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The African Democratic Congress has kept the venue of its presidential campaign rally in Sokoto State secret ahead of Wednesday’s kick-off, citing security concerns amid allegations of attempts to disrupt the event. The party said it was taking precautionary measures to avoid being caught unawares, following reports of a possible plot to frustrate the rally scheduled for November 4.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has uncovered an illegal oil refinery allegedly operated by Chinese nationals in the Ogere area of Ogun State. The commission said the facility was discovered on Saturday, October 31, 2026, by operatives of its Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 following intelligence and surveillance on the activities of illegal sludge oil refiners.
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The National Youth Service Corps has identified four irregularities in a certificate linked to former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, insisting that the document was not issued by the corps. An Assistant Director in the NYSC Department of Certification, Yusuf Jumare, disclosed this on Tuesday while testifying as the second prosecution witness in the alleged certificate forgery and money laundering case against Nnaji before the Federal High Court in Abuja.
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The National Assembly is set to transmit the proposed State Police Bill to President Bola Tinubu for assent after completing the authentication of approvals secured from 28 state Houses of Assembly. The Clerk to the National Assembly, Kamoru Ogunlana, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, confirming that the number of state legislatures that had approved the proposed constitutional amendment exceeded the constitutionally required threshold of 24 states.
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The Ondo State Police Command has uncovered a suspected counterfeit currency production site in Odigbo Local Government Area of the state, arresting one suspect and recovering three bags of suspected fake United States dollar notes. The command said the operation took place on October 29 at Kiniso Village, via Ajue, following investigations into a complaint by a man who allegedly received counterfeit dollars from two men during a currency exchange transaction.
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Tension has gripped Rachas village in Heipang District, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, following the killing of an 18-year-old vigilante member, Divine Dung Davou, by gunmen during a midnight attack. The incident, which occurred at about 12:30 am on Tuesday, has thrown the community into mourning and renewed fears over insecurity in rural communities.
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The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a suspected high-tech indoor cannabis farm at a residential property in Apapa, Lagos State, arresting a Polish national and a Nigerian in connection with the discovery. It was learnt that the suspects were identified as Thomas Razvickas, 49, a Polish national, and James Chisome, 36, a Nigerian. Both reportedly reside at the property where the facility was discovered.
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The Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has set free and approved an initial payment of N20 million to four suspects, out of which each suspect is to receive five million Naira as compensation after being cleared of alleged membership of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
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A Kano State High Court has sentenced two young men to death by hanging for the murder of Dahiru Musa. A third person involved in the case received a seven-year prison sentence.
Justice Fatima Adamu of Court 18 on Miller Road delivered the judgment on Monday. The two men sentenced to death are Aliyu Adamu, 22, and Mubarak Abdussalam, 20. The third defendant, Sadik Sanusi, 19, was jailed for seven years.
The court found Adamu and Abdussalam guilty of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Sanusi was convicted for his role in helping to conceal the crime.
According to the prosecution, led by Kano State Solicitor-General Salisu Muhammad-Tahir, the crime happened on September 29, 2024, at Gaida Yan Kusa Quarters in Kano. Adamu, who worked for the victim, and Abdussalam allegedly lured Musa to a location under the pretext of a land-related discussion. They poisoned him with rat poison and then stabbed him several times with knives. The next day, Abdussalam and Sanusi bought petrol and took the body to an uncompleted building, where they burned it to destroy evidence. Sanusi, who operated a commercial tricycle, helped transport them and failed to report what he knew.
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The Department of State Services, DSS, has accused African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore of attempting to frustrate his trial over alleged cyberbullying of President Bola Tinubu by seeking to call the agency’s lead counsel, Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, as a defence witness.
The secret police described the subpoena issued to Kehinde as an abuse of court process, alleging that it was intended to obstruct the prosecution and put its lead lawyer in an untenable position.
The DSS stated its position on Tuesday before the Federal High Court in Abuja, where Justice Mohammed Garba Umar scheduled November 9 to deliver a ruling on Sowore’s application.
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The Ogun State Government has reconstituted the Awujale Interregnum Administrative Council, AIAC, declaring that the purported Adele Oba Awujale group has no legal or customary recognition.
In a statement on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Ganiyu Hamzat, the government said the reconstitution became necessary following the reported withdrawal of some members of the council earlier established in August 2025.
Hamzat said the withdrawal did not invalidate the AIAC, which remains the only legally recognised body empowered to manage the administrative and traditional affairs of Ijebuland pending the appointment and coronation of a new Awujale.
He disclosed that Chief Chris Okunowo and Alhaji Rasheed Adeoye Adesanya, the Olisa of Ijebu-Ode, had publicly dissociated themselves from the reported mass withdrawal.
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ReplyDeletePoisoning someone with rat poison wasn't enough, they now stabbed him severally and burnt his body. Very evil minded children.
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These foreigners will just come and be doing illegal business in Nigeria, good they were caught.
Thank you for the news update SDK 4life.