Troops arrest father, son gunrunners, recover cache of weapons in Kaduna Troops of Sector 7 of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have successfully busted a gun running syndicate operated by a father and his son in Kaduna State, recovering in the process, a huge cache of arms and ammunition. According to security expert, Zagazola Makama, the…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have rescued 207 abducted children nationwide and thwarted multiple bandit attacks across several states. Force Spokesperson, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 20, 2025, said operatives also neutralized threats and recovered sophisticated arms and ammunition. Adejobi said police dismantled a syndicate involved in…
Nigerians have vowed to drag the federal government to court over approval of a 50 per cent increase in calls, data, and other telecommunication tariffs. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Bosun Tijani, last week hinted that telecom tariffs would go up by either 30 or 50 per cent following a disagreement in a…
The most important global event yesterday, January 20, 2025, was the inauguration of Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States, now as the 47th President of the United States in what has been correctly described as his second coming. Trump’s second coming should be taken in this literal sense, the United States allowing…
Actress and DJ, Dorcas Fapson aka Ms DSF has recounted how her money went missing in a Lagos hotel. In a video she posted online, DSF said she recently visited Bali and stayed in four hotels and all the while she was there, her money was never stolen. However, this wasn’t the case in…
SHE does not take prisoners. And it appears that she will not be pacified. She is neither a cowboy(girl) nor an American, but she can’t stop shooting straight from the hips. Somehow she manages to hit the bull’s-eye with each and every shot. She ruffles feathers everywhere including in the inner sanctum of Nigeria’s presidential…
US President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive action that delays enforcement of the TikTok ban for 75 days. The action directs the US Justice Department not to enforce the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which passed with broad bipartisan support in Congress and was signed in April by former President Joe Biden. The law…
The Nigerian currency, the naira, reacted negatively to the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th President of the United States by depreciating marginally against the dollar at the official window on Monday, January 20, 2025. FMDQ data showed that the naira depreciated to N1550.05 /$1 on Monday, January 20, 2025, from N1.547.58/$1 recorded on…
US President Donald Trump has issued pardons or commutations for more than 1,500 people convicted or charged in connection with the US Capitol riot four years ago. Trump also signed an order directing the Department of Justice to drop all pending cases against suspects accused in the riot. The executive action came shortly after Trump was sworn…
Students from the College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology’s (LAUTECH) Iseyin campus took to the streets on Monday to express their frustration with the school management. At the centre of their grievances is the unavailability of essential facilities needed for their practical work, despite each student paying approximately…
