At least three suspected kidnappers who abducted five students of the Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State were killed during a gun battle with security operatives, reports thegazellenews.com. The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, confirmed the development on Sunday, 9 August, 2026 while highlighting the police operational success across the country. According to Iniedu, following the rescue of the victims, the police anti-kidnapping unit and operatives of the Department of State Security trailed the kidnappers to their hideout. While noting that that the security team engaged the kidnappers in a gun duel during which three suspects…
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No fewer than 137 Nigerian citizens have been deported by German government in five documented chartered operations between February and June 2026, reports The Punch online. According to the news medium, the documented arrivals comprised 27 Nigerians deported in February, 37 deported directly by Germany as part of a 50-person joint European Union operation in March, and 24, 23 and 26 Nigerians deported in April, May and June, respectively, according to figures contained in reports monitored by the DERS Team and Refugees4refugees.org. The figures indicate an increase in the use of chartered flights to return Nigerians from Germany and other…
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 23-year-old student of the Nigerian Law School, Faith Alayande, who reportedly died after allegedly jumping from the rooftop of a four-storey hostel building at the institution’s campus in Victoria Island, Lagos. The Punch online learnt in a telephone conversation with the command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, that the incident was reported to the police after the deceased was found unresponsive in the hostel premises on Friday, 7 August, 2026. Adebisi noted that the matron of the institution reported the matter and disclosed that another student and a relative…
The war between former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and his former principal, President Olusegun Obasanjo escalated on Sunday, 9 August, 2026 as the former accused him of sustaining a campaign of “lies, political manipulation and orchestrated deceit” against him for more than two decades. Atiku, the Adamawa born perennial presidential candidate, the Ogun State born former president’s latest allegations are collapsing “like a pack of cards.” The former Vice President , who made the accusation through a statement Issued in Abuja on Sunday, 9 August, 2026 by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, was reacting to a recent claim by Obasanjo…
Ahead of Osun State governorship election scheduled for Saturday, 15 August, 2026, the state Governor, Ademola Adeleke on Sunday, 9 august, 2026 described a statement credited to the Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, as an indication that the All Progressives Congress(APC) plans to rig the poll, reports thegazellenews.com. Adeleke made the allegation in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, and made available to newsmen in Osogbo, the state capital on Sunday. Thegazellenews.com gathered that Oyetola had on Saturday, 8 August, 2026 while addressing APC stakeholders and supporters in Osun State, urged Adeleke to prepare for defeat…
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday, 7 August, 2026 called on religious and Spiritual leaders have called upon to consistently speak out against terrorism, kidnapping, banditry and the misuse of religion to justify violence, reports thegazellenews.com. Tinubu, made the call on Sunday in Kano, in a goodwill message delivered on his behalf by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, at the Grand Maulud of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tijani He said he recognised the crucial role religious leaders could play in confronting violence, extremism and the misuse of faith to justify destructive acts. According to a statement by Akume’s media…
Suspected cultists on Monday, 3 August, 2026 beat a young man identified simply as Azeez to following a dispute over a missing phone at Oko-Oba in the Agege area of Lagos State. A police source, who confirmed the development to PUNCH Metro on Sunday, 7 August, 2026 that the incident occurred on Monday, August 3, 2026, added that Azeez was involved in an argument with some of his colleagues over a missing phone after they attended a party. The source said the argument later degenerated into an assault on Azeez by some of the suspected cultists, said to be his…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola Professor Alfred Bandele Kasunmu, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice of Lagos State and pioneering legal scholar, is dead. He was 92. The Nigerian legal profession is in mourning. Kasunmu died peacefully in the early hours of Sunday, 9 August , 2026. His family announced the passage in a statement, describing him as a beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather whose life was devoted to law, scholarship and public service. Born on May 23, 1934, in Lagos to parents from Ilesa, Osun State, his educational journey began at Elizabeth Fowler Memorial School, continued…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos Waste Management Authority has commenced a strategic stakeholder engagement with the Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria to co-create a comprehensive reform agenda aimed at building a more sustainable, accountable and high-performing Private Sector Participation sector capable of delivering efficient waste collection services across Lagos State. LAWMA disclosed this in a statement issued over the weekend by its Director of Public Affairs, Mukaila Sanusi, who said the engagement, themed Building a Sustainable, Accountable and High-Performance PSP Sector for a Cleaner Lagos, was held recently at the agency’s headquarters in Ijora-Olopa. Sanusi explained that the…
By Daniel Oluwatobiloba Popoola The Lagos State Sports Trust Fund has handed over the Mobolaji Johnson Sports Indoor Hall and Squash Courts Hall at the Rowe Park Sports Centre, Yaba, to a designated contractor, with a six-week deadline set for the completion of the facilities. The handover took place over the weekend, with LSSTF Chairman Wahid Oshodi highlighting the urgency of completing the Indoor Hall and Squash Courts before the end of September in preparation for the maiden National Intermediate Games, scheduled to hold in Lagos from October 1 to 15. Oshodi said the main purpose of the event was…