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Horror In Ilorin: Cultists Slaughter 36-year-old Man For Preventing Their Members From Smoking Indian Hemp In Front Of His House [PHOTO]

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A 36-year-old man, Bolaji AbdulSalam was brutally macheted to death by a group of cultists in the early hours of Saturday over an argument on smoking of weeds in front of his family house.

The deceased was learnt to have challenged the cultists who were smoking weeds at the front of his family compound at Alfa Yahaya area of Ita-Amon in Ilorin township.

Eye witness accounted that when the cultists’ response was not favourable to the deceased, he went to the nearby Adewole Police Station and reported the incident with the Police going with him to the venue and arrested seven of the boys.

“On the following day, one of the boys who escaped the Police arrest came to the disputed place and started smoking Indian hemp and the deceased challenged him”, an eye witness said.

The eye witness told thegazellenews.com that, lBolaji and the boy started fighting. The boy later brought out English Pistol and shot Bolaji, but the bullets did not penetrate his body. Bolaji, however, overpowered the boy, took the pistol and in the process, the boy ran away.

“Bolaji took the pistol to Adewole Police station to alert the police of the new development. There was a manhunt for the cultists by the Police and friends of Bolaji on Friday with no success,” source thegazellenews.com.

It was also gathered that the cultists later came in the early hours of Saturday at about 3.30am to attack the deceased in his house, broke the flat iron gate and his room door where he, wife and daughter were sleeping and macheted him to death.

A resident who spoke to our correspondent on anonymity confirmed that he heard the noise of breaking the door and came to see but has to run away when he saw the cultists who were all in black dresses.

The Police immediately came to the place to verify and met with the deceased family. His corpse was released to the family for burial according to the Islamic rites.

Also, a member of the deceased family who prayed for anonymity told newsmen that the family has left everything to God and the Police to reveal the faces of the attackers and brought to them justice.

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara State Police Command, DSP Ajayi Okasanmi said that the case has been transferred to the State headquarters for proper investigation.

He revealed that some members of the cult group have been arrested and detectives have commenced manhunt for other members who are still at large.

“Investigation is still on to apprehend other members of the group and justice will be done all of them. We are also appealing to members of of the public who have more information about the group to visit our headquarters to assist the Police”, he remarked.

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FULL LIST: Tinubu Appoints IBB’s Son, Muhammad Babangida Chairman Bank Of Agriculture, Others As Heads Of Govt Agencies

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Muhammad Babangida, the son of the former military President, as chairman of the revamped Bank of Agriculture.

President Tinubu approved the appointment today, along with seven others. Some of them will serve as chairmen or directors-general of Federal agencies.

Muhammad Babangida, 53, is an alumnus of the European University in Montreux, Switzerland, where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Public Relations and Business Communication. He later attended Harvard Business School’s Executive Program on Corporate Governance in 2002.

Others appointed by the President are:

Lydia Kalat Musa (Kaduna State) Chairman, Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority (OGFZA).

Jamilu Wada Aliyu (Kano State) Chairman, National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC).

The Hon. Yahuza Ado Inuwa (Kano State) is the Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) chairman.

Sanusi Musa (SAN, Kano State) is the Chairman of the Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution(IPCR).

Prof. Al-Mustapha Alhaji Aliyu (Sokoto State) is the Director-General of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa (DTCA).

Sanusi Garba Rikiji (Zamfara State) is the Director-General of the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN).

Mrs Tomi Somefun (Oyo State) is the Managing Director of the National Hydro-Electric Power Areas Development Commission (HYPPADEC).

Dr Abdulmumini Mohammed Aminu-Zaria (Kaduna State) has been appointed Executive Director of the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission (NIWRMC).

 

Bayo Onanuga

Special Adviser to the President

(Information & Strategy)

July 18, 2025

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Buhari Never Wanted To Congratulate Saraki, Dogara After Emerging Senate President, Speaker — Femi Adesina

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Femi Adesina, who served as Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the late President Muhammadu Buhari, revealed that Buhari was initially unwilling to congratulate Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara after they controversially became Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2015.

Adesina shared this in a tribute to Buhari, reflecting on his early experience as the president’s media aide and the difficulty of balancing loyalty with professional duty.

He explained that the incident happened just nine days after he took up the role of presidential spokesman.

According to Adesina, Saraki and Dogara emerged as leaders of the National Assembly against the preference of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Although their emergence was viewed as defiant, it still adhered to constitutional norms.

“I told the President we needed to congratulate them. He balked. But I stood my ground. He said no, I also said no. I said it would portray him as undemocratic,” Adesina wrote.

He noted that Buhari later agreed to issue the statement, making only a small addition to the final version.

“At the end of the day, he reasoned with me and the statement was written, with him just adding one word,” he stated.

“Keeping to his word is part of the famed integrity. Argue with me. If you have a better point, I’ll agree with you.”

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Road To 2027: Everyone Afraid Of Atiku — Dele Momodu Claims As He Joins ADC

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Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation International, has said that “everyone is afraid” of former vice-president Atiku Abubakar.

He made this remark while giving reasons for leaving the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the African Democratic Congress, ADC.

Momodu also confirmed that he would be backing Atiku in the 2027 presidential election.

During an appearance on Channels TV on Thursday, Momodu stated that his endorsement of Atiku stems from a strategic understanding of Nigeria’s political dynamics.

He said: “Everybody is afraid of Atiku, and that is exactly why I, Dele Momodu, support him.

“The fear the ruling party has for him shows he remains the most formidable opposition figure today.

“When everyone is trying to discredit or silence a man, it means he’s the one they truly fear.”

Momodu previously ran for president in 2011 and took part in the PDP presidential primaries in 2022.

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