A teenage man from Gokwe South has been sentenced to an effective 15 years behind bars after being convicted of r@ping his 42-year-old aunt in a case that shocked the local community. The conviction follows an incident on 16 May 2026, when the pair were reportedly walking to a nearby village for casual labour. Prosecutors…
Iran’s national football team will depart for Spain this weekend as part of their journey to their World Cup base in Mexico, despite still awaiting visas for travel to host nations, according to the head of the country’s football federation. The 2026 World Cup is being jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico, and Canada,…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has launched a full-scale investigation alongside the Department of State Services (DSS) following the unauthorized online disclosure of personal information belonging to Nollywood actor and politician, Emeka Ike. The controversy erupted after Lere Olayinka, the media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike,…
The Nigerian Navy has arrested a suspected terrorist collaborator identified as Baba Saidu Abdullahi in Lake Chad. The Director of Naval Information, Nigerian Navy, Captain AA Folorunsho, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. According to the statement, naval personnel observed the suspect during an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission…
A Malawian national was attacked and critically injured by his girlfriend during a domestic dispute in South Africa. The 40-year-old man was found bleeding extensively from injuries to his head on the roadside on Monday, June 1, 2026. When Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) arrived on scene, witnesses confirmed that the man was…
Minority Leader and Effutu MP Alexander Afenyo-Markin has denied being behind a social media post that criticised Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, also known as the anti-gay bill. The post, which went viral on Tuesday, appeared to show Afenyo-Markin speaking out against the bill. In the post, he argued that people…
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has claimed that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would be difficult to defeat if the outcome of the 2027 presidential election is determined by electoral manipulation. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Lawal argued that no politician currently possesses the capacity…
Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested four notorious c#ltists and suspected hitmen linked to several violent cr!mes and k!llings in Ajanmgbadi, Ojo, and its environs. The suspects, identified as Emmanuel Nwokolo alias “Oblo” (35), Ayola Israel alias “Essy Pawpaw” (39), Ebuka Nnamdi (31), and Chinedu Okafor (22), were apprehended at a…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, who was wounded in US-Israeli attacks and has not been seen publicly since assuming office, is alive and becoming increasingly active. “I think there are indications out there that he is increasingly engaging at some level,” Rubio told…
Tension gripped four local government areas of Osun State on Tuesday following unverified reports of bandit presence in some communities, prompting panic among residents and leading to the withdrawal of pupils from schools. The rumours, which spread on social media, claimed that armed bandits were attempting to infiltrate Ila, Ifelodun (Ikirun), Osogbo, and Olorunda local…
