Three weeks ago, my 23-year-old neighbor was kidnapped on her way to Kontagora in Niger State.
While in captivity, the bandits repeatedly raped her taking turns sleeping with her night after night. Still, they kept bargaining with her father over the phone, demanding ransom even as they violated her.
Her father fought with everything he had. He hustled day and night, borrowed from everyone, took loans, sold whatever he could determined to bring his daughter home.
When he finally gathered the full amount, he called the bandits and begged them, โPlease, give the phone to my daughter. Let me speak to her. I want her to know Iโm coming for her.โ
They gave her the phone.
In a broken, traumatized voice, she told her father: โDad, do not suffer yourself looking for the money. They have been sleeping with me. Iโm traumatized. I canโt forgive myself. Even if Iโm released, Iโll kill myself. Donโt bother paying the ransom.โ
Those were the last words she ever spoke to him.
While her father was still holding the phone, he heard the gunshot. He heard his daughter being killed. Moments later, the bandits sent pictures of her remains to him, a final act of cruelty.
A 23-year-old girl. My neighbor. Someoneโs daughter, someoneโs sister, someoneโs friend gone in the most horrific way possible.
This is not just one story. This is the nightmare too many families are living in Niger State and across Nigeria. Young women snatched on the roads, violated, used as bargaining chips, and discarded like nothing.
Living in Nigeria has become truly scary. You wake up, you step out, and you donโt know if you or your loved ones will return home. The fear is constant. The pain is constant. And too often, justice never comes.
Rest in peace to my neighbor.
I have told Bimbo Adekanmbi, our APM Governorship candidate, not to inherit my enemies, he should chart his own path because just like every human I also have my mistakes.
He should continue things we did well and improve on my flaws
- H.E Seyi Makinde at the APM primaries.
Mr. Michael Oyedokun and several others, including innocent children, left their homes on May 15, 2026, to go about their daily lives and work, just like every other Nigerian struggling to survive in this country. Sadly, they never returned home.
The painful truth is that this tragedy could happen to anyone. Yet, after the kidnappings and killings, the nation moved on in silence as though nothing significant happened. No serious response, no urgency, no visible action from the government to reassure citizens that their lives truly matter.
Every day, Nigerians wake up to news of kidnappings, killings, and attacks. Farmers can no longer safely work on their farms, travelers are afraid to use the roads, and families now live in constant fear of the unknown. Meanwhile, the same citizens are battling hunger, poor electricity, lack of clean water, unemployment, and a failing healthcare system.
The responsibility of any government is to protect lives and provide basic welfare for its people. But many Nigerians are beginning to feel abandoned by those elected to serve them. Instead of focusing on the suffering of citizens, political leaders seem more focused on campaigns and re-election.
How much more are ordinary people expected to endure before real action is taken? How many more innocent lives must be lost before the government treats insecurity as a national emergency?
In the end, the power still belongs to the people. Citizens must decide whether this administration has truly earned another chance.
May God comfort the affected families, protect every innocent Nigerian, and heal our nation.
Chibok girls were made into a spectacle
Pictures of the girls were printed and strung around falomo roundabout.
Today over 40 kids taken, and theur teacher beheaded.
The govt who used the chibok incident as a rallying cry, is acting like the incident in Oyo didnt happen.
BREAKING: Popular Ogbomoso Doctor, Dr Oladeji of Mainspring Hospital Dies at 46
Dr Sunday Oladeji, the Founder and Chief Medical Director of Mainspring Hospital, has passed away at the age of 46.
The respected medical practitioner reportedly died in the early hours of Thursday after suddenly developing health complications.
Sources disclosed that he passed away around 3 a.m. while at home with his wife.
According to reports, Dr Oladeji attended to patients on Wednesday but later complained of fatigue and was advised to rest.
Medical tests were reportedly conducted, and the results indicated that he was medically stable, with no signs of high blood pressure or any major health condition.
His remains have been deposited at the mortuary of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso
When sympathizers visited the hospital premises located around the High School area of Ogbomoso, many patients, friends, and residents were seen gathered in groups discussing the shocking development.
Dr Oladeji established Mainspring Hospital about nine years ago after several years of service at Bowen University Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, Oyo State.
He is survived by his wife, children, and aged parents.
Entertainer Bidemi Olaoba doesn't disappoint, "Yakubu manage" in the praise session supposedly meant for the Holy One.
Charlatans on our tribune.
Abihu and Nadab will be shocked at what some have turned "Grace" to sha.