GUNMEN ATTACK MOURNERS IN PLATEAU, AMPUTATE YOUTH’S HAND, KILL ONE IN EX-MINISTER’S HOME
By Aishat Momoh. O. Tragedy struck in Plateau State on Wednesday when gunmen attacked a group of mourners returning from a burial in the Bachit...
LAGOS ISLAND BUILDING COLLAPSE: VICTIMS IGNORED QUIT NOTICE BEFORE TRAGEDY – LASEMA
By Aishat Momoh. O. Several people were hospitalised on Thursday morning following the collapse of a residential building along Adeniji Adele Road in the Isale...
US CHARGES NIGERIAN OLATUNBOSUN OSUKOYA, 323 OTHERS IN $14.6BN HEALTHCARE FRAUD CRACKDOWN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged a Nigerian national, Olatunbosun Osukoya, alongside 323 individuals in a sweeping national...
ANAMBRA COURT SENTENCES WOMAN TO FIVE YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING
By Aishat Momoh. O. A High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Goodness Daniel, to five years imprisonment for trafficking...
STRAY BULLET HITS 12-YEAR-OLD BOY DURING ATTACK IN LAGOS
Agenvy Report A 12-year-old boy identified simply as Wasiu has been killed by a stray bullet during a cult clash in the Mushin area of...
BALTASAR ENGONGA FACES 18-YEAR JAIL TERM IN CORRUPTION TRIAL AMID SEXTAPE SCANDAL
By Aishat Momoh. O. The former Director General of Equatorial Guinea’s National Financial Investigation Agency, Baltasar Engonga, is facing up to 18 years in...
WILDFIRES FORCE MASS EVACUATIONS IN GREECE AND TURKEY AS STRONG WINDS FUEL FLAMES
Agency Report Wildfires fanned by gale-force winds have triggered mass evacuations on the southern Greek island of Crete and in Turkey’s western province of...
KADUNA SDP CHIEFTAIN BASHIR ZAKARIYA DIES IN FATAL ACCIDENT
A chieftain of the Kaduna State chapter of the Social Democratic Party(SDP), Bashir Zakariya, has died in a car accident along the Zaria-Kaduna highway on...
TRUMP SCORES MAJOR WIN AS CONGRESS PASSES CONTROVERSIAL TAX AND SPENDING BILL
By Aishat Momoh. O. U.S. President Donald Trump secured a significant political victory on Thursday as Congress narrowly passed his sweeping tax and spending...
FRENCH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS’ STRIKE GROUNDS HUNDREDS OF FLIGHTS, DISRUPTS EUROPEAN TRAVEL
Agency Report Tens of thousands of passengers across Europe faced travel chaos on Thursday as French air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike, citing...