Gunmen have reportedly abducted 29 villagers in the Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The victims were abducted in the middle of Tuesday night, April 25, from Yewuti village; the hometown of the immediate past vice chairman of Kwali Area Council, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti. According to Daily Trust, two housewives, Mrs….
The European Union has introduced stricter regulations against tech giants. The regulations were released on Tuesday with a list of 19 companies that will be placed under the stricter regulatory control through its Digital Service Act (DSA). The companies, including Facebook, Twitter, and 17 others, are classified as very large online platforms (VLOPs) or very…
The police in Delta state have rescued two persons identified as Ovigwe Dagagba ‘m’ 31yrs old and Obinna Nwanko ‘m’ age 29yrs old, both from Usiefurun community, Ughelli south LGA, who was intercepted and kidnapped by a gang of four suspected kidnappers operating on a tricycle at about 2pm on Monday, April 24. A statement…
The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to the outrage over the sighting of a uniformed officer standing on the road with an assault rifle. A photo of the operative, with an assault rifle trended on social media with Twitter users asking if the disbanded Special anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has been remobilized. Recall that the…
Three policemen have reportedly lost their lives in a car crash along Kidanda, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The policemen were traveling to Giwa LGA after participating in the Eid-el-Fitri Hawan Dauche celebration in Zaria City on Sunday when the accident occurred around 9pm. One of the tyres of a police vehicle was…
Gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner of the National Population Commission for Bayelsa State, Gloria Izonfuo. Izonfuo was reported to have been kidnapped at Ogbakiri junction on the East-West road, Rivers State. Spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the incident, said Izonfuo was kidnapped on Sunday evening alongside her maid…
The Liberian police has said that Nicholas Davies, ex-fiancé of actress Empress Njamah, was arrested for victimising over 20 women. The Liberian police revealed this in a live broadcast shared on the agency’s Facebook page on Monday following his arrest. According to the agency, about 20 Liberian women came forward with complaints against the suspect….
A staggering 222.6 million telephone subscribers were recorded by the National Bureau of Statistics in 2022. The bureau disclosed this in its Telecoms Data: Active Voice and Internet per State, Porting and Tariff Information report for the last quarter of 2022, released in Abuja on Monday. The data indicated an increase of 27.1 million subscribers…
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed that the average retail price paid for Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) by consumers in March 2023 was N264.29, which is an increase of 42.63 per cent relative to the value recorded in March 2022 (N185.30). According to the NBS report, comparing the average price value with the…
An American airline Boeing 737’s engine burst into flames midair before the pilot safely executed an emergency landing at Ohio airport, as the aircraft was struck by a flock of geese. The incident was reported to have taken place 40 minutes after the plane took off on Sunday. According to Mail Online, passengers Marni Kallestad…