Southwestern Nigerian state bordered by Lagos, Ondo, Oyo and Osun
A pickup carrying wedding guests collided with trucks on Java’s northern coastal highway, killing 13 and injuring five. Victims were returning from a wedding; authorities are investigating the cause amid concerns over road safety and fatal crashes in Indonesia.
Armed groups have abducted a Kebbi State judge and later abducted schoolchildren in Oyo State. Nigerian security forces have conducted multi-agency operations to rescue the kidnapped victims, while investigations continue into the perpetrators and their networks. The government has rejected ransom negotiations and is pursuing wider security measures.
NDLEA has arrested a Mexican national, Arturo Carrera Loaiza, at Lagos airport as part of a crackdown on an industrial-scale methamphetamine network. Investigators link Loaiza to a forest-laboratory operation in Ogun and Oyo states and a dismantled Ebonyi facility, with substantial quantities of chemicals and equipment seized.
Dan Shagamu has been found dead at his home in Kano. His family says he had stopped sleeping at the house because he feared for his life; police and state security agencies have opened an investigation and arrested two suspects. Former governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso has demanded a full probe; the governor has urged calm.