Eight persons have been killed and a bride abducted while several others severely injured as gunmen attacked over 10 communities in Niger State on Saturday night. The gunmen who were said to be numbering over 100 invaded the communities sacking residents in Lavun Local Government Area of the state. A resident of Ndakogitu community who…
Some dreaded cultists on the police wanted list have been arrested in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State. The five suspects were reportedly arrested on February 22 in their hideout along Molipa, while planning another violent attack. The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects as Segun Olabiyi (aka Koleje), Musa Atanda (aka…
Officials of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested a traffic robbery suspect close to Otedola Bridge, Ojodu-Berger, just as they apprehended two others for stealing electrical wire and packs of aluminum frames at separate construction sites in the metropolis. The robbery suspect, Ayobami Peters (18) was arrested near Otedola Bridge when he led some of…
Over $9m has so far been donated to the Ukrainian war effort through anonymous Bitcoin donation following the invasion by the Russian troops in the country. Researchers at Elliptic, a blockchain analysis company, say that the Ukrainian government, NGOs and volunteer groups have raised the money by advertising their bitcoin wallet addresses online. More than…
Former US President, Donald Trump has reacted to the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, blaming his successor, Joe Biden and North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, over the crisis. Trump speaking at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, blamed Putin’s invasion on Biden’s “weakness”. He hailed President Vladimir Putin’s intellect, describing him…
According to a report by Africanews, a train conveying some Ghanaian students in Ukraine was reportedly attacked by some Russians in Ukraine. The students, however, were said to have escaped unhurt. The International news organisation quoted a member of the Ghanaian Parliament representing North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, to have disclosed this in an…
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has issued a warning to the petroleum products marketers after accusing them of exploiting Nigerians. NUPENG gave them 24 hours to revert to the official depots’ price of petrol or risk unpleasant consequences. In a statement signed by the Union’s President and General Secretary, Prince…
Following the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, four NATO members, Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland and the Netherlands have announced they would send reinforcements to assist the East-European country. The Czech Republic committed on Saturday, February 26, to send a “shipment of weapons to Ukraine” worth over $8.5 million to a “place of Ukrainian choice.”…
The Ukrainian military has disclosed that it has defeated most Russian troops who invaded their country on the order of President Vladimir Putin. The Ukrainian military published what they claim is a breakout of Russia’s losses. According to a post on its Facebook page, more than 3,500 Russian soldiers involved in the invasion have been…
Following the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine, a newly wedded couple, Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin spent their first day of marriage collecting their rifles to defend their country from attack. Yaryna Arieva and Sviatoslav Fursin got married just hours after Russia launched its invasion of their country on Thursday morning, February 24. But…