The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has secured 974 convictions of drug offenders across the country in the first quarter of 2026, including 11 drug kingpins who collectively bagged 254 years in prison. The spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, April 17, 2026. …
A Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced twin brothers, Ojomo Taiwo and Ojomo Kehinde, alongside two others, Emmanuel Bamidele (also known as DPO) and Peter Samuel (also known as Mogaji), to 14 years’ imprisonment each for armed robbery. The trial judge, Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe, delivered the sentence following a plea bargain…
A security alert was triggered at the White House on Thursday afternoon, April 16, after a man attempted to scale a perimeter fence, leading to a swift takedown by US Secret Service agents. He is thought to have jumped over a construction bollard near the Treasury Building on the north-east side of the…
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) has rescued 305 West African nationals, including 113 children, during the second phase of an intelligence-led operation targeting suspected human trafficking networks posing as street begging groups in parts of the Greater Accra Region. The early morning operation on Wednesday, April 15, 2026, took place in areas such as Abossey…
As of the morning of Friday, April 17, 2026, the Nigerian Naira continues to navigate a complex landscape against the United States Dollar, following a week of minor fluctuations across both official and informal markets. In the Nigerian Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM), the Naira opened the trading day at an official rate of 1340.88 per…
Two Nigerian men have been charged in the United States with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft and other crimes arising out of a scheme to defraud the IRS using stolen identities. Indictments were unsealed on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 in the Northern District of Georgia and the…
I was very clear from the beginning that I didn’t want intimacy before marriage. I wasn’t a virgin, but I’d learned that what nearly killed me were the relationships I gave everything away in. I played the role of a wife when I didn’t even have an assurance of marriage. I thought giving everything away…
President Tinubu has said that those who do not see anything good in his administration will be offered eye glasses to aid their vision. Speaking at a function in the State House on Thursday, April 16, the President said; ‘’The truth is I took over from myself. The late Buhari is me, he was…
The Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, has stated that electricity has greatly improved in many parts of the country. While speaking on Arise TV on Thursday night, April 16, Bwala said Nigerians experience more power supply now than they did in 2015 and 2023. He said; ‘’In terms…
Singer D4vd has been arrested for murd£r in the de@th of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez. LAPD officers swooped in on a Hollywood Hills home the singer was staying. The star was taken into custody Thursday, April 16, by the LAPD’s robbery-homicide division and was being held without bail, police said. “We came to the home with a…
