Abba Kyari: Police Accuse NDLEA Operatives In Cocaine Scandal
The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has accused operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of assisting in the trafficking of drugs in the country. The police said this while urging the agency to prosecute its officers suspected of colluding with an international narcotics gang as soon as possible. The NDLEA had accused former […]
German Leader In Ukraine As Fears Of Russian Invasion Grow
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine on Monday, part of a flurry of Western diplomacy aimed at heading off a feared Russian invasion that some warn could be just days away. Scholz plans to continue on to Moscow, where he will try to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to back down. U.S. officials have warned […]
Gunmen Kill Four Police Officers At An Enugu Checkpoint Yet Again
After four police officers were killed in Enugu’s capital, another four were reportedly killed at a checkpoint on the outskirts of the city 48 hours later. According to reports, the gunmen stormed the checkpoint at Obeagu in Enugu South Local Government Area, murdering at least four people. Attempts to contact the police have been unsuccessful. […]
Yaba Collapsed Building Update: Five Dead Bodies Recovered, Property Developer Arrested
On February 12, 2022, a three-story building under construction at NO.16 Akanbi Crescent in the Yaba district of Lagos collapsed. Five bodies have now been found from the collapsed building in Lagos State’s Yaba area, just as the property developer was arrested. Some of the workers who worked at the construction site before it […]
Ukraine Tensions: US Defends Evacuating Embassy As Ukraine Urges Calm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the “imminent” threat of Russian military action in Ukraine justifies evacuating the US embassy in Kyiv. His words came after Ukraine’s president urged calm, saying the biggest enemy was panic. More than a dozen countries have urged their citizens to leave Ukraine. Moscow, with more than 100,000 […]
Ex-Afghan President: Biden Order on Frozen Funds An Atrocity
Afghanistan’s former president on Sunday called a White House order to unfreeze $3.5 billion in Afghan assets held in the U.S. for families of 9/11 victims an atrocity against the Afghan people. Former President Hamid Karzai at a packed news conference sought the help of Americans, particularly the families of the thousands killed in the […]
Man Accused Of Blasphemy Stoned To Death By Mob In Pakistan
An enraged mob stoned to death a middle-aged man for allegedly desecrating the Quran in a remote village in eastern Pakistan, police said Sunday. The custodian of a local mosque said he saw the man burning the Muslim holy book inside the mosque Saturday evening and told others before informing police, according to police spokesman […]
Yaba Building Collapse: Two Person Rescued, Three Dead, Others Trapped
On Saturday, a three-story building under construction on Akanbi Crescent in the Yaba area of Lagos collapsed, killing three people and trapping roughly four others, including a security guard and construction workers. A worker, named only as Sunday, was rescued from the rubble, according to reports. The incident happened around 3.30 p.m., only three months […]
Two Suspected Ritualist Burnt In Front Of Police Station In Ogun State
Two alleged ritualists caught with a human head were set ablaze on Saturday by enraged youths in Oja-Odan, Yewa North Local Government Area, Ogun State. The police operatives seized two suspects, Idowu Afolabi and Johnson Adebiyi, at the Oja Odan police station. Youths in the neighborhood who were upset about the situation allegedly stormed into […]
7-Year-Old Burnt To Death In A Fire Hazard In Jigawa State
Hauwa’u Auwalu, a 7-year-old girl, was killed in a fire in Dutsen Maidodo quarters, Birnin Kudu, Jigawa state. According to a source in the neighbourhood, the child went to a neighbor’s house to get her hair done but fell asleep. The incident happened at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, according to reports. He said that they […]
