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The  Oyo State Police Command has arrested three suspected vandals of critical national infrsstructure, recovered stolen rail tracks worth  ₦200 million.  The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, who disclosed this in Ibadan on Wednesday, said the arrest marked another significant operational success in its sustained campaign against economic sabotage and the vandalisation of critical national infrastructure. According to him, the breakthrough followed a timely tip-off from a vigilant member of the public. Acting on the credible intelligence, he said operatives of the Command Monitoring Unit swiftly mobilised to Gambari, Orile-Igbon area of Oyo State, where they intercepted the suspects on 14 July 2026 at about 1:45 p.m. before the stolen railway materials could be moved to their final destination.  The said the suspects identified as Waheed Ayinde ‘M’ (54 years), Muhammed Sani ‘M’ (27 years), and Hassan Ibrahim ‘M’ (22 years), were arrested...

A  man accused of assaulting a young woman after she rejected his advances has been arrested by the police in Abuja, following widespread outrage over a viral video of the incident. The arrest comes a day after the woman shared an emotional video alleging that the older man slapped her for refusing his request to get to know her. According to updates shared online, the suspect was traced to his location, where he reportedly tried to evade arrest by hiding from officers before eventually being apprehended.  Videos circulating on social media show the man apologising after he was found, but the apology did not prevent officers from taking him into custody. Reacting to the arrest, the woman reiterated the importance of respecting consent, writing: “No means No, and the sooner some men start respecting women’s boundaries, the better our society will become.” The incident has sparked widespread conversations on social media, with many Nigerians applauding the swift arrest while cal...

A  Nigerian Catholic priest serving in the United States of America has died by suicide, days after he was directed to leave the country and return to Nigeria, where he had reportedly expressed fears for his safety. The Reverend Benjamin Okwy Madu, 54, died on July 2 at his residence in Lynnfield, Massachusetts, according to the Archdiocese of Boston, where he had served as a hospital chaplain and parish priest on Cape Ann since 2021. Father Madu’s R-1 religious worker visa was due to expire on July 29. However, according to the Boston Globe, his home Diocese of Abakaliki in Ebonyi State instructed him to return to Nigeria ahead of that date for a new assignment scheduled to begin on August 4. Reports indicate that the priest had repeatedly expressed reluctance to return to Nigeria. In remarks to parishioners in June and in a farewell message published on his parish’s website shortly before his death, Madu acknowledged that leaving the United States was not his decision. “Returning...

  Nigerian  Afrobeats superstar, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has made music history after his official FIFA World Cup 2026 collaboration with Colombian pop icon, Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, popularly known as Shakira, titled “Dai Dai,” rose to the number one spot on the Billboard Global 200 chat.  For  the July 3 to July 9, 2026 tracking week, the anthem climbed to the top of the global chart. The track also held its position at number one on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart for a third consecutive week, making it the first official World Cup song to lead either chart since they were launched in 2020. According to data from music tracking firm Luminate, “Dai Dai” recorded 41.5 million streams globally during the tracking period—representing an eight percent increase week-on-week—and sold 6,000 units. Outside the United States, the song pulled in 37.1 million streams and sold 4,000 units.  This  achievement marks Burna Boy’s...

Operatives  of the Nigeria Police have arrested the self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi, in Osun State.  The  Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Iniedu, who confirmed the arrest, said the suspect was arrested without incident by a team of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), operatives and has been moved into police custody for further interrogation. Iniedu said the suspect, who had been the subject of an intensive manhunt by security agencies, was apprehended following intelligence-led operations weeks after investigations into allegations about the purported federal agency’s activities.  According  to him, the arrest followed days of coordinated efforts by security operatives, who had earlier raided his family residence while tracking his whereabouts. Reports indicated that investigators questioned his family members during the search for the suspect....

  Panic swept through the University of Jos (UNIJOS) community on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, after the beheaded body of a middle-aged man was discovered on farmland within the institution’s premises. The deceased, whose identity had yet to be officially confirmed as of the time of filing this report, was found with his head severed and missing, sparking fear among students, staff and residents. It was gathered that a 300-level student of the university, Pius Atok, said the body was discovered on a farm located within the university community. “The body was found this morning on a farm around the university community. From what we gathered, the victim was neither a student nor a member of staff of the university,” he said. A senior university official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, confirmed the incident, saying preliminary findings suggested that the victim was a farmer who regularly cultivated crops on the farmland where his ...