Nigerian businesses are raising alarm over a surge in chargeback disputes initiated by I Just Got Backs (IJGBs) — Nigerians returning from the UK, US, and Canada — after returning home following a Detty December in the country. According to several business owners, these chargebacks are being filed weeks after services or goods were…
Ukraine has revealed that it launched a pair of attacks on oil depots in western Russia, the latest in Kyiv’s air assaults against strategic targets on Russian soil. According to Kyiv’s General Staff, its forces had struck storage facilities overnight in the Kaluga and Tula regions. It said in statements on each attack that damages…
Perry, the beloved real-life stand-in for the “Shrek” donkey voiced by Eddie Murphy, has died. He was 30. The donkey’s handlers announced his passing on Instagram, detailing that it was from an incurable hoof disease. “We are heartbroken to share that our beloved Barron Park donkey, Perry, passed away yesterday at the age of 30,” the Barron Park Donkey Project,…
The Catholic Diocese of Warri, Delta State, has announced the suspension of Rev. Fr. Daniel Okanatotor Oghenerukevwe from the priesthood after he reportedly got married secretly in the United States. The announcement of Rev. Oghenerukevwe’s suspension was contained in a statement jointly signed on Sunday by the Bishop of Warri, Rt. Rev, Anthony Ovayero Ewherido…
US President-elect, Donald Trump’s incoming administration plans to immediately order a series of deportation raids targeting illegal immigrants after his inauguration. Chicago is expected to be the first major city targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as part of Operation Safeguard, the New York Times reported, citing two people familiar with planning the undertaking….
Governor Umar Bago of Niger State has banned heavy-duty trucks from using the one-way route through Dikko Bridge following a devastating tanker explosion on Saturday, January 18, The governor announced the directive during a visit to the explosion site at Dikko Junction, expressing deep sorrow over the tragic loss of lives and describing the…
The police in Ogun state have arrested a man identified as Sholola Kazeem for attacking his wife, Sholola Mutiat, with hot oil, severely peeling her skin in the process. Sholola also st@bbed the wife in her head with a knife before neighbours rescued and rushed her to the hospital in Ring Road community in…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy, Ademola Bolu, for allegedly stealing aluminium roofing sheets worth N180,000 from the Christ Light Deliverance Ministry Church in Orile-Ilugun, Odeda Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, CSP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday, January 18,…
The Lagos State Government has shut down a school where a two-year-old d!ed following a swimming pool incident. LIB had earlier reported that Rapheala Ogbodo, mother of the deceased, had on January 15, gone on social media to demand answers over her baby who was said to have drowned in the school’s swimming pool….
Clark County’s efforts to address contaminated groundwater at Camp Bonneville are getting a boost from the U.S. Army. On Tuesday, the county council approved a contract amendment to accept $6 million in additional funding from the Army for site cleanup. The amendment also extends the county’s contract with the Army to 2054. Councilor Matt Little, one of two new…
