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Government orders churches to install soundproofing as it clamps down on noise pollution. The Zimbabwean government has ordered all churches operating in residential areas to install soundproofing in a bid to curb noise pollution and restore calm to neighbourhoods. The directive, issued by Shingirai Mushamba, Chief Director of Spatial Planning and Development, is aimed at…
Abeokuta – Reactions have continued to trail the recent remarks by the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, over a public lecture delivered by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, in the state on Sunday. A member of the Federal Character Commission representing Ogun State, Kayode Oladele, has described the deputy governor’s comments…
The Ogun State Police Command has filed six charges against a social media influencer, Adetoun Onajobi, also known as @justadetoun, at the Federal High Court in Abeokuta. In a statement released on Monday, the police spokesperson, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said Onajobi is accused of using social media and other online platforms to spread false information about…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over new allegations linked to terrorism financing. Security sources said Malami was arrested on Monday shortly after he was released from the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. DSS operatives reportedly picked him up…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State, Mr Olatunbosun Oyintiloye, has said that poor understanding and widespread misinformation are undermining the new tax laws in Nigeria. ICYMI Oyintiloye, a former lawmaker, made the statement on Sunday while speaking with journalists in Osogbo. He explained that many Nigerians do not fully understand…
The United States has ordered that a Nigerian man, Oluwaseun Adekoya, be deported after he completes a 20-year prison sentence for his role in a $2 million fraud scheme. According to a statement on the U.S. Department of Justice website, Adekoya was sentenced on Monday after being found guilty of bank fraud conspiracy, money laundering…
The Osun State Police Command has arrested three men connected to the suspected ritual killing of a 38-year-old FRSC officer, Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, and her 12-year-old daughter, Sewa. The arrested suspects are: According to the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Gotan, the case started on November 10, 2025, when someone reported at the Ikoyi…
Amid rising killings, mass abductions, and worsening security failures across Nigeria, several state Houses of Assembly are moving to consider the creation of state police an idea long debated and recently endorsed by President Bola Tinubu. Last week, the president urged the National Assembly to legalise state policing as part of ongoing constitutional reforms. Nigeria…
Several senators on Wednesday expressed worry over President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s decision to remove police officers assigned to VIPs, saying the move could put them in serious danger. Their concerns came during a Senate discussion on rising insecurity, following a motion by Senator Oyelola Yisa Ashiru, who called for urgent action from the federal government.…
The Chief Judge of Ogun State, Justice Mosunmola Dipeolu, revealed on Monday that the state judiciary has digitally stored and preserved more than 3,000 court record books, some dating as far back as 1914, from the pre-colonial era. She noted that poorly managed records can distort justice, create gaps in historical documentation, and weaken accountability…
