38-year-old man beats father to death in Akure
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old man, Nsikak Kingsley, for allegedly killing his father, Adone Peter, in Akure, the state capital. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this via a statement issued on Thursday, June 4, 2026. Jimoh revealed that the incident occurred in Oda Community, Akure South Local Government Area of the state. Jimoh stated that preliminary...
EFCC charges businessman, firm over N691m scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the Managing Director of Abu-Haneefa Oil and Gas Limited, Musa Farouk Abubakar, alongside his company and one Sandra Chizoba Attoh, over an alleged N691.7 million fraud and money laundering scheme. The defendants were arraigned before Justice Obiora Egwuatu of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a 15-count amended charge bordering on...
INEC’s albatross: The crisis of electoral trust, By DAKUKU PETERSIDE
By DAKUKU PETERSIDE The main threat to Nigerian democracy is no longer a lack of understanding of elections but the growing doubt that elections matter. What is often labelled voter apathy is actually a rational response. When citizens believe their votes matter, hope drives them; when manipulation seems possible, disengagement follows—not from disdain for democracy, but from a sense of...
Banks rake in N209bn from account maintenance
Nigerian banks generated a combined N209.18 billion from account maintenance charges in the first quarter of 2026, representing a 14.07 per cent increase from the N183.37 billion recorded during the same period in 2025. An analysis of the unaudited financial statements of 11 listed banks showed that the growth in account maintenance income mirrored a broader rise in banking transactions...
Can Nigeria shoot its way out of terrorism? Funke Egbemode asks
Isn't it high time Nigeria dropped all other projects and face total economic empowerment and reorientation of the North? Yes, North, because this horrid terror monster was birthed there. And yes because our six- lane concrete roads can't be used or enjoyed if bandits are waiting there to kidnap us. No, we will not use the trains if it...
Villa under tight security amid protest
Security was tightened around the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Thursday following plans by human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, to lead a protest to Aso Rock over the continued captivity of abducted schoolchildren in Oyo and Borno states. A heavy deployment of anti-riot police officers was observed at the main entrance of the...
Kidnappings, killings and a nation in distress
By RAYMOND OISE It is almost three weeks since teachers and school pupils were abducted in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, yet the Nigerian government has failed to secure their release despite the fact that both the abductors and the victims remain within the territorial boundaries of Nigeria. How else can one describe this situation if not deeply painful,...
I know politicians sponsoring Oyo kidnappers, I’ll name them — Igboho
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has threatened to reveal the identities of politicians allegedly sponsoring kidnappers responsible for the abduction of schoolchildren in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Igboho made the claim while addressing newly elected executives of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), led by Akinteye Babatunde, at his residence in...
Insecurity: Obi defends Adeboye, warns youth against ethnic division
Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate Peter Obi has urged Nigerian youth to resist attempts to divide the country along ethnic and religious lines ahead of the 2027 general election. Obi also defended the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, against what he described as unfair attacks over rising insecurity in Nigeria. Obi, in...
Band A customers to receive compensation for poor power supply — NERC
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved a special compensation package for eligible Band A electricity customers affected by poor power supply caused by generation constraints on the national grid between February and March 2026. In a public notice issued on Thursday, the commission said the directive became necessary following significant generation shortfalls across the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry...
