Author: Victory Odibo

Agency Report The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the University of Ibadan (UI) has confirmed the abduction of a 300-level female law student, identified simply as Tomisin. In a statement signed by the union’s president, Comrade Temidayo Adeboye, the student was said to have embarked on a religious retreat with the National General Director of the Scripture Union Student Fellowship, Engr. Uwem Cosmos, and eight other participants. Tomisin is the National Secretary of the Scripture Union Student Fellowship, Nigeria, and the Vice President of the Scripture Union, University of Ibadan chapter. The union dismissed reports claiming that eight UI students…

Odibo Victory The Benue State Police Command has commenced a statewide enforcement exercise against vehicles with covered, obscured, unauthorised or defaced number plates, as well as unregistered vehicles. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Edet Udeme, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Makurdi. According to Udeme, the exercise, which began on June 18, is in compliance with the directive of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, and is aimed at strengthening security and enhancing crime prevention efforts. She explained that the operation seeks to address security concerns associated with the use of such vehicles by criminal elements to evade…

The Governor of Kogi state, Ahmed Ododo, has on Friday, granted free health insurance coverage for individuals living with sickle cell disease in the state. The initiative, announced by the state government, will enroll “Sickle Cell Warriors” on the Kogi Health Insurance Scheme at no cost. This was contained in a statement issued by Commissioner for Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo on Friday in Lokoja in commemoration of the World Sickle Cell Day 2026. Ododo described the intervention as a landmark step to ease the financial burden of managing the condition and improve access to quality healthcare. He said the…

Odibo Victory The Nigerian Citizens Association South Africa (NICASA) has called for urgent intervention by the Federal Government to assist stranded Nigerians in South Africa. The association urged the government to address the worsening humanitarian situation facing Nigerians awaiting repatriation from the country. This was contained in a statement issued on Friday by NICASA’s National President, Frank Onyekwelu. Onyekwelu said hundreds of Nigerians who responded to the government’s voluntary repatriation programme were facing severe hardship due to delays in the scheduled evacuation flights. According to him, many of the affected Nigerians travelled from distant provinces across South Africa after being…

Agency Report Stakeholders have expressed support for the tax reform introduced by the administration of President Bola Tinubu, describing it as a major milestone in Nigeria’s tax reform programme. The President of the Ife Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (IFECCIMA), Mr Samuel Olawole, said the reform would reduce financial pressure on the citizens, particularly small and informal-sector businesses. Olawole stated this at a seminar organised by IFECCIMA in Ile-Ife on Thursday, aimed at enlightening entrepreneurs and the public on the tax reform. He urged Nigerians to embrace the reform and seek proper understanding of its objectives, rather than…

Odibo Victory The Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has on Thursday, rewarded police operatives who apprehended suspects linked to the Benin Vegetable Market kidnapping incident with N10m. According to reports, unidentified gunmen attacked a family that had gone to buy fruits at the Fruit Market along Airport Road in Benin City and abducted a woman after shooting the tyre of their parked Jeep. Her husband and children, however, escaped unhurt. The woman was rescued from the kidnappers’ den on Wednesday. Okpebholo announced the reward at the Edo State Police Command headquarters on Thursday during the parade of suspects, including…

Odibo Victory The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has on Thursday commenced the distribution of sensitive election materials for the Nasarawa North Senatorial District by-election scheduled to hold on June 20. Mallam Mohammed Abubakar-Sadiq, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Nasarawa State, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Lafia during the distribution exercise. Abubakar-Sadiq described the sensitive materials as critical to the conduct of the election, noting that they comprised ballot papers and result sheets. He said the distribution was conducted in the presence of political party representatives, security agencies, and electoral officers to…

Odibo Victory The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Yobe State University Branch has threatened strike action over unfulfilled agreements by the Yobe State Government. This was made known by the  branch Chairperson, Mr Muhammad Adamu, at a news conference on Thursday in Damaturu. Adamu said the union’s congress meetings held on April 23, May 13 and June 17 reviewed what it described as the ” persistent failure of the state government to honour agreements entered into with the union”. He recalled that ASUU embarked on an industrial action in July 2025 over unresolved welfare and conditions-of-service issues affecting its…

Odibo Victory The police have on Thursday, arraigned two men over alleged defrauding of rice sellers and theft of property worth N17.4 million in Ibadan. The defendants, who identified themselves as Teslim Lawal and Mutiu Omotunwase, were brought before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan. Lawal, 48, and Omotunwase, 54, whose addresses were not provided, were arraigned on a six-count charge bordering on conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretences, and theft. They, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The prosecutor, ASP Olagoke Adegbenro, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on June 5 at the Agodi Gate area…

Odibo Victory A 27-year-old woman in Abuja was on Thursday handed a 10-year jail term for stabbing her neighbour, Salamatu Yinusa, to death. The convict, Immaculate Chukwudi, a mother of three, was sentenced by a High Court in Abuja after being found guilty of causing Yinusa’s death. The FCT Commissioner of Police charged Chukwudi with culpable homicide. Delivering judgment, Justice Idris Mohammed held that Chukwudi caused the death of Yunusa. The judge cited the provisions of Section 225 of the Penal Code, which states that “whoever causes the death of a person by doing an act not amounting to culpable…