An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Tuesday, sentenced a 51-year-old cleric, Nduka Anyanwu, to double life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating two biological sisters. Justice Abiola Soladoye convicted the Lagos-based pastor for impregnating a 13-year-old and a 17-year-old. Both girls have delivered of babies. Soladoye held that evidence of prosecution witnesses were […]
Eight people died and several others sustained injuries in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam after two vehicles crashed into each other. A tractor-trailer and a 16-passenger van crashed into each other early Tuesday morning, Vietnam News Agency reported. The tractor-trailer was travelling on National Highway 1A in Tam Hiep Commune, Nui Thanh District, Quang […]
Somali National Army (SNA) said, on Tuesday, its forces arrested al-Shabab’s head responsible for explosive devices in the Mudug region, the central part of Somalia. Radio Mogadishu reported that Salman Dadir was arrested while transporting explosive devices near Amara town. It said Dadir was captured by the 21st division of the SNA backed by the […]
Kenyan Police said, on Monday, they are interrogating three suspects with 12 pieces of elephant tusks with a street value of $46,290. The Police arrested the suspect on Sunday in the lakeside town of Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. National Police spokesperson, Resila Onyango, said security forces recovered 58 kilogrammes of elephant tusks […]
A former Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, whose trial was slated for Feb. 13, has been rescheduled to June 5. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign Oduah before a Federal High Court over a N5 billion fraud. The matter, which was initially scheduled for Feb. 13, was not listed on the cause list […]
The Police Command in Anambra said its operatives have foiled an attack by gunmen on the Ogidi Police station in Idemili North Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, announced this to newsmen on Monday in Awka. Ikenga said the police team neutralised one of the gunmen. He […]
The INEC said, on Monday, that elections would not hold in 240 polling units across 28 states during the coming general elections. The Commission Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the INEC Chairman, announced this at a meeting with political party leaders in Abuja on Monday. Yakubu said the affected polling units had no voter register. The […]
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, on Saturday, said U.S. fighter jet had shot down an “unidentified object” that was flying high over the Yukon. Trudeau claimed he gave order to short down the UfO. The claim comes days after U.S. government said they had shot down a Chinese Spying balloon. The news also comes only […]
The National Council of State, on Friday, threw its weight behind the Federal government’s naira redesign policy. The Council also call on the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to ensure an adequate supply of new Naira notes. The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, briefed the State House Correspondents after the Council’s meeting. He said […]
The Ogun State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board has asked intending pilgrims to top-up their initial Hajj deposit to ₦2.5 million. This is to ease processing and documentation for the 2023 hajj operations, pending the final announcement of the fare by National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON). Alhaji Babatunde Salau, Executive Secretary of the State Hajj […]