruwa had on Monday led hundreds of his loyalists to the headquarters to take over the affairs of the union following the court ruling which sacked MC Oluomo. Clash would however erupt between the Baruwa faction and MC Oluomo’s loyalists with three people confirmed injured. Meanwhile, videos shared on X showed some hoodlums carting away…

Safiu Kehinde The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two self-acclaimed clerics and a motorcyclist over alleged possession of human parts. As disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Command’s spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka, the apprehension of the suspects commenced with the interception of an unregistered motorcycle along Adekile area of Agugu in Oyo state. The rider, identified as Oyataegbe Joseph, was found with a package containing what was suspected to be human flesh which prompted his arrest and interrogation. “It was during one such operation along Adekile area of Agugu that a patrol team intercepted an unregistered Bajaj…

Safiu Kehinde The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a six-member suspected robbery syndicate operating within Ibadan metropolis. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Command’s spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka. According to Olayinka, the operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit received information about a gang of suspected armed robbers who specialize in using tricycles to dispossess unsuspecting members of the public of their valuables. The syndicate comprising of five men and a lady were apprehended at a hotel in Ibadan in a well-cordinated sting operation. “The suspects were reported to be hibernating at a hotel located in…

Agency Report Former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami (SAN) has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of unlawful invasion of his residential and business premises in Abuja on Monday. This is contained in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja, by Mohammed Doka, Special Assistant on Media, to the former minister. Malami described the action of the anti-graft agency as condemnable and a disregard to the rule of law. ”This is nothing short of a flagrant disregard to the rule of law, a gross abuse of power, and a dangerous precedent in a…

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, says the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) remains the only platform that all aspirants for various political seats would contest during the 2027 general election. Makinde, during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting held in Ibadan on Monday night, maintained that his political structure still remained in the PDP, saying there was no plan to defect to another party. The governor equally said that all first-term lawmakers currently serving at both the National Assembly and the State Houses of Assembly would secure the tickets unopposed. He further disclosed that the party would adopt a consensus-based approach in the…

Safiu Kehinde One of the defendants arraigned over the June 2025 killings at Yelwata town in Benue State has slumped in court, stalling his trial alongside eight other suspected terrorists linked to the massacre. Alhaji Haruna Abdullahi, the 3rd defendant, reportedly slumped from his seat and fell to the floor, prior to the commencement of the case before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The prison officials who brought them to court tried to revive him and later helped him back on his chair, but he remained unresponsive. Upon resumed hearing, counsel to the prosecution, Rotimi…

Agency Report Binance Holdings Limited on Tuesday sought an amicable resolution of the ongoing tax evasion charge filed against it by the Federal Government. The development was made known by the company’s counsel, Sunday Agaji, before Justuce Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja. The Federal Government’s lawyer, Moses Ideho, a Deputy Director, Legal Department, Federal Inland Revenue Service (now Nigeria Revenue Service), also confirmed the move. When the matter was called, Ideho told the court that though the matter was scheduled for continuation of trial, he was informed earlier in the morning by the defence lawyer that…

Safiu Kehinde A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has adjourned hearing of the bail application of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. NPO earlier Reported the arrival of El-Rufai at the court’s premises over the alleged corruption, abuse of office, and money laundering amongst other charges filed against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). ICPC had arraigned El-Rufai on two different suits with the first suit numbered FHC/KD/73/2026 having one Joel Adoga as co-defendant. Following the commencement of the hearing, the prosecution and defence counsels presented their arguments before the court. According…

Safiu Kehinde A suspected brake failure by a truck has left many feared dead with several other fatally injured as it rammed into bystanders and several vehicles in Ibadan, Oyo State’s capital. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday afternoon along the Beere- Oja Oba axis of Ibadan/ Videos shared on X by an eyewitness showed residents, who had stormed the scene of the incident, calling for emergency responders. The gravity of the accident appeared to be extreme as some of the eyewitnesses held their hands on their head with some shuddering in panic. One of the victims, whose legs appeared…

Safiu Kehinde The drama which ensued between human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) at the Federal High Court, Abuja, has escalated as one of the lawyers of the under the SAN abused a woman and threatened to beat her. NPO earlier Reported Sowore’s challenge against the Senior Advocate who confronted him for holding a press briefing right within the court room. The senior lawyer had charged the press men and Sowore to leave the court room, maintaining that the press briefing is meant to be held outside the court room and not within the…