The wife of a retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has been kidnapped from her residence in the Arepo area of Ogun state. The State Police command reacted swiftly to the abduction by deploying operatives to secure her release. According to reports, Mrs. Odumosu was abducted in the early…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has charged Timileyin Ajayi, a self-proclaimed gospel singer, with the gruesome murder of Salome Eleojo. The suspect was arraigned on Friday before a magistrate court on a one-count charge of culpable homicide punishable by death, in violation of Section 221 of the Penal Code Law of Northern Nigeria. However, the…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee (NWC) on Friday promised to abide by the Appeal Court order which restrained the party from appointing an acting National Secretary in place of Senator Samuel Anyanwu. The party’s Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Ibrahim Abdullahi, stated this at a news conference in Abuja. He said the party…
Over the weekend, Ben Affleck received a visit from FBI agents and Los Angeles police at his Brentwood home as the Palisades fire raged nearby. According to photos obtained by Page Six, authorities were seen outside his front gate. An FBI spokesperson explained that members of the agency’s Ground Intercept task force were “conducting activity…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been named as the new manager of Turkish giants Besiktas. The Norwegian boss has been away from the game for four years following his Manchester United axe in 2021. But now Super Lig side Besiktas have confirmed a shock new job for former Molde and Cardiff chief, Solskjaer. In a simple announcement on…
A court in Pakistan on Friday sentenced former Prime Minister Imran Khan to 14 years in prison on corruption charges. This sentencing was in relation to a previous British money laundering investigation. Judge Nasir Javed Rana said Khan, who is already in jail after he was convicted of several other graft charges, was found guilty…
Sam Moore, the towering tenor of the Sam & Dave soul music duo whose mid-1960s hits “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’ ” soundtracked the lives of countless fans and then heard in film and TV for generations, died Friday at a Miami hospital, his wife, Joyce Moore, said. Moore, who was born in Miami’s…
Nigerian Christian filmmaker/evangelist Mike Bamiloye has alleged that scientists are trying to invent a fake rapture. He claimed they were doing this to make Christians confused so they would no longer believe in the real rapture. He shared a screenshot from a Facebook post with the faces of two extraterrestrial beings with a caption that…
The Lagos State House of Assembly on Friday named four new principal officers following the impeachment of the former Speaker, Mr Mudashiru Obasa. Obasa was impeached for alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office by the lawmakers on Monday. The Clerk of the House, Mr. Lekan Onafeko, was also suspended for alleged gross financial impropriety….
This article was originally published by Radio Free Asia and is reprinted with permission. Canadian naval vessel HMCS Ottawa successfully completed a joint exercise with U.S. Navy destroyer USS Higgins amid tension in the South China Sea, the Canadian Joint Operations Command said. During the Jan. 8-11 drills, codenamed Noble Wolverine, both ships “navigated through…
