The Inspector-General of Police’s Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team (CVET) in Ghana has arrested a woman identified as Mahama Aminat, also known as Akosua Serwaa Minat, over alleged threats and offensive comments directed at the country’s President, John Dramani Mahama in videos circulated on social media. According to a statement issued by the police…
A police officer has apologised after he was seen in a video threatening to kill anyone that films him on duty. In the video, which lasted less than three minutes, the policeman identified himself as Newton Isokpehi. Speaking in Pidgin English, he criticised senior police authorities who encouraged Nigerians to film officers carrying out their…
Ayo Makun popularly known as AY has playfully called out Pastor Dolapo Lawal after Arsenal F.C. emerged Premier League champions despite his earlier comments that the club would not win the title. Reacting in a video, the comedian said people mocked Arsenal and confidently wrote them off, adding that even some people “preached from…
An elderly man is being hailed as a hero after he risked his life to thwart an attempted kidnapping by a criminal posing as a utility worker outside his Oregon home. The 85-year-old Good Samaritan, who has not been publicly identified, rushed out of his mobile home in a Medford neighborhood when he heard a…
Former Head of State Yakubu Gowon has reopened debates over one of Nigeria’s most sensitive historical moments, alleging that late Biafran leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu frustrated multiple peace efforts that could have prevented the Nigerian Civil War. In his autobiography My Life of Service and Allegiance, Gowon gave a detailed account of the political…
A 4-year-old girl who was found de@d inside a parked vehicle in Valley Village on Tuesday, May 19, has been identified. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner on Wednesday, May 20, identified the child as Adina Nevo. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, emergency crews were dispatched to the 12700 block of McCormick Street…
Meta Platforms has laid off around 8,000 employees as part of a major internal restructuring aimed at transforming the company into an artificial intelligence–focused organisation. The job cuts, which represent roughly 10% of its global workforce, began rolling out across different regions, including Asia, Europe, and the United States, with affected staff receiving notification…
Operatives of the Kebbi Hisbah Board, an agency under the Ministry of Religious Affairs, have arrested a young woman and a man at Filin Idi, Birnin Kebbi, for allegedly engaging in immoral acts. The agency’s Director of Shariah, Sirajo Kamba, confirmed the arrests in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria…
An X user has sparked reactions online after sharing an encounter with a man who allegedly got upset hearing her call her husband “babe.” According to her, the man insisted that a wife should call her husband “Daddy” and allegedly said he would beat his wife if she ever addressed him as “babe.” …
Former Kano state governor Rabiu Kwankwaso has denied claims that he is secretly supporting Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Speaking during an interview on Global TV on Wednesday night, Kwankwaso said the rumours have existed since his time in the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) and described the allegations as false. The…
