A popular market on Lagos Island, Balogun Market, has been gutted by fire. It was learned that the fire affected a plaza in the market where Ladies’ shoes are sold. Firefighters from two divisions of Lagos Fire Service had been deployed to the scene to put out the fire. The inferno was confirmed via a…
A boat carrying 29 African migrants trying to cross to Italy has capsized. Tunisia’s coast guard recovered 10 bodies from the migrant boat which sank near the coast, the second vessel to sink within hours off Tunisia, bringing the death toll to 29, according to a security official. According to Al Jazeera, Houssem Jebabli, a…
A medical doctor, Mrs Maria Fadaka has narrated before a court how a pastor, Chris Mcdouglas, allegedly defiled a 17-year-old daughter of a member of his Church. Fadaka spoke on Monday before an Ikeja S3xual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. Mcdouglas, a Pastor at Peculiar Generation Assembly Church, Lagos, is facing a nine-count charge of…
A Federal High Court in Abuja, has remanded journalist, Agba Jalingo in Kuje prison from Monday till Thursday for cybercrime. It was reported that Justice Zainab Bage Abubakar allegedly denied Jalingo’s lawyers the opportunity to move a motion for bail after he was arraigned for cyberstalking. Jalingo was accused of defaming Elizabeth Ayade, the wife…
Twitter owner, Elon Musk has revealed Twitter’s estimated value. According to him, Twitter is currently valued at $20 billion, less than half the $44 billion he paid for the social media platform just five months ago. This is according to an internal email seen by American news media. The email to employees referred to a…
An attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) on a military base in Borno state, has been repelled by troops of Operation Hadin Kai. Zagazola Makama, a publication focused on the Lake Chad region reported that the terrorists invaded Kunnari, a village near Buratai town, at about 3am on Monday, March 27. The…
Gunmen have killed three personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and two civilians in Ngor Okpala Local Government Area of Imo State. The gunmen stormed the Eke Okpu market in the Obiangwu community in the early hours of Monday, March 27, 2023, and shot the NSCDC officials and two passersby, dead….
A fire outbreak on Monday at a residence in the Gyeonggi area of Korea has led to the death of four Nigerian children. According to the Gyeonggi Disaster and Safety Headquarters, the fire broke out in a multi-family residence in Danwon District, Ansan at around 3:28 a.m. Monday and was put out at 4:16 a.m….
Adekola Adeshina, a 48-year-old man, residing in Abuja, has been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. He was nabbed for s*xually engaging a 10-year-old girl, Faith Solomon, The PUNCH reports. It was gathered that during interrogation by the police, the suspect confessed to have carried out the act on several occasions. Confirming the…
Oladipo Diya, the former Chief of General Staff, died recently. Diya, who was the de facto second-in-command to the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, died at the age of 78. Had he lived for few days for, he would be 79 on April 3. A statement issued by Barrister Oyesinmilola Diya, on behalf of the…