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The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of the pedestrian bridge located between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 in Oshodi Bus Terminal due to concerns regarding the safety and structural integrity of the bridge.  The  Commissioner  for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement on Friday, Jan. 24, said the order to close down the…

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced a teacher, Adebayo Osayemi, to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing his employer’s phone and money, totaling N237,000.   In her ruling, Magistrate Mrs. O.O. Latunji stated that the conviction was based on evidence presented by the police and the defendant’s guilty…

Detectives in Kenya have arrested a member of a crime cabal that defrauded a Nigerian national of N150m.      The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2025, said Stephen Mugambi Colbe and his co-conspirators had approached the victim, pretending that they were in a position to hire a…

Kenya has announced a new policy allowing citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorization, according to a cabinet directive reported by the BBC.   A cabinet statement confirmed that the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) requirement will be abolished for all African nations except Somalia and Libya, due to security concerns….

A South African regional court in Gqeberha has found Kevin Pretorius, the owner of Kliphuis guest house in Kareedouw, guilty of the double murder of an engaged couple who died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty gas geyser.   The victims, Mari Hoon, 28, and Jean Vosloo, 25, were discovered lifeless in the…

Drake‘s legal battle with Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, “Not Like Us” could be set to take another dramatic turn as the music label has asked a Texas court to toss out the pre-action petition he filed against them in November.     In a motion to dismiss filed in Bexar County on…

Gauteng police have arrested a 25-year-old web designer in Houghton, Johannesburg, in connection with a child p0rnography case.    The woman, who is the girlfriend of Darren Wilken, was apprehended on Thursday, January 23, following an intensive investigation by the national and Gauteng provincial Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations (SECI) units.   Lieutenant Colonel Amanda…