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A prosecution witness in the rape and murder trial of a Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominnikoron, on Monday, narrated how she was allegedly raped by Ominnikoron after boarding BRT. Ominnikoron is standing trial on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy, murder and rape. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. On Monday, the witness (name withheld), who is the first for prosecution, testified before Justice Sherifat Sonaike of a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. The 29-year-old witness said that the defendant tore her clothes and raped her from behind. She was led in evidence by…

When the news filtered in that Major General Rabe Abubakar had been abducted alongside his wife, it jolted me in a manner that I still do not fully understand. Seeing him in a video in such a degraded condition in the kidnappers’ den pierced my heart. That was an Army General being treated in that manner. As if that was not enough, the announcement of his death came from the blues. I was shocked. His death in kidnappers’ captivity is a tragedy that should trouble every Nigerian. If a man who once rose to the highest ranks of the military…

Nigeria is experiencing a rise in cyberattacks driven largely by preventable security lapses rather than advanced hacking techniques, according to a cybersecurity advisory by Digital Encode Limited. The firm warned that recent breaches affecting financial institutions, fintech companies, government agencies and other organisations are increasingly linked to weak configurations, exposed systems and poor credential management. It said cyber threat actors are exploiting misconfigured cloud services, unsecured databases, exposed application programming interfaces, leaked credentials and publicly accessible storage systems. According to the advisory, many of the compromised systems were exposed through basic operational weaknesses such as hardcoded API keys, weak authentication…

A fresh controversy has erupted in Gombe State over the political status of former Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami, as the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party laid conflicting claims to his party membership. The dispute followed Pantami’s emergence as the PDP governorship candidate ahead of the 2027 general elections, after the APC primary election produced Jamilu Gwamna as its candidate. The Gombe State chapter of the PDP insisted that Pantami had validly resigned from the APC and is now a bona fide member of the opposition party. The APC, however, maintained that the former…

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By Adeola Badru Governor Seyi Makinde has declared that Oyo State “is not Chibok and will never be Chibok”, vowing that the pupils and teachers abducted in Oriire Local Government Area will be rescued safely, as social media activist Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), led a protest over rising insecurity and kidnappings in the state. The protest, which followed a series of kidnapping incidents across Oyo State, saw demonstrators demand urgent action from the government to secure the release of the victims and improve security across the state. Addressing the protesters at his Ikolaba private residence, Ibadan,…

Muslim clerics in Ogun State under the aegis of Progressive Muslim Cleric, PMC, have admonished the federal government to urgently tackle and uproot the insecurity threat currently facing the country. President of PMC, Abdul Wasiu Akinyemi, made the call on Tuesday in Abeokuta during a press conference held in commemoration of the 1448 Hegira celebration. The Islamic scholar stressed the need for the federal government to do more to restore normalcy for Nigerians.  The cleric also dismissed claims that insecurity is tied to one ethnic group, insisting that kidnapping and terrorism predate current hotspots, recalling the 2010 Eagle Square bombing during President Jonathan’s…

Former Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong has admitted that he still misses life with the Nigerian national team months after bringing the curtain down on his international career, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Troost-Ekong retired from international football in December 2025 after serving Nigeria for a decade, ending a career that saw him captain the team, win AFCON and Olympic medals and become one of the country’s most influential defenders of his generation. The 32-year-old opened up about life after retirement during a roundtable discussion on the Bassey Talks podcast alongside current Super Eagles stars Ola Aina, Alex Iwobi, Joe Aribo…

Nollywood actress and producer, Mary Remmy Njoku, has expressed outrage over the abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State, questioning the country’s response to worsening insecurity. The filmmaker, in a post on her Instagram story on Tuesday, said she woke up “angry, heartbroken and deeply unsettled” over the fate of the kidnapped children. She questioned whether Nigerians have normalised abductions and violent attacks, lamenting what she described as growing public desensitisation to insecurity. She wrote, “I woke up this morning, Angry, heartbroken, and deeply unsettled. “Are we really saying that these kidnapped children are just gone? Are we saying that nothing…

A skit maker, Uchenna Igwe, aka Sir One On One, who has 480,000 followers on Instagram, tells BLESSING ENENAITE about his career What influenced your decision to become a skit maker? It is my calling. Second, I have passion for creativity. From day one, I have been in love with show business; from music to movies, stand-up comedy skit making. Why do you dress like a woman in your skits? My parents gave birth to four boys. I am the first child, and in every family where there are only boys, one particular person has to ‘sacrifice’ himself to be…