At least five persons were injured in a traffic accident involving a fuel tanker and a commercial bus at Toyota Bus Stop, inward Oshodi in Lagos State.

According to a statement by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Friday, the incident occurred on Thursday, near The Guardian newspaper headquarters and involved a PMS-laden tanker with registration number T28128LA and a commercial Volkswagen T4 bus, GGE 526 YG.

The statement which was signed by the Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department of LASTMA, Adebayo Taofiq, noted that preliminary findings from Oloto Police Division indicated that the tanker experienced a sudden brake failure while on top speed and rammed into the moving bus, which was fully loaded with passengers.

LASTMA said its officers “executed an urgent, precise and seamlessly coordinated rescue operation” at the scene, rescuing five persons, three females and two males, including the bus driver.

“Acting with commendable precision, the rescue team secured the accident scene, extracted the injured, and mitigated the risk of secondary hazards,” the agency said.

While one of the victims was taken to a nearby hospital by a good samaritan, the Lagos State Ambulance Service and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency’s Rescue Unit conveyed the others to hospitals for emergency care.

Bakare-Oki, extended “profound sympathy to the victims” and expressed “heartfelt wishes for their full and speedy recovery.”

He blamed the accident on “brazen disregard for statutory speed limits, which are conspicuously signposted along Lagos highways,” stressing that proper speed regulation and vehicle maintenance could have prevented the crash.

He said, “Operators of articulated and heavy-duty vehicles particularly tanker drivers must maintain their machinery in flawless mechanical condition, with meticulous emphasis on the integrity of braking systems.”

Bakare-Oki also called on truck owners to “institutionalise rigorous and continuous training and retraining programmes for their drivers,” stating that “the sanctity of human life must remain the paramount consideration in all road transport operations.”

Several people, including a respected community member were killed during a bandit attack in Gidan Taro, Kwasare Sisawa ward, Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

The incident which happened on Thursday night, was shared by security analyst Bakatsine in a post on Friday.

Among those killed was Alhaji Bello Gidan Taro, a well-known and respected leader in the community.

Many others were injured, and some were abducted during the violent raid.

“Yesterday night, bandits attacked Gidan Taro in Kwasare Sisawa ward, Wurno LGA, Sokoto State, killing several, injuring many and abducting others. Among those killed was a respected community member, Alh. Bello Gidan Taro,” Bakatsine wrote.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has strongly criticized the Supreme Court of Nigeria for overturning the discharge of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, from terrorism charges filed by the federal government.

Previously, a panel of three Justices at the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed the charges against Kanu, ruling that his abduction from Kenya and subsequent return to Nigeria violated local and international laws. The court ordered his release on those grounds.

However, following an appeal by the federal government, the Supreme Court set aside the Court of Appeal’s decision. The apex court ruled that the manner of Kanu’s return to Nigeria was irrelevant and ordered that his trial continue.

In a statement issued on Friday and signed by Barrister Onyedikachi Ifedi, IPOB’s Directorate of Legal Affairs & Global Communications, the group denounced the Supreme Court’s ruling, accusing it of undermining constitutional protections and enabling executive overreach.

The statement read in part:
“We condemn in the strongest terms the Supreme Court’s betrayal of the Constitution in FRN vs. Nnamdi Kanu. By overturning a lawful discharge based on state-sponsored kidnapping, the Court has violated non-derogable rights, annulled the constitutional ban on double jeopardy, and reduced the judiciary to an instrument of executive lawlessness.”

IPOB argued that the Court’s introduction of a “national security” exception to fair trial rights is a fraudulent reinterpretation of the Constitution, noting that Section 36(9) explicitly prohibits retrial after acquittal.

The group further stated:
“The Court of Appeal’s discharge was a final acquittal. The Supreme Court’s revival of dead charges serves state impunity. Courts lack jurisdiction where a defendant is procured through state abduction. The judgment rewards kidnapping as state policy, isolating Nigeria’s judiciary among civilized nations.”

IPOB condemned the ruling for violating Nigeria’s international obligations under the ICCPR and the African Charter and described the decision as “tyranny disguised as jurisprudence.”

The group called on the global community to withhold full engagement with Nigeria until Nnamdi Kanu is freed and constitutional rule restored. IPOB declared the Supreme Court’s ruling null and demanded Kanu’s immediate release.

Additionally, IPOB urged for the reversal of the Supreme Court’s decision and requested that the International Criminal Court investigate Nigerian officials for crimes against humanity related to abduction and denial of fair trial, urging sanctions against those responsible.