The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Edo, Mr Funsho Adegboye, has ordered an orderly room trial of Police Constable Prince Chima for allegedly threatening some people with a gun at their residence. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the…
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya set to break Guinness World Record
Nigerian chess master, Tunde Onakoya has revealed plans to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Onakoya who made the plan known on his X account on Friday said that he is “doing this for the dreams…
Journalist loses foot after being badly wounded in Israeli attack in Gaza
Three journalists have been injured, one seriously, in an Israeli attack at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza that authorities in the besieged strip say was a targeted attack. Sami Shehadeh, a journalist with Turkish broadcaster TRT had his…
Kanye West struggles to unload gutted multi-million dollar Malibu mansion
Kanye West‘s Malibu mansion has had its price slashed again by an eye-watering $14 million, after the rapper didn’t receive a single offer on the gutted waterfront property. TMZ is reporting that West lowered the price of the lemon of…
Nigeria first country to roll out new meningitis vaccine – WHO
Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new meningitis vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in a historic move. According to WHO, this is especially important for countries like Nigeria…
Police raid IPOB/ESN hideout, kill 2
Police operatives have raided the hideout of IPOB/ESN in the Akwuke community of Enugu South LGA, killing two members of the gang. Force Public Relations Officer, (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who stated this on Friday while parading various suspects involved…
AEDC official, others arrested for ‘transformer theft’
A staff member of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has been arrested alongside five others for allegedly vandalising and stealing a transformer in Abuja. SP Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, announced this in a…
‘You’re the political leader in Rivers’, Odili assures Fubara
A former Rivers State Governor, Dr Peter Odili, has assured Governor Siminalayi Fubara, that he is the political leader of the state. Odili disclosed this on Thursday during the inauguration of the Comprehensive Primary Healthcare Centre in Ndoni in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni…
Police arrest 66 suspected cultists in Plateau
The Police Command in Plateau State on Friday said its operatives arrested 66 persons suspected to be members of the dreaded Sara Suka cult group who have been terrorizing residents of the state. They also recovered weapons from the suspects.…
Army professor dies in Abuja
Brig. Gen. Ali Williams Butu (rtd), an Associate Professor of Geography and Dean, Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State, is dead. Butu, who hailed from the Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State, died…