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Suspected gunmen abduct six Ondo health workers in Akure

Suspected gunmen abducted six health workers from a health centre in Okeijebu, Akure, Ondo State, in the early hours of Saturday, plunging the community into panic. Eyewitnesses said the attackers, arriving in a bus around 2:00 a.m., forcefully entered the facility, overpowered staff, and rounded up health workers, including interns on night duty. A patient who narrowly escaped described the operation as swift and precise, leaving little room for resistance. “They came in a big bus and entered the hospital forcefully. Before anyone could react, they gathered all the staff on duty and took six of them away,” the witness recounted. The victims were bundled into the vehicle and taken to an unknown location, prompting immediate concern in the area. Meanwhile, the state security outfit, Amotekun, conducted overnight operations in Akure South Local Government Area, rescuing three of the abducted health workers. Two other victims—a 45-year-old man and his 15-year-old son—who were kidnapped ea...

Navy dismantles illegal refinery in Rivers, recovers stolen crude

The Nigerian Navy has deactivated an illegal refinery in the Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State and recovered more than 20,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil. This is contained in a statement by the acting director of naval information, Navy Capt. Abiodun Folorunsho, on Friday in Abuja. Folorunsho said the operation was carried out under Operation Delta Sentinel by personnel of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny, Eastern Naval Command. He said the operation followed credible intelligence on illegal refining activities in Allison Community, Bonny. Folorunsho said an anti-crude oil theft patrol team was deployed to the area, leading to the discovery of an active illegal refining site. He said the site contained dugout pits, locally fabricated cooking and cooling systems, as well as sacks filled with substances suspected to be stolen crude oil. “Further assessment revealed over 20,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil stored at the facility. “The illegal refining inf...

Insecurity: US Congressman Riley Moore renews calls for decentralised police force

United States Congressman, Riley Moore, has reiterated his call for decentralisation of Nigeria’s police force to allow state governments to take more responsibility for local security. He made the call in a post on X, yesterday, urging the Federal Government to step up action to protect its citizens, particularly those from the Middle Belt, who have been at the center of Islamic extremists killing. Congressman Moore had taken a proactive role in addressing security issues in Nigeria, focusing heavily on the persecution of Christians and the rise of extremism, largely aligning with the policy agenda of President Donald Trump. As of early 2026, he led investigations, introduced legislation, and demanded direct accountability from the Nigerian government. As part of his efforts to address insecurity, he led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Nigeria to investigate violence affecting Christian communities, meeting with victims, religious leaders, and high-level Nigerian government o...

Court Throws Out ₦54 Billion Oil Spill Suit In Uyo

The Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has dismissed a ₦54 billion representative lawsuit filed over a 2014 oil spill, ruling that the case was filed outside the legal time limit. The suit was brought by representatives of Barracks, Nditia and Okposo 2 communities against Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, now known as SEPNU. Claimants argued that the environmental damage from the spill amounted to a continuing injury and should therefore escape the statute of limitations. The court disagreed and struck out the case, holding that the spill was a single completed act whose legal timeline began in 2014. At the centre of the decision was an argument by Mobil’s counsel, Ms Abasiemediong Etuk, who urged the court to distinguish between a continuing injury and the continuing effect of an injury. She maintained that a continuing injury requires repeated wrongdoing, which was not present in this case. “While the effects of the spill might persist, the cause of action remains fixed to the date t...

Aborted twins found dumped at Plateau refuse site

JOS — Residents of Special Site in Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State were thrown into shock and outrage on Thursday, after the bodies of aborted twins were discovered in a polythene bag at a refuse dump. The foetuses, a male and a female, estimated to be over five months old, were found behind the house of commercial driver Enman Danladi. Danladi recounted that a local farmer alerted him to the discovery after noticing a dog sniffing at the bag, which was swarming with flies. “He drove the dog away several times before opening the bag and finding the aborted twins. He immediately rushed to inform me,” Danladi said. He said he gathered about eight neighbours who later dug a small grave at the site to bury the remains. The men expressed anger and cursed whoever was responsible, while women in the community wept, with one woman who had struggled with infertility crying uncontrollably. When asked about potential suspects, Danladi said no one in the neighbourhood was suspected...

Court orders arrest of Turaki, factional PDP Chairman

ABUJA — A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Thursday issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Kabiru Turaki, SAN, a factional National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Justice Peter Kekemeke made the order after Turaki—who served as Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs from 2013 to 2015—failed to appear in court to answer a one-count charge filed by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP). In the charge, marked FCT/HC/CR/647/25, police alleged that the factional PDP national chairman provided false information to them in a petition he lodged in 2022. The charge, filed on November 15, 2025, reads: “That you, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, (SAN), ‘m’, No. 37 T.Y. Danjuma Street, Asokoro, Abuja, on or about October 5, 2022, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, gave false information to the Inspector-General of Police via a petition dated October 5, 2022.” He was accused of committing an offence punishable under Section 140 of the Pe...