A Nigerian soldier has been arrested for alleged possession of illegal ammunition in Borno State. Sergeant Saad Adamu, with service number 05NA/56/385, was reportedly found with 485 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and 2 magazines concealed in cartons of dry fish. Sergeant Adamu, deployed to 3 Division of the Nigerian Army, had left his…
A three-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped by a 48-year-old man in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. The minor was sleeping with her mother on a footpath outside a temple when the suspect abducted her on Saturday, August 17, 2024. She was found on Sunday morning with injury and bite marks on her body. Her…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the payment of fuel subsidy, a move that may raise eyebrows given his earlier commitment to removing the subsidy. According to sources, the President gave the nod for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to use the 2023 dividends due to the federation to fund the subsidy. This decision…
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogun State, Barrister Niyi Ijalaye, slumps, dies in Abuja. Ijalaye slumped and died on Monday evening in Abuja shortly after attending a meeting of RECs at the Commission’s headquarters. The cause of his death has not been officially disclosed. It was gathered that…
With the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, set to retire on September 4 when he turns 60, the contest to succeed him has reached a fever pitch. As the clock ticks closer to Egbetokun’s exit, top police officers are jostling for position to take over the reins of the Nigeria Police Force. The intense…
A recent video recording of Paul Okoye’s Instagram live surfaced on the internet, and the singer could be heard crying out to his brother over their ongoing beef. In the video, Paul Okoye said that even though himself and Peter Okoye can’t do music together anymore, can’t they just be brothers He then proceeded to…
Mojisola Awesu, a 21-year-old female student of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, has been found dead. Awesu went missing after she was reportedly contracted by her friend to act as a girlfriend for a private varsity student at a party for the sum of N15,000. The Kwara Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…
The former Deputy Speaker of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Harford Oseke, has slumped and d!ed. According to reports, Oseke had just finished his regular exercise routine at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka, the state capital when he suddenly collapsed. Efforts to revive him proved abortive and he was pronounced d£ad shortly…
Bandits have abducted a woman, Samaila Lilila, and her three children including newborn twins in Kurfi town, Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. It was gathered that the bandits invaded the town three days ago and shot some residents before kidnapping Samaila, her young son, 34-day-old twin children (a boy and girl) and…
The leadership of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if the police proceeds with detaining its President, Comrade Joe Ajaero. The threat was made on Tuesday morning, August 20, at the NLC headquarters following an urgent National Executive Council (NEC) meeting. The meeting was convened hours after…