Author: Alade Adisa

For the second time in as many months, Kaduna-based activist and political commentator, Mahdi Shehu has been arrested by security personnel, believed to be from the Department of State Services (DSS) again. According to Daily Trust, Mahdi was picked up by plainclothes security operatives at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa around 11:00 a.m. Till press time, there has been no official statement from security agencies regarding the arrest of the Kaduna-based activist and political commentator. Also, the activist’s son, Buhari Mahdi stated that they had not been able to establish contact with his father. “We don’t know if it was…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a mother, her daughter and three others in Odo-Eku, a community in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident reportedly occurred about 1:30am.on Wednesday. The Odofin of Odo-Eku, Elder Ogundeji, who spoke to Sahara Reporters, revealed that the assailants stormed the residences of the victims overnight and abducted them. He said, “The victims are of the Hausa tribe who reside in Odo-Eku for farming. Among the five victims are a woman, her daughter, another woman who came to visit them, and two men. “The police just left Odo-Eku. We took them…

Russia has been planning acts of ‘air terror’ against airlines worldwide, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk sensationally claimed on Wednesday as he met with Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Warsaw. Tusk accused Moscow of staging sabotage and diversion on Polish soil and beyond. ”All I can say, and I will not go into details, but I can confirm the validity of these fears, is that Russia has been planning acts of air terror, and not only against Poland, but against airlines all over the world,” Tusk told reporters. It comes just weeks after Russia was accused of shooting down an…

Data obtained from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has revealed that Nigeria’s crude oil revenue rose to about N50.88 trillion in 2024. According to the data, Nigeria produced a total of 408,680,457 barrels of crude oil in 2024, adding that with condensate included, total oil production for 2024 was 566.79 million barrels. Statista Research Department, a global statistical firm, reported on January 9, 2025, that the average price of crude in 2024 was $80.53 per barrel. Putting the total crude oil produced in Nigeria in 2024, which is 408,680,457 million barrels, and the average price of the product,…

Vice President Kashim Shettima led other top government functionaries, including Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Chief Justice of Nigeria, Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, and others, to lay wreaths in commemoration of the 2025 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration. Shettima represented President Bola Tinubu who has been away attending the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in the UAE. Tinubu departed Abuja last Saturday to participate in the 2025 edition of Sustainability Week (ADSW 2025) taking place in Abu Dhabi. The Summit aims to bring together global leaders to accelerate sustainable development and advance socio-economic progress. Other dignitaries…

The traditional kingmakers in Oyo, popularly called Oyomesi, have threatened to take legal action against the state governor, Seyi Makinde over allegations of bribery during the selection process of the new Alaafin. They accused the governor of making defamatory statements that tarnish their reputation and have demanded evidence to support his claims. Recall that Makinde announced Prince Abimbola Akeem Owoade as the new Alaafin last week and handed him the staff of office on January 13, 2024. Speaking during the coronation ceremony, Governor Makinde stated that all those who accepted bribes during the Alaafin’s selection process would face legal consequences.…

A former queen of the Ooni of Ife, Naomi Silekunola, who has been in detention following the death of 35 children during a stampede in Ibadan, has regained her freedom. Though the former queen was granted bail on Monday, she was only able to perfect it on Tuesday, leading to her freedom from Agodi Correctional Centre, 21 days after she was remanded there. Also breathing air of freedom were Oriyomi Hamzat, the owner of Ibadan-based broadcasting station, Agidigbo FM, and the Principal of Islamic High School, Bashorun, Abdulahi Fasasi, who were both detained with her. Justice K. B. Olawoyin of…

Beleaguered Yoon Suk Yeol has become South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody. Yoon, 64, is being investigated on charges of insurrection for a failed martial law order on 3 December that plunged the country into turmoil. He has also been impeached by parliament and suspended – but will only be removed from office if the Constitutional Court upholds the impeachment. Yoon’s dramatic arrest on Wednesday, however, brings to an end a weeks-long standoff between investigators and his presidential security team. Investigators from the Corruption…

The 29-year-old gospel singer, Timileyin Ajayi, who was in the news for butchering his girlfriend, has said he does not regret his actions. Having been arrested, he has been remanded in custody at the Nasarawa State Police Command’s Criminal Investigation Department in Lafia, the state capital. He is being held over allegation of murdering his girlfriend, Salome Eleoja Adaidu, a 24-year-old member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who worked at Nicon Insurance in Abuja. The incident occurred when Salome reportedly visited Timileyin’s residence in the Papalana axis of New Karshi, Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. Ajayi was…

Following the reported influx of bandits and terrorists from the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) into some forests in the South-West region, governors in the zone are strategising to repel the insurgents and fortify the against further incursion. Only last week, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State warned that bandits fleeing military operations in the North-West were seeking refuge in the state. According to reports, the governor raised the concern at the 2025 annual inter-faith service for workers held at the Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, where he said, “During a security briefing this morning, I learnt that some bad elements…