After days of speculations about the alleged killing of a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, the management of the institution has confirmed the killing of one of its students during a sign-out ceremony.
According to a statement issued by the Registrar, Olayinka Balogun, the incident occurred on Wednesday, August 6, 2025, at the Ultramodern Wazo Market in Ogbomoso.
The victim, identified as Babalola Marvelous Olanrewaju, a 300-level student of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was reportedly shot during the gathering and later succumbed to his injuries.
Balogun noted that the university had prohibited sign-out activities since 2023 and had formally warned hotels and event venues in and around Ogbomoso against hosting such celebrations.
Despite the ban, preliminary investigations revealed that a group of students held a sign-out ceremony on a football pitch within the Wazo Ultramodern Market.
The event turned fatal when the deceased was allegedly shot at the venue which ultimately led to his death.
Upon receiving a distress call, Channels Television learnt that the acting dean of student affairs contacted the Oyo State Police Command in Ogbomoso, prompting the deployment of personnel from the monitoring unit and area command.
A search of the victim’s belongings helped confirm his identity through the university records.
His remains were taken to the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital morgue.
The institution stated that it was cooperating fully with the police in the ongoing investigation and had notified the victim’s parents.
“The management extends its heartfelt condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of the deceased.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has said that the country’s most populous state will promote a partisan redistricting scheme aimed at countering controversial Republican-led redistricting efforts in Texas ahead of the United States’ 2026 midterm elections.
Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Newsom took a combative stance against US President Donald Trump and said that Democrats must respond to what he said were conservative efforts to politicise the electoral process.
“Today is liberation day in the state of California,” Newsom said, appropriating a term used by Trump to refer to the imposition of tariffs on foreign countries.
Newsom and Trump have frequently sparred as the US president seeks to exert pressure on Democrat-led states that have pushed back against his political agenda on issues such as immigration enforcement.
During his remarks, Newsom said that masked immigration enforcement agents had gathered around the venue, which he depicted as a form of intimidation. Trump prompted outrage in California earlier in the year when he deployed the military and National Guard to Los Angeles during a round of aggressive immigration raids, and suggested at the time that Newsom should be arrested.
“Donald Trump, you have poked the bear, and we will punch back,” said Newsom, who is seen as a possible Democratic contender for the presidency in 2028.
Newsom said that the redistricting scheme, which would favour the Democrats and could net them five additional seats in the 2026 midterm elections, will go before voters in a special election on November 4.
The California governor said the scheme was a direct response to a similar redistricting effort in the Republican-led state of Texas, which would help secure five additional likely seats for the Republican Party.
He stressed that, unlike in Texas, it would be up to California voters to approve or shoot down the new maps, and that they would only go forward if Texas and other states move forward with their own partisan redistricting efforts.
He added that the planned maps, which are expected to be released on Friday, would be in effect until 2030.
Earlier this month, Democrat lawmakers in Texas fled the state to block a House vote on redistricting efforts that would create an additional five Republican-leaning districts.
On Thursday, the lawmakers moved closer to ending their nearly two-week walkout that has blocked the GOP’s redrawing of US House maps and put them under escalating threats by Republicans back home.
The Democrats announced they will return so long as Texas Republicans end a special session and California releases its own redrawn map proposal, both of which were expected to happen on Friday.
Democrats did not say what day they might return.
Newsom’s move underscores calls within the Democratic Party to take a stronger stance against Trump and the Republicans, including moves that violate previously held norms and rules that Democrats say the US right has long since abandoned.
“We cannot unilaterally disarm,” he said, calling on other Democrat-led states to join California.
Warrington Wolves came from 22-6 down to beat Catalans Dragons and maintain their hopes of a place in the Super League play-offs.
Tommy Makinson’s hat-trick inside half an hour had given the visitors a big lead, with Matthieu Laguerre also going over for the visitors.
Zack Gardner scored Wire’s first try, before Jake Thewlis added a second to bring them back to 22-12 behind at half-time.
It was a fourth consecutive victory for Warrington over Catalans but they were outplayed in the first half.
Makinson scored the opening try after only four minutes with a dive into the left corner, but Wire kept a loose ball alive and worked it right to give Gardner a walk in.
The French side then took control as centre Laguerre ran over two would-be tacklers to score their second try, before full-back Guillermo Aispuro-Bichet chipped over the defence, his kick was gathered again and the play moved left for Makinson’s second score.
