The University of Jos (UNIJOS) community has been thrown into mourning following an accident that claimed the lives of eight students of the institution.
The crash, involving a trailer and a bus conveying eleven students, happened around 2:30 a.m. opposite Unity Bank along Zaria Road, Jos, Plateau State.
According to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Plateau State Sector Command Public Education Officer, Peter Longsan, seven students were found dead when responders arrived at the scene.
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Another victim died in the hospital, bringing the total fatalities to eight.
The remaining three students, all male like the deceased, are receiving treatment.
An eyewitness told Channels Television that the bus was travelling at high speed and attempted a wrongful overtaking.
This caused the driver to lose control before colliding with the trailer.
FRSC Sector Commander, Corps Commander Olajide Mogaji, said a detailed investigation was underway.
Mogaji urged motorists, especially commercial drivers, to avoid night journeys, speeding, dangerous driving, and driving when fatigued or under the influence.
A member of the House of Representatives, Clement Jimbo, has said that Nigerians who desire additional security personnel should not be denied access to such protection, insisting that the privilege must not remain exclusive to government officials.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, the Lawmaker representing Abak/Etim Ekpo/Ika Federal Constituency said “every single Nigerian is a VIP,” therefore, citizens who want security escorts or guards for their homes, travel, or events should be able to obtain them.
Jimbo anchored his argument on the Constitution, explaining that Section 14(2)(b) places welfare and security at the core of governance, while Section 214 establishes the Nigeria Police Force and Section 217 creates the armed forces, all designed to operationalise that mandate.
He said that in situations where government security resources are insufficient to cover the entire country, the President has the constitutional latitude to engage private security structures to support citizens who are willing to pay for personal protection.
According to him, many Nigerians, especially during the festive period, want to travel to their hometowns with properties and desire security personnel to accompany them.
He added that some citizens are ready to pay, but the federal government currently lacks the manpower.
Jimbo argued that with rising unemployment, the government has an opportunity to recruit able-bodied Nigerians into a special security pool that citizens can legally hire from.
He proposed the recruitment of 15,000 personnel, placed on a ₦150,000 monthly salary, saying Nigerians would subscribe to the service and generate over ₦2.2 billion monthly revenue, which he believes could fund police retraining, welfare, and broader reforms.
He noted that there were no immediate replacements for the security personnel who were withdrawn due to the large insecurity in the country.
“What gave rise to the withdrawal of some of these security personnel from some of us?
“It wasn’t because the country was totally safe, that okay, since the country is totally safe, we don’t need these personnel attached to you, again.”
“It is actually because of insecurity, and now you’ve withdrawn these people, and there is no immediate replacement. “
He urged the President, as Commander-in-Chief, to send an executive bill to the National Assembly to formalise the process, emphasising that no additional appropriation would be needed.
Jimbo concluded that Nigerians who want additional security attached to them should not be denied that responsibility, stressing that the right to personal protection belongs to all citizens, not only those in public office.
VIP Police Escort Withdrawal
His comments follow President Bola Tinubu’s reiteration of his order, on Wednesday, that police officers currently attached to prominent individuals be withdrawn and redeployed to areas ravaged by insecurity.
Addressing concerns raised over the security implications of the withdrawal, Tinubu directed the Minister for Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to work with the Inspector General of Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to replace the affected police personnel with NSCDC officers.
“The Minister for Interior should liaise with the IGP and the civil defence structure to replace those police officers who are on special security duties so that you don’t leave people exposed.
“NSA and DSS to provide further information and form themselves into a committee and review the structure,” he stated.
National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ini Ememobong, says Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke’s defection was the direct outcome of a crisis the party’s leadership allowed to grow.
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Tuesday, Ememobong said the Adeleke had become “a victim of circumstance,” stressing that the situation was “vicarious because every problem is human-caused and therefore should have a human solution.”
He argued that decisive leadership action could have prevented the breakdown that eventually pushed Adeleke out of the party. “At the level of leadership to which he belonged in the party, the party ought to have acted decisively,” he said.
Describing the PDP’s internal decline as self-inflicted, he warned that unresolved political problems only worsen with time.
“The challenge is that immediately we begin to feed the monster without knowing we will end up in the belly of the monster, after a while, we become victims,” he said. “If we feed animals to the monster, and we think time will solve problems, time allows human beings to solve problems. It doesn’t solve problems on its own.”
Ememobong said the party should have taken “strong action” in 2023 when the cracks first appeared.
He, however, noted that PDP leaders opted for dialogue instead, hoping that negotiations would calm tensions.
“You also cannot fully blame them,” he said, “because sometimes they think that with negotiations, when passions are calm, people could reconsider their position, but unfortunately, it didn’t.”
He linked the eventual fallout to the controversial PDP convention in Ibadan, which was marked by mass expulsions of high-profile members, the election of new national officers, and significant internal conflict.”
According to him, Adeleke’s exit is tied to “circumstances arising from vicarious liabilities which he cannot completely extricate himself from,” reflecting the long-ignored internal failures that ultimately engulfed the party.
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Resignation
Governor Adeleke formally resigned from the PDP, the political platform under which he rose to prominence as senator and later governor.
