Officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have apprehended a member of the notorious “One-Chance” syndicate that operated on a yellow colour painted commercial bus to rob unsuspecting passengers of their valuables. The arrest happened around Conoil Filling Station, along Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere, Lagos, following a distress call by a female…
Police operatives in Yobe State arrested a suspected bandit leader in Ngalda, Fika Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Dungus Abdulkarim, who disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu on Tuesday, said a locally made pistol and three cartridges were recovered from the suspect. He said the operation…
A 54-year-old man identified as Adelani Oriyomi, has been apprehended by men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, otherwise known as So-Safe Corps, while allegedly attempting to exhume a human skull at a tomb in Kere, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta, Ogun State at about 2.35am on January 21, 2025. A statement issued by…
Popular Nigerian Disc Jockey, Nonso Temisan Ajufo aka DJBigN, survived a near-de@th armed robbery attack in Johannesburg, South Africa. According to him, the attack took place on January 12. He said he was driving with an acquaintance to a club when six armed men ambushed him and fired shots at him. He said the…
The United States President, Donald Trump, has lifted sanctions imposed by his predecessor on extremist settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank in a reversal praised by the Israeli far right. Joe Biden’s administration had imposed sanctions on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians. The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
A Nigerian man who relocated abroad has reacted to Kemi Badenoch’s constant attack on Nigeria. UK Conservative Party leader, Kemi Badenoch recently said she does not want the UK to become like Nigeria where she claimed the government has failed. This is not the first time she has made disparaging comments about Nigeria’s leaders and…
Football icon David Beckham has stood up for girls’ rights and gender equality in a powerful new speech. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Awards 2025, as he accepted one of the honours, the British sports star, 49, said he wants his ”daughter Harper to have the same opportunities as her brothers” and for all girls to have the…
A daring attack by armed robbers on the popular Ngalda Monday Market in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe State has left seven people d3ad and eleven others injured. According to eyewitnesses, the robbers led by one Datti Alhaji Dadji, stormed the market on Monday, January 20, 2025, shooting sporadically and sending traders…
President Donald Trump issued pardons on Monday for over 1,500 individuals connected to the Capitol Hill protest on January 6, 2021, who had been prosecuted by former President Joe Biden’s Justice Department. As he was signing the executive order for the January 6 pardons, Trump was asked whether the January 6 protesters would be receiving…
Two suspects have been apprehended by operatives of the Owode Egba Police Division for alleged vandalism and theft of cable wires and iron rods in the Ogunmakin area of Owode Egba, Ogun state. The suspects, Agbo Jeremiah, age 34 and 29-year-old Sunday Ngbuta, were arrested at about 7pm on Monday, Jan. 20. The police spokesperson,…
