‘Enough Is Enough’: Biden Appeals For Tougher Gun Laws
“Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he delivered an impassioned address to the nation imploring Congress to take action against gun violence after mass shootings he said had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields.” If legislators fail to act, he warned, voters should use their “outrage” to […]
Pride Month: Kuwait Criticises US Embassy Over Pro-LGBT Tweets
Kuwait has summoned a top US diplomat in protest over tweets from the American embassy supporting LGBT rights, its foreign ministry says. US officials there had posted a rainbow flag and message of solidarity from President Joe Biden for Pride month. But Kuwait officials criticised the embassy for “supporting homosexuality” and demanded it didn’t happen […]
Kyari’s Extradition Case To Be Heard In Court On Friday
The incarcerated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, was given permission by a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday to file fresh evidence in response to the Federal Government’s request to extradite him to the United States of America for trial. In a motion on notice, Justice Inyang Ekwo granted Kyari’s plea filed through […]
Osinachi’s Husband Faces A 23-count Homicide Charge Today
The Federal Government will arraign Peter Nwachukwu, the late prominent gospel singer Osinachi’s husband, on Friday (today). Osinachi died in April after being allegedly beaten by her husband. Nwachukwu will face a 23-count bordering on culpable homicide, verbal, physical abuse and wrongful confinement, wrongful restraint, economic abuse, forced isolation, emotional and psychological abuse, and attempt […]
NCDC Warns Against The Spread Of Monkeypox Through Sex
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control has cautioned that monkeypox, a disease endemic to West and Central African countries, can be spread through sexual intercourse. This is because, according to a medical virologist and immunologist, the disease is more deadly in individuals with other diseases. Monkeypox is an uncommon illness caused by the monkeypox virus, […]
Former EFCC Chairman, Magu Promoted To AIG
Ibrahim Magu, the former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was on Thursday promoted to assistant inspector-general of police . The police service commission (PSC) validated Magu’s elevation after he was suspended from the commission due to corruption charges. After charges of corruption and abuse of office were leveled against him by […]
Money Laundering: Court Adjourns Mompha’s Trial Till June 6
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday adjourned the ongoing trial of Ismaila Mustapha also known as Mompha, till June 6 and his company, Ismalob Global Investment Limited, to enable both the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , EFCC, and the defendant to give “report” on the terms […]
EFCC Releases Suspended Accountant-General
Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, has been released from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s custody. Idris was detained by the EFCC for his suspected involvement in a N174 billion scam. Idris was reportedly released on bail by the anti-graft agency on Wednesday night in Abuja, and he has since been reunited […]
Michael Avenatti Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison
Michael Avenatti was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison for defrauding Stormy Daniels, the client who made him a fixture on cable and a speculative candidate for public office for a brief time during the Trump administration. “It has been three years since she discovered what Mr. Avenatti has done and she was devastated,” Clark […]
Queen Thanks Nation For Its Goodwill As Jubilee Celebrations Begin
An official photograph of the Queen has been released ahead of celebrations to mark her Platinum Jubilee. The portrait, by Ranald Mackechnie, was taken in the Victoria Vestibule at Windsor Castle earlier this year. In her Jubilee message the monarch thanked people for organising events to celebrate her milestone, saying “many happy memories” would be […]