The governor announced his decision in a post on his official X handle late on December 2, attaching a copy of his resignation letter dated November 4, 2025.
The letter was addressed to the PDP Chairman of Ward 2, Sagba Abogunde, in Ede North Local Government, Osun State.
In the letter, Adeleke cited the ongoing crisis within the PDP’s national leadership as the reason for his departure.
“Due to the current crisis of the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), I hereby resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party with immediate effect,” he wrote.
Defection
The publicity secretary’s comments follow Adeleke’s joining the Accord Party as a new platform to seek re-election in August next year.
Governor Adeleke announced in a post on his verified X handle on Tuesday, just a few days after resigning from the PDP.
The governor disclosed that he joined the Accord Party more than a month ago, precisely on 6th November 2025, as a platform to seek re-election in 2026.
He said the decision was made after weeks of consultation and deliberations with stakeholders and opinion leaders.
Adeleke noted that he opted for the Accord Party because its mission of welfarism aligns with his passionate focus on citizens’ and workers’ welfare.
“Stakeholders and residents of Osun State are aware of why we are taking this important decision. We intend to pursue a second term in office on the platform of the Accord Party to complete ongoing delivery of good governance and democratic dividends, which have been applauded at home and abroad.
The Cross River State House of Assembly has removed the Chairman of Bekwarra Local Government Council, Honourable Theresa Ushie, after adopting the report of its Committee on Judiciary and Public Petitions.
Her removal was upheld during Tuesday’s plenary, where 19 of the 25 lawmakers voted in favour.
The process began on June 10, 2025, following a petition submitted by eight councillors of the Bekwarra Legislative Council, which led to her 90-day suspension and the appointment of Vice Chairman Hon. Egbung Odama as Acting Chairman pending investigation.
Presenting the committee’s findings, Chairman of the Committee, Honourable Davies Eta (Abi State Constituency), said the petition dated May 19, 2025, raised serious concerns about council administration.
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The councillors had accused the chairman of corruption, abuse of office, unlawful stoppage of their salaries, and running the council without due process.
After engaging the petitioners, the suspended chairman, and other stakeholders in Abuochiche, the committee concluded that the allegations were weighty and substantiated.
“The conduct of the chairman fell below the expectations of her office, and the evidence before us supports her removal,” Eta stated.
Following the adoption of the committee’s recommendations, the House resolved to remove Honourable Ushie for gross misconduct and directed that a bye-election be conducted to fill the vacancy.
In commemoration of the 2025 UN Human Rights Day, the Lagos State Government has approved the release and computation of sentences of 91 convicts.
This is in exercise of its power of clemency.
The beneficiaries are inmates who have served more than 70 per cent of their punishment in correctional facilities.
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However, 80 of those convicts are for immediate release.
The State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Lawal Pedro (SAN), disclosed this at a press conference organised by the Ministry of Justice and the Directorate of Citizens’ Rights on Wednesday.
The AG said the directorate, which handles a diverse range of matters, has, in the last year, successfully resolved 1,200 cases.
“In 1999, when Nigeria returned to constitutional democracy, Lagos state recognised the urgent need to rebuild public trust and to restore the people’s confidence in institutions meant to protect their human rights. It was against this backdrop that the Directorate of Citizens Rights was created,” he said.
“It was a deliberate democratic intervention by the then governor of Lagos State, His Excellency, Senator Bola Tinubu, now the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, designed to empower citizens with the knowledge of their rights, provide an accessible mechanism for redress, and ensure that abuses associated with military rule never again become part of our civil reality.
“The Directorate of Citizens’ Rights served as a bridge between a past defined by suppression and a future grounded in legal protection, accountability and justice for all.
“Over the years, the Directorate has evolved into one of the most important pillars of Lagos State Justice architecture. Though it began with five foundational units-the Citizens Mediation Unit, the Public Defender Unit, the Human Rights Unit, the Consumer Rights Protection Unit, and the Justice Now Information Unit- many of these units have since matured into full-fledged agencies,” the SAN added.
Speaking further, the commissioner said, “In the last year, the directorate received approximately 1,950 petitions, successfully resolved 1,200 cases through mediation, while the others remain under investigation or active litigation.
“The directory currently handles about 50 fundamental rights suit before the Federal High Court and the State High Court covering such issues as alleged police misconduct, unlawful detention, property rights violation, and denial of parental access.”
While noting that the directorate of citizens right had expanded its human rights profile significantly, to uphold the dignity and liberty of every resident, the AG urged residents of Lagos to respect the right of others and remain law abiding pledging that the directorate of citizens right and the entire justice sector in the state will on its part continue to pursue fairness, equality, accountability and equal access to justice.
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke, has vowed to continue dancing, saying it does not in any way interfere with his duties as governor.
Adeleke is well known for his energetic dancing moves, which have earned him the nickname “the dancing governor.” His love for dancing has often attracted criticism from political opponents who question his seriousness in office.
But Adeleke, who is seeking re-election in 2026 on the platform of the Accord Party, insists that his dancing will have no impact on his political fortunes.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, the governor said, “I will keep dancing because I love to dance, I love to praise my God, and that doesn’t change anything. So, I will still dance, praise my God, and do my work.”
