UPDATE: GUNMEN KIDNAP SEVEN TRAVELLERS IN ONDO, 27 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
The Ondo State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the abduction of seven people along the Benin-Owo-Akure road at the Ifon area of Ose Local Government...
VIOLENCE: MEXICAN PRISON RIOT LEAVES SEVEN DEAD
A prison riot left seven people dead in a Mexican state grappling with rising criminal violence, authorities said Tuesday. The public prosecutor’s office announced an...
NEWS: COURT ORDERS FINAL FORFEITURE OF N1.1BILLION, $392k, £35k FROM EX-BANKER
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has reported ordered the final forfeiture of funds totalling N1,168,602,877.44, $392,818.01, and £35,070, recovered from a former...
MOMPHA’S ALLEGED MONEY LAUNDERING TRIAL ADJOURNED TILL MARCH 13
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has adjourned the ongoing trial of Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, to March 13, 2025. The...
TRAGIC: ‘AROUND 10’ DEAD, INCLUDING GUNMAN, IN SWEDEN’S WORST MASS SHOOTING
Agency Report Around 10 people were killed on Tuesday in a shooting at an education centre in Sweden, including the suspected gunman, with the Swedish...
WORLD NEWS: TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER WITHDRAWING US FROM UN BODIES
Agency Report US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, including its Human Rights...
SPORTS: SIMONA HALEP, FORMER TENNIS WORLD NUMBER ONE ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
Former tennis world number one Simona Halep announced her retirement on Tuesday after her first-round defeat at the WTA Cluj-Napoca tournament in her native Romania....
LAGOS EXTENDS PAYMENT OF N8.7M FARE FOR 2025 HAJJ
Lagos State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board (LSMPWB) has extended the deadline for payment of the 2025 Hajj from January 31 to February 10, 2025. The...
200-LEVEL UNILORIN STUDENT COMMITS SUICIDE OVER ‘HARDSHIP’
A 200-level male student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has reportedly committed suicide over economic hardship. The deceased, whose identity was yet-to-be...
WORLD NEWS: US FLIGHTS CARRYING DETAINED MIGRANTS TO GUANTANAMO ‘UNDERWAY’
Agency Report The first US flights carrying detained migrants to America’s notorious Guantanamo military base in Cuba were underway Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration...