The body of missing U.S. politician Barry Christian has been discovered in rural Oklahoma. Christian, a 54-year-old Republican Senate candidate for District 38, was found dead on Thursday, April 30—two days after he was reported missing, according to a campaign statement cited by KOCO. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation confirmed that his 2024 charcoal…
South Korea’s entertainment industry is in mourning following the death of Park Dong-bin. The 56-year-old actor was found dead on Wednesday, April 29, inside a restaurant he had been preparing to open in Pyeongtaek. He is survived by his wife and their three-year-old daughter. According to The Korea Times, his body was discovered by an…
Kobbie Mainoo has committed his future to Manchester United by signing a new five-year contract that will keep him at Old Trafford until 2031. The 21-year-old midfielder’s previous deal, agreed in 2023 when he was just 17, had been set to run until the summer of 2027. His new contract reflects his development and growing…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that Nigeria and nine other countries accounted for the majority of global hepatitis-related deaths in 2024. In its 2026 Global Hepatitis Report, the WHO stated that hepatitis B and C—responsible for about 95 percent of hepatitis deaths—claimed roughly 1.34 million lives in 2024, with an estimated 1.8 million…
President Bola Tinubu has declared that ongoing insecurity in the country will not discourage him, reaffirming his intention to seek a second term in office despite prevailing challenges. Addressing the issue, the president suggested that some political opponents are attempting to capitalize on the security situation to weaken his leadership. “My adversaries want to use…
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, April 29, sentenced two men to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts, Ojo Olasunkanmi (31) and Obamoyegun Dele (31), were initially arraigned on January 31, 2020, alongside Adewale David (36), who died during the course of the trial. They faced six counts…
Justice Dehinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has sentenced a Lagos-based socialite and alleged drug trafficker, Funmilola Arike Ogbuaya, popularly known as Ariket, to 45 years in prison for the unlawful exportation of 1.595 kilograms of cocaine to Saudi Arabia. The court imposed a 15-year jail term on each of…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has explained why Pastor Jerry Eze of Streams of Joy International came under investigation by the agency. Speaking at an event in Abuja, in a video shared by Channels TV, Olukoyede disclosed that the probe lasted six months and was initiated after intelligence…
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Tunji Disu, has directed the immediate dismissal and prosecution of ASP Nuhu Usman, the officer implicated in the fatal shooting that occurred on April 26, 2026, in Effurun, Delta State, resulting in the death of Mr. Mene Ogidi. In a statement issued by the Force spokesperson, DCP Anthony Placid,…
Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, the Labour Party’s vice-presidential candidate in the 2023 general election, has announced his departure from the party and his intention to join the Peoples Redemption Party. He made the announcement on Tuesday during an interview on Politics Today on Channels Television, citing internal conflicts and what he described as a departure…
