Kwara State Police Commissioner, Adekimi Ojo, has confirmed the abduction of petrol dealer, Alhaji Abbas and his manager, Abubakar Issa, in their community on Friday.

The Police Commissioner in a text message to Ekwutosblog reporter on Sunday, said, “the state police command is aware and already working on the phone number used to demand the ransom.”

Alhaji Abbas and his manager, Abubakar Issa, were reportedly kidnapped on Friday by unidentified gunmen at Gbugbu in Edu Local Government Area of Kwara state.

The victims were abducted after close of work at the Daniyan Shaba Global Investment Filling station in Gbugbu town.

Their abductors have also demanded a ransom of N200 million for their release.

An aircraft belonging to Air Peace has collided with an antelope while taxiing on the runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja.

It was gathered that the incident caused disruptions to scheduled flights as the aircraft was marked Aircraft on Ground, AOG.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, through its Director of Public Affairs & Consumer Protection, Michael Achimugu confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter) the NCAA spokesman, said such unforeseen occurrences were part of the challenges that usually lead to flight disruptions.

He said, “Monitoring reports yesterday indicated that an Air Peace aircraft ran into a large antelope, decimating the animal and leaving the aircraft on ground.

“As a result, flights meant to be operated by this aircraft would naturally be disrupted, even though engineers are on the ground to assess and fix the plane. Passengers waiting would naturally be infuriated.”

According to him, while the incident was beyond the airline’s control, Air Peace is still obligated to inform passengers, provide refunds, and extend necessary care.

He stressed that the NCAA would not hesitate to sanction the airline if it fails in its responsibilities.

National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, has insisted that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust and enabling impunity amid Nigeria’s insecurity crisis.

Ribadu spoke yesterday while delivering the 9th Oba Sikiru Adetona Annual Professorial Lecture of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, entitled, ‘Corruption and National Security: Impacts and Consequences’.

Represented at the event by Oluwatosin Ajayi, the Director General of the Department of State Service, Ribadu said, “We cannot talk about the insecurity in Nigeria without acknowledging that corruption has played a role in eroding public trust, compromising law enforcement effectiveness and some cases enabling impunity.

“Whether it is the diversion of funds meant for the military hardware or the undermining of due process in arms procurement, the impact is weakening national capacity to respond to threats,” he said.

Ribadu, however, said that Nigeria’s security and corruption challenges are not beyond redemption.

He noted that the path to their resolution runs through the corridor of integrity, leadership and institutional reforms.

In April, Ribadu suggested that President Bola Tinubu and his administration inherited an extremely bad government, particularly insecurity.

The NSA stated this when he visited Benue State to commiserate with the government and the people over the killing of over 72 people by terrorists masquerading as herdsmen.

He condemned the killings and urged the people of Benue to give Tinubu government a chance and stop politicizing the killings.