Author: Daily Insider

Alhaja Seliat Raji, a sister to Barrister Ahmed Raji, a senior lawyer and philanthropist, has been kidnapped, plunging Iseyin into panic amid renewed security threats in the community and its environs. The victim was abducted at her residence in Iseyin, Oyo state, on Thursday evening, March 16, at 8pm in a saddening development characterised by sporadic shooting. The heavily hooded kidnappers also slaughtered the security guard manning the house before storming the parlour where their target was watching television. Eyewitnesses who spoke to DAILY INSIDER said the armed kidnappers arrived at the residence on a motorcycle but left the scene…

Goodwill messages have been surging in for Ahmed Raji (SAN) following his conferment of the honourary doctor of civil law degree (ad honorem) by the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. DAILY INSIDER reports that LAUTECH conferred an honorary doctorate degree on the legal luminary and philanthropist during its 16th convocation ceremony on Tuesday, April 23. Raji, chairman of the Oke-Ogun Development Consultative Forum (ODCF), is an accomplished lawyer and founder/principal of Ahmed Raji & Co. He has about thirty (30) years of experience in administrative and constitutional matters, criminal law, debt recovery, and other areas of practice. He…

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso campus has been shut following the death of a student. Emerging reports claim the student was killed by a trigger-happy police officer after a fight at a nightclub on Monday, April 22, involving the institution’s students. The body of the deceased has been deposited in Ogbomoso Police Area Command as investigation continues to unravel the reasons for the fracas. Many people were said to have also sustained various degrees of injuries during a shooting that lasted some minutes. Police officer fingered in killing A police officer identified as Saheed has been named as…

Senator Fatai Buhari has donated N25 million in campaign funds to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidates in the Oyo North senatorial district. This gesture was extended towards the candidates ahead of the April 27 local government elections in Oyo state. In a post on his Facebook page, Buhari said the fund was “aimed at enhancing the campaign efforts of our party and its candidates.” A breakdown of the funds would see 13 chairmanship candidates under the senatorial district receive N500,000 each, while 13 vice chairmen will receive N100,000 each. 143 councilorship candidates would receive N100,000 each, while 13 local…

A Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) pastor identified as Olugbenga Olawore has been kidnapped by gunmen in Oyo state as insecurity continues to be on the rise in the Oke-Ogun region of the state. The pastor, alongside other co-passengers, was abducted on Friday, April 19, in a bus en route to Lagos state. Olawore is pastor at Heavens Gate Parish, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos Province 73, along Agbara-Lusada Road in Ogun state. He was said to be returning from Ipapo town, a community in Itesiwaju local government area, where he went to perform the final burial arrangements…

The abductors of Kareem AbdulSalam, a farmer and indigene of Iseyin local government in Oyo state, have demanded N10 million ransom from his family, DAILY INSIDER exclusively reports. The gunmen made the demand on Friday, April 19, in their first contact with Kareem’s family, barely 24 hours after they abducted him. A family source who spoke with this publication said the farmer was whisked away around 11 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, at his farm residence in Oke-Oyan, Komu, in Itesiwaju local government. Earlier, a relative of the victim announced his abduction in a distress message shared in a WhatsApp…

Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu of Lagos state has pledged his full support for Tunde Onakoya as he attempts to make history with chess in the US. Onakoya, founder of Chess in Slums Africa (CISA), a non-profit organization using chess games to help children in marginalized communities realize their full potential, is attempting to Guinness World Records (GWR) for the longest chess marathon. The event, currently holding in the open air in Manhattan aims to raise $1 million to “change the narrative of education for children in Africa.” The chess champion has been receiving love and support from Nigeria, with Daily…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised severe punishment to those who threaten the sovereignty of Nigeria, as he reiterated his administration’s commitment to end insecurity and kidnapping across the country. The president made this vow on Wednesday, April 17, when he received members of the Afenifere, a pan-African socio-political group, at the state house in Abuja. The delegation, DAILY INSIDER gathers, was led by Pa Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere; Oba Olu Falae, alongside other eminent citizens. Efforts ongoing to tackle Nigeria’s challenges – Tinubu Tinubu said his government is committed to ending insecurity and has intensified efforts on intelligence…

Oyo has emerged as the state with the highest number of applications for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Nigeria. A bulletin released by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday, April 15, shows that 1, 985 642 candidates had successfully registered to sit for the 2024 UTME. According to the board, the exam is scheduled to hold between Friday, April 19, 2024, and Monday, April 29, 2024, in over 700 Computer-based Test (CBT) centres nationwide. How states rank in the application statistics The breakdown of the number showed that Oyo state has the highest number…

The Oyo state government has described the actions of the Yoruba Nation activists as treasonable while labelling them as terrorists. Addressing journalists on Monday, April 15, in Ibadan, the state capital, information commissioner, Prince Dotun Oyelade, condemned the invasion of the State Secretariat by self-acclaimed Yoruba Nation agitators. He cited the conduct of Prof. Banji Akintoye, a well-known Yoruba nation agitator, as representing the quintessential wisdom and civilization of the Yoruba race. “Attempting to barge into the hallowed chambers of legislature and take it over with an arsenal of seven pump action submachine guns, over 700 live cartridges, is clearly…