A British-Nigerian drug gang leader Enoch Odubanjo, who exploited vulnerable people to flood Southend with class A drugs has been jailed in the United Kingdom. Essex Police in a statement on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, said Odubanjo, 26, was sentenced to seven years in prison at Basildon Crown Court on January 14, after being arrested and…
A long-delayed ceasefire in the Gaza war began taking hold as Hamas released three hostages in exchange for 90 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. The first halt in the war since November 2023 appeared to go as planned, following months of negotiations by the Biden administration, along with Qatar and Egypt, then a recent push by President-elect Donald Trump for a deal before his inauguration on…
The Katsina State Government has denied involvement in any peace negotiations with bandits, following reports of an alleged peace deal involving bandit kingpins in the Batsari Local Government Area. Dr Bala Salisu, the state’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, clarified in a telephone interview with Daily Trust that the government has maintained its stance…
The 107th Attack Wing recently enlisted its 108th recruit of 2024 (between fresh recruits and prior service) just before the close of the year, an achievement that has only been accomplished twice before in the past 20 years. This string of enlistments marks a considerable increase from 2023, during a prolonged period of challenges and…
The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation, and Safety Corps otherwise known as So-Safe Corps has arrested a 54-year-old ex-convict, Adelani Oriyomi, while allegedly attempting to exhume a human skull at a burial ground in Kere, Obada-Oko, Abeokuta. The Commander of So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, January 21, 2025,…
President Donald Trump immediately ended the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s controversial CBP One app on Monday, as the agency’s website quickly changed while the 47th president was sworn into office. According to Fox 26, the CBP One app was used by the Biden-Harris administration to allow over 900,000 migrants into the United States. The…
The Federal Government has announced that all visa applications will be processed online by March 1. Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, revealed this on Monday, January 20, during an interactive session hosted on ‘X Spaces’ by influencer Dr. Segun Awosanya. Highlighting advancements in the visa approval process, the minister noted the establishment of…
Immigration advocates have filed a lawsuit against US President Donald Trump following his executive order to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are unlawfully or temporarily in the country. According to a Bloomberg report, the lawsuit was filed in New Hampshire on Monday evening, shortly after the…
Telecommunication subscribers under the aegis of the National Association of Telecoms Subscribers (NATCOMS) has kicked against the 50 per cent tariff hike approved by the industry regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This is even as the association threatened to sue NCC over the decision noting that it was not carried along before the decision…
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