The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly spousal battery in Akure. The spokesperson for the command, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 12, 2026 said the suspect identified as Olatunde Mary assaulted her husband, Julius Olatunde and attacked him with a cutlass during a…
The teacher who was stabbed while protecting students during a knife attack at a secondary school in Manchester has been named. Maysum Abdullah, 27, has been called a “hero” after he intervened in the attack at Co-op Academy Manchester on Plant Hill Road in Blackley on Tuesday, June 9, 2026. A 14-year-old girl has been charged with three counts of attempted murd£r following the incident…
Ariana Grande has put the White House on blast for using her song “Bye” in a social media post promoting US immigration arrests, describing the video as “barbaric”. The White House released the TikTok video on Tuesday, featuring US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arresting and handcuffing people. The video used Grande’s song…
Popular Ugandan socialite, Zari Hassan, and her partner, Shakib Cham, have announced their separation after five years together. The former couple made the announcement in a joint statement shared on Zari’s Instagram page today June 12. In the statement, the two explained that they had mutually agreed to part ways after…
The Edo State Government has ordered the reopening of schools that were temporarily shut down due to security concerns. The state government had initially closed the schools on June 9, 2026, following intelligence reports about possible security threats in parts of the Edo North Senatorial District. In a statement issued by the Permanent Secretary of…
China’s foreign ministry has confirmed the arrest of a US scholar, accusing him of spying and endangering Chinese national security. U Min Zin, a director at a think tank focused on Myanmar, was arrested in early June, sources had earlier told the New York Times. He allegedly disappeared while in the Chinese city…
Scores of traders, farmers and travellers have been abducted on a road leading to Sabon Birni Market in Sabon Birni Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Residents said the attackers blocked a major route linking Sabon Birni and surrounding communities before launching their attack. Eyewitness, who requested anonymity, said the gunmen arrived at…
A mother has been handed a minimum jail term of more than 12 years for murd£ring her seven-week-old daughter. She was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 12 years and 154 days at Birmingham Crown Court. The judge presiding over the case described the k!lling of Eliza Ngaba as “the…
Turkish authorities have arrested a Nigerian man in Istanbul over allegations that he swindled a Hong Kong dentist out of $2.5 million through a fake marriage scheme. The suspect, identified as Kingsley O., was taken into custody in the Esenyurt area of Istanbul along with five other individuals believed to have assisted in the operation….
Nollywood actress Adunni Ade has revealed that the father of her child did not know she was pregnant until just a few days before the baby’s naming ceremony. The actress disclosed this while responding to comments on a throwback video from her pregnancy days that she posted on TikTok. A follower who watched the video praised…
