Metro
Oil Theft: NAF Airstrikes Destroy Boats, Tanks With Stolen Crude Oil In Rivers

Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft of the air component, Operation Delta Safe have bombed and destroyed 3 boats sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline at a dispensing site, west of Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.
Director of NAF Public Relations, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet who made this known said the air strikes and destruction were carried out on Saturday, August 5 2023.
He said, “These are not the best of times for oil thieves and their accomplices in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria as the Air Component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) continues to strike at the heart of their activities.
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“One of such operations occurred on Saturday 5 August 2023 at about 4 Nautical Miles South-East of Bille, a riverine area located west of Bonny Island and South of Port Harcourt, in Rivers State.
“The air strikes became necessary after 3 boats were sighted tapping crude oil from a pipeline.
“Consequently, the boats were engaged and destroyed by the aircraft.
“Flying towards Port Harcourt, the crew also observed an active illegal refining site with tanks and reservoirs loaded with suspected illegal refined products, about 4 miles South-east of Idama in Rivers State.
“The site was subsequently attacked and destroyed.
“Air strikes against these economic saboteurs will be sustained until they desist from their acts of thievery and economic sabotage.
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“The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has since directed all air component commanders nationwide to ensure they team up with other security agencies as they sustain air strikes on all criminal elements in the country.
According to him, “The days of treating criminal elements in our country with kids’ gloves is over.
“We must continue on this trajectory until we bring all of them to their knees.”
Metro
Auto-crash Claims 2 Lives On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, on Friday confirmed that two people died in a lone accident around Oremeji Bus Stop on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Corps’ spokesperson, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta.
Akinbiyi said the accident, involving a Mazda bus with registration number YNF 414 XN, occurred at about 1:30 a.m.
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He explained that the two occupants of the vehicle, the driver and conductor, both adult males, died on the spot, adding that no injury was recorded.
According to him, eyewitnesses said the bus lost control due to speeding, hit a road barrier, and somersaulted.
Akinbiyi further said the vehicle, which was conveying live chicks, had been towed by the Ibafo Motor Traffic Division of the Police for further investigation.
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He added that the remains of the victims had been deposited at the Divine Touch Hospital morgue in Ibafo by operatives of TRACE, the police, and the Ogun State Emergency Services (OGSAES).
He noted that traffic was briefly affected during the rescue operation but was later restored through the efforts of TRACE and the police.
Metro
Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Son
The Kano State High Court has sentenced Abubakar Alhaji Sabo to death by hanging after finding him guilty of killing his newborn son.
The Kano State Government prosecuted Sabo before the court on charges of culpable homicide and causing grievous harm.
He was accused of force-feeding the infant with a local insecticide known as ‘fiya-fiya’, resulting in the child’s death.
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Sabo killed the baby after the mother, his girlfriend, refused to obey his instruction to kill the child to avoid the shame of fathering a child out of wedlock.
Following the incident, he was also found guilty of striking the girlfriend’s father on the head with a brick after he caught Sabo poisoning the baby.
During the trial, the prosecution counsel, Barrister Safiya Yalwati Yahaya, presented three witnesses, while the defendant testified in his own defence.
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After reviewing the evidence presented by both parties, Justice Aisha Yau, who presided over the case, found him guilty of infanticide and sentenced him to death by hanging.
The court also imposed an additional three-year prison sentence for causing grievous harm.
Metro
Nine Kwara Victims: Kidnappers Insist On N300m Ransom
No progress has been recorded on the bandits demand for N300m ransom for the release of nine victims abducted in Adanla community of Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state on Boxing Day, December 26, 2025.
Coordinator of the Joint Security Watch for Kwara South Senatorial District, Zubair Olaitan, disclosed this on Wednesday.
According to DAILY POST, the bandits have so far made three contacts with the community leaders that “if the N300m is not paid, the victims will not be released.”
The bandits seized the nine victims in an attempt to abduct the King of the community, and his wife on Boxing Day, but failed.
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The King, David Olarinoye, was away to Igbaja town for a programme when the armed bandits invaded his community.
The bandits, however, later seized nine other victims in the community and marched them to the bush.
While seven victims were abducted at the palace of the King, two others were captured on their way to the bush.
Following the abduction, the bandits demanded a N300m for the release of the abducted victims, resisting any negotiations for reduction of the ransom.
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