Police in Taiwan have seized more than US$300 million (S$388 million) linked to an illegal online World Cup betting operation after dismantling a major gambling syndicate, authorities announced on Thursday, July 2. According to the Tainan City Police Department’s Fourth Precinct, officers raided a five-storey house in the southern city of Tainan on July…
The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) has alleged that suspected Islamist terrorist groups killed 3,610 people and abducted 3,960 others across Nigeria between January and June 2026. The human rights organisation also claimed that about 300 churches were destroyed during the six-month period and that approximately 800 abducted Christian women…
A cabin cleaner, Bala Zakari, has been commended for his honesty after returning $730 he found while cleaning a British Airways aircraft. Zakari discovered a purse on seat 35K while cleaning British Airways Flight BA8382. The purse contained $730 in cash as well as several credit cards. Upon finding the item, he immediately alerted…
US President Donald Trump has defended earning an estimated $1.2 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency ventures while serving in office, insisting his financial gains are the result of broader market growth rather than any misuse of presidential power. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, July 1, before boarding a new Air Force One aircraft gifted by…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has uncovered an attempt to smuggle unregistered pharmaceutical products into the country using a fake registration number belonging to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this during the handover of seized narcotics and expired pharmaceutical products valued at…
A cholera outbreak in Sudan has claimed at least 120 lives, with 1,102 suspected cases recorded since May in conflict-affected areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday, July 1. Sudan’s healthcare system has been severely weakened by more than three years of civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid…
The Federal Government has confirmed it has accessed the first $1.5 billion from its $5 billion financing facility with First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), marking the initial drawdown from the loan arrangement. Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, disclosed this while briefing journalists after Monday’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting…
Gunmen have abducted a pastor, Rev. Dr. Samuel Gbinde, along with two members of his congregation in Benue State. Rev. Gbinde, the Resident Pastor of NKST Andyar in Saghev, was kidnapped in the early hours of Tuesday, June 30, 2026. The abduction was confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday by Nongo u Kristu u…
The Nigerian government says it will engage the South African authorities to seek compensation for Nigerians forced to abandon their businesses and properties amid anti-immigrant protests in the country. Acting Nigerian High Commissioner to South Africa, Alexander Ajayi, disclosed this during a television interview as another batch of Nigerians prepared to return home under…
Retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Wilson Inalegwu has warned that Nigeria’s proposed state police system will fail if it is staffed with political thugs, vigilante members or loyalists of political parties instead of professionally recruited officers. Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Monday, Inalegwu said the success of state police would…
