T hree men have been arrested for the murder of retired Ogun State Television presenter Madam Olakitan Oyesiku and her guard, Pelumi Adetayo, the Ogun State Police Command said Thursday. Commissioner of Police CP Bode Ojajuni told journalists in Abeokuta that the main suspect is a former worker of the deceased. The suspect told police he planned the killing because of past issues he had with her while working at her home. Police got the report on June 21, 2026, at about 4pm. A caller told Owode-Egba Police Station that something looked wrong at Madam Oyesiku’s house. When officers arrived, they saw the front door was partly broken and the security post was locked. Inside, they found Adetayo, 38, dead in the security house, and Madam Oyesiku’s body in her living room with blood around her. Her Lexus RX 330 SUV was also gone. Detectives began a full investigation using intelligence and tracking tools. On June 22, they found the missing SUV in Onikolobo, Abeokuta. The thieves had taken ou...

T he Nigerian Senate approved a bill on Wednesday, 24th June, that will allow states to set up their own police forces alongside the federal police. The bill scaled through after senators studied the report from the Committee on the Review of the Constitution, led by Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin. Senate President Godswill Akpabio called for a vote by raising of hands and more than two-thirds of the lawmakers backed it. On the day of the debate, 87 senators were present, which is more than the 73 required to pass a change to the constitution. Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele opened the debate before the chamber went through each part of the bill line by line. If the law takes effect, states will run a State Police Service while the Federal Police Service continues to operate at the national level. The Inspector-General of Police will still head the federal force, but governors will be able to appoint commissioners to lead police in their states. Those appointments must be approved...