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The Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Finance and Administration, Lagos State Police Command, DCP Khan Salihu is dead. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ambimbola Adebisi disclosed this in a statement.According to the statement, the DCP passed away on Monday, June 15, 2026. Ambimbola described the deceased as a “highly dedicated, disciplined, and committed senior police officer who served the Nigeria Police Force with exceptional professionalism, loyalty, and integrity”. “Throughout his distinguished career, DCP Khan Salihu exemplified diligence, exemplary leadership, and an unwavering commitment to duty. trending_flat News & Politics Lagos Deputy Commissioner of Police is dead Arthur Iyamore June 16, 2026 trending_flat Inside Ondo Teenager Arrested After Alleged Bottle Attack on Boyfriend in Ondo Tosin June 16, 2026 trending_flat Business Dangote Plans Nigeria’s Largest Industrial Zone in Ondo Tosin June 16, 2026 trending_flat Business Ondo Sets Up Committee to […]

Some residents of Ilu-Abo and Eleyowo communities in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State are abandoning their homes to escape being kidnapped and killed by bandits who seem to be taking over the communities in a recent wave of abductions. On Sunday, June 7, 2026, a resident of Ilu-Abo, Mr Gbenga Sanni was abducted by gunmen from his residence. Sanni is still in captivity.On January 26, 2026, John Ofuduwa was kidnapped which led to his death, while a woman, Oladeinde Tomilola was abducted along Liberty Avenue, Ilu-Abo.On Friday, February 20, 2026, Jamiu Olawale and his wife, who had just returned from their shop, were attacked in front of their residence by some gunmen who emerged from the nearby bush. Kidnappings and killings in Ilu-Abo and Eleyowo is not an isolated cases, with other communities such as Imafon, Igushin, […]

Demands urgent rescue of Oyo pupils, teachers Femi Falana, SAN, human rights lawyer, has called for the immediate rescue of schoolchidren and teachers abducted in Oyo State. He warned that the victims are enduring severe hardship in captivity.Falana made the appeal on Friday during a June 12 protest held under the Ikeja Bridge in Lagos. The demonstrators gathered to decry insecurity, economic hardship and what they described as a declining democratic culture in the country.The protest was later marked by tension after supporters and counter-protesters converged on the same venue, forcing police intervention to prevent a breakdown of law and order during Democracy Day commemorations.Falana stated that the protest was not only about the abducted school pupils, also about wider concerns affecting Nigerians, including rising poverty and alleged injustice by security agencies. He noted that the continued kidnapping of schoolchildren […]

- Rescues V!ctimsIru Ekun Security Network Arrests Two Suspected Kidnappers in Osun and Rescues VictimsOperatives of the Iru Ekun Security Network, established by Yoruba nation activist Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, have arrested two suspected kidnappers and rescued two abducted victims in Ora-Igbomina, Osun State.The operation was launched following intelligence reports that three residents of the community had been kidnapped by armed men and taken into a nearby forest.Acting swiftly on the information, members of the security outfit conducted a search-and-rescue mission, tracked down the suspects, and successfully rescued two of the victims unharmed.According to the team leader, the suspects admitted their involvement in the abduction during preliminary interrogation. They were subsequently apprehended and taken into custody by the operatives.Efforts are still ongoing to locate and secure the release of the third victim, who is believed to […]

Veteran actor and scholar, Professor Adekola Oyewo, popularly known as Kola Oyewo died at the age of 80 years. The news of his death was announced on Friday by his son, Adetoyese Oyewo, through a message shared on his Facebook account. In the announcement, Adetoyese described his father as a man whose life was marked by “love, wisdom, strength and kindness. “It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of my beloved father,” he wrote.He said that although the family was grieving, they remained grateful for the life Professor Oyewo lived and the impact he made on countless individuals throughout his lifetime. According to him, the late actor’s legacy would continue through the memories shared by family members, friends, colleagues and admirers whose lives he influenced. trending_flat News & Politics Oyo kidnappings : Falana leads protest over […]

The vice chairman of Ilejemeeje local government council in Ekiti sate, Mrs Grace Ogunyleye had been remanded in prison for kidnapping herself to collect ransom from the government.Ayemafuge learnt that Mrs. Grace Ogunyleye faked her own kidnapping by going into hiding for about two or three days and her people started searching for her whereabouts but all efforts to locate her proved abortive.On the third day, she instructed the two men who she perfectly arranged the fake kidnapping with to call one of her colleagues in Ilejemeeje local government council area of Ekiti sate to tell the colleague that she had been kidnapped.Immediately, her colleague blew the news open that Mrs. Grace Ogunyleye had been kidnapped.Thereafter, her colleague called her own line back to know how safe she was but the same man who called her colleague earlier collected the […]