A top Somalian referee who was set to officiate games at the World Cup was blocked from entering the US over his alleged links to terrorist organizations. Omar Abdulkadir Artan, 33, was interrogated by border officials at Miami International Airport for 11 hours on Saturday, June 6, before he was held in a jail…
Twelve people have been k!lled and nine others wounded following a mass sho0ting at Jumpers Informal Settlement in Cleveland, Johannesburg. It is reported that at about 11:10pm on Tuesday night, police responded to a sho0ting incident at the informal settlement. Upon arrival, they found numerous people with multiple gunsh0t wounds. Eight men…
Two brothers in Nyamandlovu, Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe, are dead after a violent confrontation sparked by a dispute over a funeral policy pamphlet that allegedly led to accusations of Satanism, police have said. The incident took place on June 6, 2026, and is currently under investigation. According to police, one of the brothers received a pamphlet…
The Edo State Government has ordered the immediate closure of three secondary schools in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area following intelligence reports of a planned kidnap att@ck targeting students. The directive, contained in a circular issued by the State Ministry of Education and signed by its Permanent Secretary, Enodolomwanyi Otamere, gave the name sof the…
A Nigerian mum of two, Janet Godwin, has cried out for jutice for her huband, a motorcycle rider, who was allegedly picked up by security agents over illegal drugs. According to Janet, her husband was contacted by a customer to pick up a package for him, Unknown to her husband, security agents had already been…
The International Monetary Fund has stated that Nigerian banks raise lending rates quickly when monetary policy is tightened but are far slower to cut borrowing costs or boost returns for savers. At its most recent monetary policy committee meeting, the Central Bank of Nigeria kept the monetary policy rate, which serves as the benchmark for…
Iran has launched missiles and drones at United States military targets in the region, marking a significant escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the operation in a statement posted on its Telegram channel early Wednesday, describing it as a response to recent American military actions against…
Early Wednesday morning, Kuwait’s military said it was engaging hostile objects in the sky after Iranian state media reported that the IRGC had launched an attack on the Ali Al Salem Air Base inside Kuwait. According to Iranian media, the Revolutionary Guard also claimed to have struck four locations at the American al-Azraq base in…
By Ruth Akpan The prestigious AGIP Recital Hall of the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos, became the epicentre of intellectual discourse, inspiration, and distinguished fellowship as eminent personalities from across Nigeria’s academic, business, media, and religious communities gathered for the grand presentation and launch of two remarkable books authored by renowned scholar, entrepreneur, and transformational thinker,…
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murd£r after the boss of a leading technology firm was found dead at his £2.5million country home. Neil Muller, 54, suffered st@b wounds to his chest early on Sunday morning, June 7. A woman, 55, was arrested an hour later, police said. She has…
