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Myanmar democracy leader says 2,000 dead fighting junta, urges military aid

At least 2,000 pro-democracy fighters have been killed in Myanmar battling a military junta that seized power last year, the head of a parallel civilian government said in an interview aired on Thursday, urging allies to provide military aid. Duwa…

Lagos govt pays N489m allowance to ex-LG officials

The Lagos State Government, on Tuesday, paid N489,019,913.95 as severance allowances to past political office holders at the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas of the state. The political office holders had served between 2004 and 2007, during the…

Zelensky thanks German Bundestag for acknowledging Holodomor genocide

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has welcomed the German Bundestag’s decision to classify the famine in Ukraine, caused deliberately 90 years ago, as genocide. “This is a decision for justice, for truth,’’ Zelensky said in his daily video address on Thursday.…

New Zealand mosque attacker claims plea made under duress of torture

The man responsible for the deadly 2019 mosque attacks in New Zealand has claimed he only pleaded guilty under duress of torture on Thursday. Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of release for the terror…

Court remands medical doctor, Businessman accuses neighbour of fraud and more

What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. Alleged Rape: Court remands medical doctor in Ikoyi Prison (Channels) Dr Femi Olaleye, the Managing Director…

Court remands 5 alleged Ikorodu drug lords

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has ordered that five alleged drug barons, arrested in Ikorodu, Lagos, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA be remanded till January 17, 2023, when their bail application would be decided. Trial…

HSBC to shut 114 branches as more people bank online

HSBC says it will close 114 more branches in the UK from April, as customers using them have fallen significantly since the pandemic. The bank said it would try to redeploy affected staff but that about 100 would lose their…

Alleged defilement: Court admits medical director to N50m bail

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday admitted the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, charged with alleged defilement of his wife’s 16 year old niece to bail in the sum of N50million.…

Singer Yemi Alade robbed in Cote d’Ivoire

Nigerian singer, Yemi Alade, was robbed in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire where she went to perform over the weekend. Alade took to her Instagram page on to lament how thieves got into her hotel room, ransacked her belongings and stole all…

Celebrity kidnapper John Lyon to be arraigned today

The Bayelsa State Police Command has said it will arraign celebrity kidnapper, John Ewa popularly known on social media as John Lyon, on Wednesday, November 30, 2022 (today). The Bayelsa police force revealed this in a statement by the Police…

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