Abba Kyari In More Trouble As NDLEA Probes N3bn Tramadol Seizure
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has launched a probe into the seizure of a large consignment of Tramadol, an illegal drug, in Lagos, and more trouble appears to be unfolding for ACP Abba Kyari, the suspended Commander of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT). It was discovered that the alleged […]
Oyetola Wins APC Primary Election, Defeats Aregbesola Candidate
The Governor of Osun State, Gboyega Oyetola won the All Progressives Congress primary election in the state on Saturday, defeating the handpicked candidate Moshood Adeoti of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola. In the next election in the state, the governing party has declared Oyetola as its candidate. Three aspirants ran alongside the state governor […]
Canada: Police Arrest 100 In Ottawa After 3-week Protest
Police arrested scores of demonstrators and towed away vehicles Friday in Canada’s besieged capital, and a stream of trucks started leaving under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. By evening, at least 100 people had been arrested, mostly on mischief charges, and nearly two […]
Ukraine Conflict: Rebels Declare General Mobilization As Fighting Grows
Ukraine’s Russian-backed breakaway eastern territories have ordered military mobilisations amid a deadly escalation in fighting. Men of fighting age in the self-declared people’s republics of Donetsk and Luhansk are being put on stand-by. US President Joe Biden says he is convinced Russia will invade Ukraine, an allegation Moscow denies. Western nations have accused Russia of […]
Putin Ally Accuses Ukrainian President Of Provoking War
The United States continues to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day” amid escalating tensions in the region, with President Joe Biden telling reporters Thursday that the threat is now “very high.” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday, making urgent remarks to the United Nations Security Council, challenged Moscow to commit to […]
Biden Signs Stopgap Spending Bill Averting Shutdown
President Joe Biden on Friday signed a bipartisan bill to extend government funding for three weeks to give Congress more time to reach an overdue deal financing federal agencies through the rest of the fiscal year, the White House announced. The Senate approved the measure Thursday by a bipartisan 65-27 vote, five more than the 60 votes […]
Two Dismissed Police Officers Sentenced To Death For Armed Robbery
Two dismissed police officers were sentenced to death for armed robbery by Justice Peter Kekemeke of the FCT High Court, who said they deserved no mercy. James Ejeh and Simeon Abraham are the defendants. They were charged with two counts of conspiracy and armed robbery by the FCT Commission on October 20, 2017. Kekemeke, who […]
UK Gives Reasons For Interest In Nigeria’s 2023 Election – Laing
The British High Commissioner in Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has explained why the UK is interested in Nigeria’s election procedures on Thursday. The UK is interested in the country’s elections, according to Laing, because they are critical for the African continent and the globe as a whole. When Laing visited the leadership of the main opposition […]
Angry Housewife Stabs Co-wife To Death In Ondo
Rebecca Nicodemus, a 25-year-old junior housewife from Ode-Irele in Ondo State, is said to have stabbed her rival, Precious, to death over a sex turn disagreement with their husband. According to reports, the two ladies live in a room and a parlor apartment with their husband. Obadasa Ajiboye, a police prosecutor, told a Chief Magistrate […]
Canada Police Set To End Seige Of Protesters Fighting Covid Measures
Canadian police are poised to clear out on Friday hundreds of truck drivers from Ottawa who have staged a three-week-long protest against pandemic restrictions that has crippled the capital and prompted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to assume emergency powers for the first time in more than 50 years. The drivers, joined by thousands of demonstrators […]
