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The deposed Apetumodu of Ipetumodu in Osun State, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has dragged Governor Ademola Adeleke before the Osun State High Court, seeking to stop the appointment of a successor to the vacant traditional stool.Oloyede, who was convicted in the United States of America for offences bordering on fraud, is asking the court to restrain the governor and other officials from taking steps to fill the stool pending the determination of a substantive suit challenging his re...

The Federal Government has fulfilled President Bola Tinubu's reward pledge to the Super Falcons following their historic triumph at the 2025 Women's Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON), with each player receiving the naira equivalent of $100,000.Based on the exchange rate of N1,340.92 to the dollar, each player received approximately N134.09 million, while coaches and other officials received the naira equivalent of $50,000, estimated at N67.05 million each.The National Sport...

A Kano State High Court has sentenced two men, Adamu Aliyu, 22, and Mubarak Abdulsalam, 20, to death by hanging for the murder of their employer, Dahiru Musa, 32.The court also sentenced a third defendant, Sadiq Sunusi, 19, to seven years’ imprisonment for abetting the burning of the deceased’s corpse in an attempt to conceal the crime.Justice Fatima Adamu, who delivered the judgment, convicted Aliyu and Abdulsalam on two counts of criminal cons...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has announced plans to establish six additional Agro Rangers operational bases across the state as part of efforts to curb farmer-herder clashes and strengthen security in farming communities.The proposed expansion will increase the unit’s operational bases from six to 12, improving security coverage, surveillance and response to distress calls involving farmers and herders.The S...

Suspected terrorists have abducted 14 students in a Niger State Islamic school.The incident reportedly happened on Saturday in Pandogari in Rafi Local Government Area.The PUNCH learnt that the students were abducted while harvesting maize in their teacher’s farm when the terrorists invaded the farm.The teacher was also reportedly kidnapped during the incident.The spokesman of the Niger State police command, Wasiu Abiodun, conf...

Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said some bandits he interacted with expressed dissatisfaction with the continued bloodshed in the country, claiming they felt compelled to sustain attacks because of killings in their communities.Gumi said the armed men viewed the violence as a cycle of revenge and retaliation.He added that some believed they could be killed if they abandoned their activities.The cleric disclosed this during an inter...

A yet-to-be-identified man has died in an accident involving a Mercedes-Benz C300 and a bus on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the Magboro area of Ogun State.We learnt that the accident occurred on Monday in the Magboro axis of the expressway, in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area.Officials of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency and police officers confirmed the death to our correspondent at the scene, stating that it involved a hit-and...

Traditional chiefs in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, have dissolved the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council.They have replaced it with the Adele Oba Awujale in Council to oversee the affairs of the ancient town pending the emergence of a substantive Awujale.The decision was reached at a meeting of the Ilamuren, the Pampa, the Odi and other chiefs of Ijebu-Ode.The traditional leaders unanimously adopted a resolution mandating members of the ...

The Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu, has dismissed the omission of his name from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s list of governorship candidates as a temporary distraction, insisting that it would not affect his determination to contest the 2027 governorship election.Adebutu spoke on Monday at the PDP state secretariat in Abeokuta, where he received more than 1,000 defectors from the All Progressives Cong...

A $1.8bn industrial park being developed by Lee Group of Companies Ltd along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State is expected to accommodate more than 29 manufacturing factories, generate over 2,500 direct and indirect jobs and further strengthen the state’s position as a leading industrial destination in Nigeria.The 450-hectare First Industrial Park, located within the Sagamu and Obafemi-Owode local government areas of the state, is designed to accommodate manufa...