Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have killed the President-General of Ogidi community and another person in Anambra State. The President-General of Ogidi community in Idemili North Local Government Area, Sir Ikwuka Okoye, popularly known as Anumili, was shot dead on Friday, February 6. The attack is believed to have been carried out by…
Thirteen journalists from different media organizations were injured in a road accident on Friday, February 6, while covering an official project tour in Bauchi State. The accident occurred along the Yashi–Yelwan Duguri Road in Alkaleri Local Government Area, shortly after the delegation—led by the Minister of State for Regional Development, Alhaji Uba Maigari Ahmadu—commissioned…
Eighteen Senegalese football fans detained in Morocco on allegations of hooliganism during last month’s Africa Cup of Nations final have begun a hunger strike, their lawyer announced on Friday, February 6. The group is protesting their continued detention without formal charges since their arrest on January 18. The arrests occurred after a tense AFCON final…
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, have arrested three suspects alleged to be behind a cyber blackmail and extortion scheme operating in the state. The unit’s spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, said the suspects obtained explicit photographs of their victims and threatened to make them public unless ransom payments were made. He explained…
An NHS doctor has been arrested on suspicion of s£x offences involving an underage girl in Wales, UK. The consultant, a 52-year-old man, was taken into custody on Tuesday, Feb. 3, after police were alerted to a property. South Wales Police were called to a property in Sketty, Swansea, at around 8pm. The call reportedly came…
The Tanimu Turaki–led National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has reiterated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) lacks the constitutional authority to appoint leadership for the party. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Ini Ememobong, made this known while reacting to INEC’s quarterly consultative meeting with political parties, which was attended…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered two new political parties. The Chairman of the commission, Joash Amupitan, made this known on Thursday, February 5, during INEC’s first regular consultative meeting with political parties held in Abuja. The newly registered parties are the Democratic Leadership Alliance (DLA) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC). Amupitan…
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has reportedly been omitted from Monaco’s Champions League squad for the second half of the season. The 32-year-old joined the club last June in a bid to revive his career following an 18-month doping ban. However, the Frenchman struggled early on with a series of minor injuries as he…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Gafaru Rasaki for being in possession of four human heads. Police investigations revealed that Rasaki was apprehended by operatives of the Shakura Division on January 21. During interrogation, he confessed to unlawfully exhuming the human remains from a cemetery—an act that constitutes a gross…
Media personality Toolz has stirred conversation on relationships and family approval after sharing her honest take on dating dynamics involving parents. In a post on Instagram, Toolz posed a question many people quietly struggle with: Would you continue a relationship if your partner’s parents don’t like you? And what if your own…
