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The police have successfully rescued six law students of the Yola Campus who were abducted on July 26, 2025, while travelling from Anambra State to Adamawa State.

recalls that the incident occurred in the late hours of Saturday, July 26, 2025, along the volatile route between Wukari in Taraba State and parts of Benue State.

The Benue State Police PRO, Edet Udeme, in a statement on Friday, said the students were safely released and reunited with their families on Friday morning, August 1, 2025.

She said, “Police authorities confirmed the rescue, assuring the public of their commitment to ensuring the safety of lives and property.”

Troops of Operation Fansan Yanma have launched a manhunt for suspected bandits who abducted two farmers in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

According to a post on Friday by counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama via X, the victims, Halilu Nuhu of Gidan Bawa village and Mamuda Aliyu of Bagarera village, were abducted around noon on Thursday, July 31, while working on their farms.

The armed assailants, numbering about six and riding on three motorcycles, reportedly stormed the farms and whisked the victims away into a nearby forest.

Following the incident, troops swiftly mobilised to block possible escape routes and are currently combing suspected hideouts, including forested areas stretching toward the border with the Niger Republic.

Security sources said efforts are ongoing to locate and rescue the abducted farmers, while the military continues to intensify operations to apprehend the perpetrators.

A commercial truck reportedly suffered brake failure and crushed a pedestrian to death at the Offa Garage Roundabout in Ilorin, Kwara State.

It was gathered that the accident happened around 8:00 a.m. on Friday along the Ilorin–Ajase Ipo highway.

The fatal crash involved a Mitsubishi Canter truck with registration number SMK 801 XT, loaded with gallons of palm oil. Witnesses said the truck veered off the road and rammed into the AP Filling Station located near the roundabout, spilling its contents and causing significant damage.

The impact of the crash uprooted one of the fuel pumps and severely damaged another. Two males sustained injuries, while five vehicles were also wrecked in the chaos.

The truck, painted blue and green, reportedly lost control due to brake failure while in motion. The driver, identified as Nasiru, managed to escape unscathed.

Officials from the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, were present at the scene, but deferred official commentary to the Kwara State Road Traffic Management Authority, KWARTMA.

Confirming the incident, KWARTMA’s Public Relations Officer, Gani Olawoye, said the deceased had been evacuated and the damaged vehicles were taken to the agency’s office. He noted that the injured victims were rushed to the hospital for treatment.

Olawoye added that the agency’s Acting General Manager, Engr Michael Bamidele, had called for increased vigilance and urged motorists, especially truck operators, to ensure their vehicles are properly maintained to prevent such accidents.

“As a preventive measure, all beggars around the Offa Garage axis have also been directed to vacate the area,” Olawoye said.

Police in Jigawa State have confirmed the recovery of two more corpses out of the five victims declared missing in a recent canoe mishap.

report that four people died, seven were rescued, and five were missing in a canoe mishap in Taura Local Government.

The incident happened when the canoe, carrying seventeen passengers from Digawa Village in Jahun Local Government Area to Zangon Maje Town in Taura LGA, capsized.

In a statement signed by the Spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, SP Lawan Shiisu Adam, and issued to newsmen, more bodies were said to have been recovered two days after the incident.

According to the statement, “The bodies of two more victims were recovered and were confirmed dead by a medical doctor.”

Efforts are still ongoing to recover the remaining victims.

The State Commissioner of Police consoled the families of the victims and also warned against overloading canoes to avoid future occurrences.

Super Eagles goalkeeper, Ojo Olorunleke, is on the verge of sealing a move to Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, club, Shooting Stars.

Olorunleke has been clubless since leaving Sudanese outfit, Al-Merriekh earlier in the year.

The 29-year-old is now looking to revive his career by pitching tent with the Oluyole Warriors.

The shot stopper is a popular figure in the Nigerian top-flight having featured for top clubs like Kano Pillars, Akwa United, Sunshine Stars, Abia Warriors, and Enyimba in the past.

Olorunleke won the NPFL title with Enyimba in the 2022/23 season.

He was part of the Super Eagles squad to the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Cote d’Ivoire.

Arsenal have not yet submitted an official offer for Crystal Palace playmaker, Eberechi Eze.

This comes amid the revelation that Eze’s £68million release clause will expire at 11:59pm on Friday, August 1.

According to talkSPORT, the Gunners are aware of this deadline and have already informed Palace they are not planning to trigger it.

Eze’s release clause is made up of a £60m fixed fee with add-ons covering the rest.

But Arsenal value the 27-year-old below that and are willing to negotiate with their London rivals.

It is believed Eze is keen on the move and therefore personal terms will not be an issue.

Although Arteta has profiled Eze as a no.10, his versatility means he can also play wide left.

The 81 Division Nigerian Army has said the two men who claimed to be soldiers arrested for alleged cultism by the Ogun State Police were not personnel of the Nigerian Army.

The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Lieut.-Col. Musa Yahaya, made this known in a statement obtained by DAILY POST on Thursday.

Recall that last Saturday, the Ogun State Police Command said operatives from the Odeda Division, Aregbe Division, the Anti-Cultism Unit, and SWAT, led by SP Adejoh Israel, arrested two soldiers, a suspected armed cultist, and nineteen others during a midnight raid carried out at Hillton Hotel, Osiele, Abeokuta, in the Odeda Local Government Area of the state.

The police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, disclosed that the operation was targeted at suspected members of the Aiye confraternity who were reported to have gathered at the hotel.

Reacting to this, the Acting Deputy Director, Yahaya, disclosed that preliminary investigation revealed that one of them, Ex-Private Adeshola Lukuman, was a deserter who abandoned his place of duty since April 2023 while serving at the Army Central Ammunition Depot, Agunu in Kachia, Kaduna State.

He clarified that the second suspect falsely claimed to be a soldier, apparently in an attempt to evade arrest and gain undeserved leniency.

According to the statement, the Nigerian Army remains a disciplined organisation that has a zero-tolerance policy for cults and other illegal activities.

Part of the statement reads, “Participation in cult-related activities is strictly prohibited, and severe sanctions are imposed on any personnel found to be involved.

“We therefore urge the Nigerian Police, sister security agencies, and media organisations to verify and cross-check their facts with appropriate Nigerian Army authorities before rushing to the media on matters involving personnel of the Nigerian Army.

“We shall continue to collaborate with sister security agencies and state government agencies and their communities in the fight against cultism, drug abuse, and other forms of criminality. We won’t allow anything to threaten peace, stability, and legal economic activities in our area of responsibility,” the statement added.

Yahaya added that the misleading report does not reflect the true image of the Nigerian Army; hence, the public should disregard it.

A man identified as Ibrahim Abubakar has been sentenced to three months in prison by a Magistrate Court in Kano for burning car tyres and polluting the environment.

The Kano State Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, through its lawyer Barista Bahijjah H. Aliyu, took Abubakar to court after he was caught breaking environmental and public health laws.

Police officers on patrol in the Tukuntawa Gidan Radio area arrested Abubakar while he was burning tyres; an act that produces dangerous smoke and harmful to people’s health.

The case followed complaints from residents of the area.

In response, the Director of Pollution Control in the ministry, Ibrahim Nasir, led a team to investigate the matter. The ministry then took the case to court.

During the court session, the prosecutor presented strong evidence showing the health risks caused by burning of tyres.

The judge, Auwalu Yusuf, found Abubakar guilty and gave him an option of either paying a fine or serving three months in prison.