Oyo Tightens Security with 7-Hour Night Curfew on Commercial Motorcycles

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaOyo Tightens Security with 7-Hour Night Curfew on Commercial Motorcycles

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 6, 2026

The Oyo State Government has announced a nighttime restriction on commercial motorcycle operations across the state as part of fresh security measures aimed at curbing rising insecurity and strengthening public safety. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed the directive during the signing of Executive Order No. 002 of 2026, which restricts commercial motorcycle (Okada) operations between 10:30 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. statewide. “Consequently, the operations of commercial motorcycle operators, formerly known as Okada riders, will now be...

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FG Launches ‘#UniteAgainstTerror’ Campaign to Mobilise Nigerians Against Terrorism

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFG Launches ‘#UniteAgainstTerror’ Campaign to Mobilise Nigerians Against Terrorism

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 6, 2026

The Federal Government has called for a united national front involving citizens, the media, civil society organisations, and security agencies in the ongoing fight against terrorism and violent extremism across the country. Speaking at a national press briefing in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said defeating terrorism requires collective responsibility that transcends political, ethnic, religious, and regional divisions. “The Federal Government is rallying citizens, the media, and security...

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State Police Legal Framework Almost Ready — Presidency

NewsNigeriaPoliticsState Police Legal Framework Almost Ready — Presidency

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 6, 2026

Nigeria’s long-debated proposal to establish state police has moved significantly closer to reality, with the Presidency confirming that work on the constitutional and legal framework is now at an advanced stage and an amendment is expected soon. The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursday after a high-level consultative meeting held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, describing months of sustained deliberations between the executive, the National Assembly, and...

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Four Corps Members, Soldier in Adamawa Die in Ghastly Car Crash

NewsNigeriaPoliticsFour Corps Members, Soldier in Adamawa Die in Ghastly Car Crash

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2026

Four serving NYSC Corps Members in Adamawa state and a soldier were among six persons that have lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident on 3rd June, 2026, at about 1:50 p.m. along the Narehi area of Girei-Song Local Government Areas of Adamawa State. Spokesman of the Adamawa State Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje in a statement said the sixth passenger was a passenger in a commercial bus. According to the statement, the accident...

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CommunityNewsPGC Takes Campaign Against Child Trafficking, Gender-Based Violence To Streets 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2026

The Plateau State Gender and Equal Opportunities Commission has launched a Metro Bus Sensitization Campaign aimed at combating Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV), child trafficking, child abuse, and other forms of human rights violations across the state. The awareness campaign commenced with the deployment of two Metro buses operating on the Zawan–Terminus and Zawan–Gada Biyu routes.  Officials and staff of the Commission boarded the buses to directly engage passengers, educate them on the dangers of...

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Nasarawa State Assembly passes 37 bills, 28 resolutions in 3 years

NewsNigeriaPoliticsNasarawa State Assembly passes 37 bills, 28 resolutions in 3 years

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)June 4, 2026

The 7th Nasarawa State House of Assembly has passed 37 bills and 28 resolutions in three years which the Speaker Rt. Hon. Dr. Danladi Jatau said have direct bearing on the lives of the people of the State. The Speaker of the House who made the disclosure during the End of Legislative Year Recess Wednesday in Lafia, acknowledged the support and cooperation of lawmakers to him during the period and called for its sustenance. Dr....

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Tinubu Congratulates Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim On New UN Role

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Congratulates Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim On New UN Role

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 4, 2026

President Bola Tinubu, has congratulated Ambassador Jimoh Ibrahim, Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on his election as Chairman of the United Nations General Assembly Fifth Committee on Budget and Administration. The President, in a congratulatory message on Wednesday signed by his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, noted that the election of Senator Ibrahim is noteworthy at a particularly critical moment for the United Nations, as the world body navigates significant financial...

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Opposition Lawmakers Select Ugochinyere As Reps Minority Leader

NewsNigeriaPoliticsOpposition Lawmakers Select Ugochinyere As Reps Minority Leader

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)June 4, 2026

Opposition lawmakers in the green chamber of the National Assembly, on Wednesday selected Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, lawmaker representing Ideato North and Ideato South, as Reps Minority Leader Designate, awaiting the Speaker’s announcement. 61 out of the 81 lawmakers from the Nigerian Democratic Congress (NDC), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Labour Party (LP), Action Peoples Party (APP), Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Social Democratic Party (SDP) and ACCORD...

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Four Sentenced to Death Over 2022 Owo Church Massacre

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFour Sentenced to Death Over 2022 Owo Church Massacre

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 4, 2026

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four men to death by hanging for their roles in the 2022 terrorist attack on St Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, one of the deadliest assaults on a place of worship in Nigeria in recent years. The convicts — Idris Abdulmalik Omeiza, Al Qasim Idris, Jamiu Abdulmalik and Abdulhaleem Idris — were found guilty on nine counts of terrorism-related offences, including membership of a proscribed...

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Armed Hoodlums Attack Immigration Office in Ogbomoso

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaArmed Hoodlums Attack Immigration Office in Ogbomoso

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)June 4, 2026

The Oyo State Police Command says it has launched a full-scale investigation into an attack on the Nigeria Immigration Service passport office in Ogbomoso, after armed assailants invaded the facility on Tuesday night. According to police authorities, the incident occurred at about 8:45 p.m. on 2 June 2026, when the officer in charge raised an alarm after hoodlums breached the premises by scaling the rear perimeter fence. “Preliminary information available to the Command indicates that...

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