A 47-year-old man, Adetayo Adewodun, has been arrested for impersonating an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and extorting money from a motorist around Itire Junction, Lagos. According to a statement released on Wednesday 8th October , 2025, by the Agency’s Director of Public Affairs, Adebayo Taofiq, Adewodun was caught after extorting…
Tragedy struck on Tuesday, 7th October , 2025, t a woman lost her life and ur others sustained injuries in a fatal road crash along the Abeokuta–Siun Expressway in Ogun State. The accident, which occurred near Day Waterman College, involved a Toyota Picnic space wagon with registration number BWR 181 BD and a MAN Diesel…
Fifty-seven years after one of the darkest episodes in Nigeria’s history, the people of Asaba on Monday 6th October, 2025 gathered in solemn reflection to commemorate the 1967 Asaba Massacre, renewing their call for justice and an official apology from the Federal Government. The remembrance event, held at the Ogbe-Osowa Memorial Arcade in the Delta…
Tragedy struck on Sunday afternoon at the Soka Area of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway when a 40-foot container-laden truck overturned and crushed a commercial Nissan Micra taxi, killing its driver instantly. The fatal crash, which occurred around 2 p.m., involved a trailer loaded with bales of imported clothing reportedly heading towards Ibadan, and a Micra taxi…
A major fire outbreak occurred in the early hours of Friday, 3rd October, 2025, following the crash of a 30,000-litre fuel-laden tanker on the Abeokuta–Kobape–Siun–Sagamu Interchange stretch of the PMB Expressway. The incident, which happened around 1:00 a.m., was attributed to excessive speed and loss of control by the tanker driver. The fallen vehicle spilled…
Under the cover of nightfall, a bandit/gunmen turned Tsauni community into a theatre of fear. They stormed the quiet settlement in Gusau, disarmed Policemen by seizing their mobile phones, and then vanished into the bush with two Councillors and a local Imam in tow. The attack, which happened around 8:05 p.m. on Wednesday, 1st October…
The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo State Command, Gbenga Agun, has died after collapsing at a public event in Benin City, throwing the security community and residents of the state into mourning. Agun was attending a programme organised by the International Association of World Peace Advocates on Thursday, 2nd…
The Ogun State Government has suspended two Principals of Ilugun High School, Elega, Abeokuta after a violent protest over illegal fee collection led to the death of a student. The suspended Principals are Mrs. Olukoga Adeyemi Alaba (Junior School) and Mrs. Ladipo Olabisi Temitope (Senior School). Education Commissioner Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu said they were removed…
Tragedy struck Nigeria’s Broadcast Industry in the early hours of Monday, September 29, 2025, as ARISE Television anchor, Somtochukwu Christelle “Sommie” Maduagwu, was killed during an armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. The 29-year-old Broadcaster, who was also a trained Lawyer, was confirmed dead after the robbery turned violent. ARISE…
In a significant cross-border law enforcement operation, the Ogun State Police Command announced that it arrested Abdoulaye Gomina, a criminal wanted in the Republic of Benin, in connection with a series of armed robberies and smuggling operations across the Nigeria–Benin frontier. The arrest reportedly took place on September 27, 2025 in the border community of…
