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Ondo Students Block Akure-Ore Highway With Empty Buckets, Protest Poor Welfare

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2 years ago

April 21, 2023

Students of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo town, Ondo state, have protested poor welfare by the management of the institution.

They blocked the ever-busy Ondo/Ore highway with empty buckets and other items to protest the refusal of the school management to meet their demands on water and electricity on the campus.

Vehicular movement was disrupted for hours in the town resulting in motorists travelling through the town to take alternative routes out of Ondo town to continue their journey.

The protesting students who converged on the road, moved to the streets of Ondo, halting vehicular movement for hours, accusing the institution’s management of not being sensitive to their welfare.

They came out with empty buckets and other items, using them to block the highway to show the lack of water in their hostels.

They vowed to continue the protest until the school’s management find problems of water scarcity and lack of electricity on the campus.

Speaking with newsmen, one of their leaders, who identified himself as Tomilola alleged that” management has turned deaf ears to all their pleas and treated them unfairly despite the huge levies being collected from them.

The students lamented the insensitivity of the management on issues and the welfare of the student.

” Several meetings and consultations have been held with the school authorities but no action has been taken so far.

” The management has refused to respond to our demands.

“They have failed to attend to our welfare, no water, no electricity and this is becoming unbearable”

Speaking with newsmen, the school’s spokesperson, Mrs Oluseto Olatuyi, said the school management was working on the issues raised by the students.

Olatuyi assured that all the issued raised by the students will be addressed by the management soon.

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Gateman Arrested For Allegedly Defiling Four-year-old Pupil In Oyo

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3 hours ago

September 5, 2025

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A 26-year-old gateman identified as Josiah Ayomide has been arrested for allegedly defiling a four-year-old pupil in one of the schools in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The suspect was paraded alongside other suspects arrested for offences ranging from theft, banditry, rape, and other crimes at the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Thursday.

In his briefing, the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, said the suspect was nabbed after the victim complained of severe vaginal pains to her parents at home.

Osifeso added that after a thorough investigation and probe, the suspect confessed to the crime.

The police spokesman said the victim later told her mother that her school gateman had unlawfully raped her while she was in the school.

According to the report, “The victim was taken to the Police Medical Clinic, Eleyele-Ibadan, for medical examination and treatment, and the medical report revealed that the hymen was not intact, with tenderness around the vulva and vagina and bruises.”

Osifeso said the suspect would be prosecuted upon completion of the investigation.

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Panic As Fire Guts Fuel Station In Ikorodu

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4 hours ago

September 5, 2025

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There was pandemonium on Friday when fire gutted A1 Petroleum Filling Station, an independent oil dealer located on Isawo Road, off Agric Bus Stop in Ikorodu, Lagos.

As of 1 p.m., the extent of property destroyed and possible casualties had not been confirmed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, supported by other emergency responders, were at the scene battling to contain the inferno, which reportedly began from a diesel-laden truck within the premises.

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DSS Charges Top Ansaru Leaders Over Terrorism, Kuje Prison Break Roles

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5 hours ago

September 5, 2025

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has brought terrorism charges against two senior commanders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group, over their alleged role in violent attacks across Nigeria.

The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, who is described as the Emir of Ansaru, and his deputy Mahmud al-Nigeri, also called Malam Mamuda. They were recently captured during security operations.

According to the DSS, the charges against them include leading a terrorist organisation, funding its activities, recruiting members, and planning violent operations nationwide.

Their arraignment at the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected soon.

Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), said the two men were behind the July 2022 Kuje prison attack, where more than 600 inmates, including Boko Haram suspects, escaped.

Ribadu explained: “Abu Bara was the coordinator of terrorist sleeper cells across Nigeria and the mastermind of several high-profile kidnappings and armed robberies used to finance terrorism.”

On Mamuda, Ribadu revealed that he trained in Libya between 2013 and 2015 under foreign jihadists from Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, specialising in handling weapons and making explosive devices.

The NSA also linked the suspects to the 2013 abduction of French engineer Francis Collomp in Katsina, the 2019 kidnapping of Musa Uba, Magajin Garin Daura, and the kidnapping of the Emir of Wawa.

Ribadu described their arrest as “a turning point”, noting that the duo maintained strong networks in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.