A vehicle carrying 30 bags of rice has been razed in Ibadan.

DAILY POST gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday. 

The bus caught fire along the parliament road, Agodi in Ibadan, Oyo State. 

It was learnt that the vehicle, a Mitsubishi Pickup with registration number SMK636YJ, LAGOS, loaded with 30 bags of flour caught fire while on motion.

Chairman of Oyo State Fire Service, Maroof Akinwande confirmed the incident. 

He said that men of the agency were immediately mobilised to the scene when the emergency call was received. 

Akinwande added that no casualty was recorded and that the cause of the fire was as a result of overheated engine.

He said “Upon arrival, we met A Mitsubishi Pickup with red number SMK636YJ (LAGOS) loaded with 30 bags of flour caught fire while on motion. 

“The fire crew quickly swung into action by running a length of hose to put out the fire”. 

A Nigerian soldier who was abducted by suspected kidnappers has escaped from captivity and safely reached a military facility in Makurdi, Benue State.

This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region.

Zagazola said the soldier, attached to the 130 Battalion (Main), Baga, was abducted on June 27 while travelling on welfare pass to the Rear location of the battalion in Ogoja, Cross River State.

He revealed that at about 11:53 a.m. on June 30, intelligence from the 401 Intelligence Cell in Makurdi confirmed that the soldier had escaped from his captors and made his way to the 72 Special Forces Battalion in Makurdi.

According to him, the circumstances surrounding his escape were not immediately disclosed.

The security expert said military authorities are making arrangements to move the soldier to the 130 Battalion (Rear) in Ogoja for debriefing, medical evaluation and other administrative procedures.

“Investigations were ongoing to establish the circumstances of the abduction and identify those responsible,” he said.

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three suspects over the alleged killing of a 27-year-old man during a clash that broke out at a naming ceremony in Dosi Hamlet, Bara Village, Kirfi Local Government Area of the state.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the suspects were arrested in connection with offences bordering on criminal conspiracy, disturbance of public peace and culpable homicide.

Habib said the incident was reported to the Kirfi Divisional Police Headquarters by the Officer in Charge of Bara Police Outpost after an 80-year-old resident of Dosi Hamlet lodged a complaint on July 1.

According to the police, the violence occurred on June 25 at about 6:30 pm during a naming ceremony when youths from Tudun Sullubawa Hamlet reportedly had a disagreement with youths from Dosi Hamlet.

The statement said the disagreement escalated into violence, during which one Sani Abacha Alhaji Jabbi, 27, of Dosi Hamlet, was allegedly attacked with cutlasses.

“The victim was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Gombe, for medical treatment, where he was later certified dead by a medical doctor,” the statement read.

The police said detectives visited the scene and documented evidence before launching an investigation that led to the arrest of three suspects identified as Kano Alhaji Malam, 18; Ali Alhaji Malam, 17; and Shehu Alhaji Malam, 16, all from Tudun Sullubawa Hamlet.

According to the command, the deceased had already been buried by his family in line with Islamic rites.

The police added that preliminary investigations had been concluded, while the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Bauchi for further investigation and prosecution.

The Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, condemned the killing and warned against resorting to violence during social gatherings.

He urged community and youth leaders to promote dialogue and peaceful coexistence to prevent similar incidents in the state.