A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an interim forfeiture order covering nine properties linked to former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Timipre Sylva. The ruling was issued by Justice Obiora Egwuatu following an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Although the decision was delivered on April 24,…
A 37 year old man identified as Ziaulihak Zakari, also known as Abuja, has allegedly admitted to accepting N500,000 to carry out an acid attack on a woman in Lagos. The victim, Olorunseunfunmi Awosogbon, suffered serious injuries to her head, chest and hands during the attack, which occurred on October 25, 2025, in the Lakowe…
Police have arrested and charged a 24-year-old man over the alleged r@pe and murd£r of his teenage girlfriend, who was found stripped and bound in an apartment after suffering months of torture. The body of 19-year-old Isabella Stroupe was found almost n@ked and bound with a tow strap in east Charlotte on Friday, WSCOTV’s…
Kogi State government has confirmed that all 23 children kidnapped from the Daarul-Kitab Islamic Orphanage have been safely rescued. In a statement released on Wednesday, Kingsley Fanwo announced that the remaining nine victims regained their freedom during a security operation carried out in the early hours of the day. The children were abducted on April…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old homos3xual, Francis Duwa, over alleged s3xual exploitation and circulation of explicit content. The police also rescued two victims, a male and a female, from the suspect’s apartment in Benin City. The spokesperson for the command, ASP Eno Ikoedem, who confirmed the arrest in an…
Suspected thugs have k!lled three people in Kano State, triggering outrage and heightening fears over a resurgence of politically motivated thuggery in the state. According to Daily Trust, the incident occurred shortly after the swearing-in of Murtala Sule Garo as the new Deputy Governor of Kano State at the Government House. Eyewitnesses said the attackers,…
Nigeria has emerged as Africa’s most spammed country. New data from Truecaller shows that in 2025, 51 per cent of all unknown calls received by users in the country were identified as spam or fraud. This means more than one in every two unfamiliar calls is likely unwanted or potentially malicious. The latest Spam and…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has revealed that the first confirmed case of hantavirus connected to the deadly outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship happened before the passenger boarded the vessel. The expedition cruise vessel left Ushuaia on April 1 for a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Cape Verde with around 150 passengers…
British TV personality Simon Cowell has revealed he once spent £3 million on entertainment for a lavish birthday party, including what he described as “burlesque dancing v@ginas.” The former The X Factor judge made the comments while appearing on the debut episode of Tales from the Celebrity Trenches. During the interview, host Jamie East asked…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command, have neutralized at least two kidnappers during a gun battle at the Karshi area, bordering the nation’s capital and Nasarawa State. A statement released on Wednesday, May 6, by SP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, said the operation was carried out on May…
