The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit has detained 27 suspected criminals in the Ikeja area of the state. The Senior Special Assistant on New Media to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Jubril Gawat, confirmed this in a post he shared on his X handle – @Mr_JAGs on Saturday. Gawat said the agency raided…
Super Eagles goalkeeper Maduka Okoye is currently under investigation in Italy over an alleged betting scandal related to a game played by his team, Udinese, last season. The investigation is being led by the Udine prosecutor’s office after an unusual pattern of betting activity was flagged by Snai, a betting company. According to…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Taraba University chapter, has suspended its one-month-old strike. The ASUU chairman in the university, Dr. Joshua Mbaver, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Jalingo. He said the suspension of the strike followed the state government’s willingness to meet the union’s demands. The lecturers embarked on strike…
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An American woman from Pennsylvania said she falsely accused an innocent man she never met of trying to r@pe and kidn@p her all because he looked ‘creepy’. Anjela Borisova Urumova, 20, pleaded guilty to filing a false police report against 41-year-old Daniel Pierson, whom she accused of attempting to kidnap and r@pe her. Pierson was held on…
The Lagos State Government has ordered the immediate closure of Smiley Kids Montessori School, located in Heritage Place Estate, Sangotedo, following a tragic swimming pool accident that claimed the life of two-year-old Rapheala Ogbodo. The closure was announced in a statement released via the state government’s official X (formerly Twitter) account on Saturday, as authorities…
Donald Trump, the United States president-elect, has officially launched a new meme coin named $Trump. The announcement was made on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday, where Trump encouraged his supporters to join the initiative. Just nine hours after its launch, $Trump reached a market capitalization of $4 billion, according to cryptocurrency aggregator Coingecko….
The Anambra State Police Command on Friday arrested the suspect who attacked operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and shot dead one of them, Halisu Sahabi, during a raid in Awka, the state capital. The suspect is identified as a medical doctor, Chukwuka Josiah Ikechukwu Nnamdi who hails from Ifite, Awka, Anambra…
The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, on Saturday described as cowardly, the withdrawal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the local government election in the state. The PDP Director of Media and Publicity in the state, Mr. Leye Igbagbo, on Thursday announced the withdrawal of the party from the election. Aiyedatiwa spoke to journalists…
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Chinese authorities in Tibet have forbidden aid workers and Buddhist monks from entering areas of the region struck by deadly earthquakes last week, three residents of the region and a Tibetan in exile told Radio Free Asia. On Jan. 7, a…