His hat-trick soon followed as Laguerre again burst through the defence and stand-off Luke Keary kicked to the left corner on the last tackle. It was claimed by Makinson, who did superbly well to ground the ball before being taken into touch.
Wire replied before the break as George Williams kicked over the defence, Connor Wrench gathered and sent Jake Thewlis galloping up the left touchline to score.
On the resumption, Williams’ grubber was deflected into the path of Stone to gather and go over to launch a sustained period of pressure from the hosts.
They eventually went ahead as Jake Thewlis scored the try of the night. Offered a moment’s space in the left corner, he dived for the line and grounded the ball with both feet above waist height.
Marc Sneyd then landed a superb goal, his fourth out of five in all, to put Warrington in front for the first time.
Warrington head coach Sam Burgess told BBC Radio Merseyside:
“I was relatively calm at half-time considering the performance because I knew if we got our game together we could still win.
“A couple moments in the first half we were poor defensively but Catalans came to play and they challenged us with the ball and we just switched off a little bit.
Warrington Wolves came from 22-6 down to beat Catalans Dragons and maintain their hopes of a place in the Super League play-offs.
Tommy Makinson’s hat-trick inside half an hour had given the visitors a big lead, with Matthieu Laguerre also going over for the visitors.
Zack Gardner scored Wire’s first try before Jake Thewlis added a second to bring them back to 22-12 behind at half-time.
Warrington totally dominated the second half as tries from Sam Stone and a second from Jake Thewlis put them in front before Josh Thewlis sprinted in to seal victory as Wolves moved to within three points of sixth-placed Hull FC.
A brand new picture of Princess Anne has been released to mark her 75th birthday tomorrow showing her smiling as she poses outside her Gatcombe Park home
Princess Anne gives an amused smile in a brand new photograph released to mark her 75th birthday.
The Princess Royal, who celebrates the three-quarters-of-a-century milestone tomorrow, is pictured near a window outside her Gatcombe Park home in Gloucestershire. The photo comes as the King’s younger sister, often hailed as the Royal Family’s most hard-working member, has swerved any major public celebration for her day.
She is marking her birthday privately and is believed to be spending it alone with her husband Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence sailing around the Western Isles of Scotland. Her birthday comes after Buckingham Palace was forced to remove an Anne birthday post after major family gaffe.
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A new photo released to mark Princess Anne’s 75th birthday (Image: PA)
The official portrait released for her birthday was taken by celebrated photographer John Swannell last month. It shows Anne in a clean-lined colour-blocked royal blue dress with a contrasting bright white high collar, matching cuffs and white buttoned central trim.
The princess, who is known for recycling her outfits decades later, wore the same dress at the King’s Awards at St James’s Palace in June.
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The image captures a relaxed-looking Anne, with her hair self-styled in her signature bouffant, resting her hand on a stone windowsill at Gatcombe.
Swannell was also tasked with taking the official photographs for Anne’s 70th, and previously photographed Diana, Princess of Wales and her sons, the late Queen for her official diamond jubilee portrait in 2012, Sir Tony Blair, Sir Michael Caine and Sir Elton John.
Another image of Anne by photographer Chris Jackson was released last week showing the princess in a tiara and gown with Sir Tim on the night of the Windsor Castle state banquet for French President Emmanuel Macron.
Anne with her husband Sir Tim Laurence (Image: Getty Images for Buckingham Pala)
Anne supports more than 300 charities and organisations, and earlier this year brought many of them together at a special Buckingham Palace forum, insisting this was the only way she wished to mark her forthcoming 75th birthday.
A palace source said: “This personifies what Her Royal Highness cares about. She didn’t want to do anything for her birthday but bring her charities together to hear more about their work and how she can help them.”
It was at the princess’s Gloucestershire estate just over a year ago that she was taken to hospital after she was believed to have been struck by a horse.
She was treated in intensive care for concussion and minor head injuries, spending five nights at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The princess, who was back on royal duties less than three weeks later, has said she has no memory of the incident but now views every day as a “bonus”.
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The King ’s sister, referred to in royal circles as his “most trusted lieutenant” is often labelled the hardest-working royal after consistently clocking up more public engagements year after year than any other member of The Firm.
But rather than slowing down, well into retirement age she is doing more than ever. Those who know her best celebrated the senior royal for her “wicked wit”, practical approach to problems, and a flair for “not always agreeing” with what they say.
“Suleiman lost his football career, and football lost Suleiman.” The family of Palestinian football icon Suleiman al-Obaid mourn his loss after he was killed in an Israeli air strike while waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza.
