Metro

Motorists traveling along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have been advised to prepare for temporary traffic adjustments as authorities commence installation of safety warning poles on bridges along the busy highway corridor. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun State Sector Command, disclosed that the diversion is part of infrastructure improvement works being carried out by the Federal Ministry of Works in …

The Oyo State Police Command has paraded five persons arrested in connection with the discovery of firearms and other suspicious items at a property allegedly linked to a former Park Management System (PMS) member, Surajudeen Adio, known as Suri Ilupeju. The suspects were presented on Wednesday at the Police Headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, by the Command Public Relations Officer, Olayinka …

Agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted another transnational drug syndicate following the discovery and dismantling of a secret industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory operated by a Nigerian-Mexican cartel deep in the forests of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State. This breakthrough comes just four weeks after the Agency dismantled a similar massive crystal meth …

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have killed two suspected kidnappers and recovered ₦2.2 million believed to be ransom proceeds, along with a firearm, during a gunbattle with a criminal gang in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, stressing that the operation was carried out by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit …

A Fulani youth has challenged Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemi, also known as Sunday Igboho to come to their place in Igbeti, Oyo State, that he will not return alive. The man in the video shared on social media said Igboho is a girl who is like a sandal on her feet. He said Igboho dared to call the Fulani …

Officers of the Nigeria Police Force in Lagos have intercepted a truck allegedly carrying military camouflage uniforms and cartons of suspected illicit substances in the south-eastern region. Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, disclosed this during a press conference on Tuesday, stating that the vehicle was intercepted along the Lekki-Epe corridor while leaving the state. Fatai said the truck …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has formally asked the Senate to pass a constitutional amendment bill to establish the state police, in what could mark a major shift in Nigeria’s security landscape. The request was conveyed in a letter dated June 15, 2026 and read on the floor of the Red Chamber by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday. The …

Fulani herdsmen operating in the South West have been urged to step up cooperation with security agencies and host communities by reporting criminal elements threatening peace in the region. The call was made on Monday by the convener of the concerned Fulani people of Nigeria, Ibrahim Barkindo Chubado, in a statement issued in response to recent remarks by Yoruba activist …

Police are currently working hard to unravel the mystery behind the sudden death of an elder of the Church of the Cherubim and Seraphim (C&S), Elder Omotayo Ezekiel Fajana, 71, who was found dead in a hotel room just hours before his inauguration as the Head Pastor of the Prayer Warriors (Baba Aladura) of a faction of the church. Three …

The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed widespread reports (PLATFORM TIMES not included), that a retired broadcaster, Mrs Kitan Oyesiku, popularly known as “Aunt Kitan”, was killed by gunmen, describing such claims as unverified and misleading. Oyesiku, a former staff member of Ogun State Television, was found dead alongside her security guard at her residence in Kobape area of ​​Abeokuta …