Operatives of the Police Force Intelligence Department’s Special Tactical Squad (FID STS) have arrested two suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate accused of killing their victims even after receiving ransom payments. Speaking in an interview with Arise TV, ACP Victor Ogbeide, Commander of the FID STS, said the gang murdered all their hostages after their…
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of two men, Danladi Usman, 23 and Nasir Ahmed, 26, in a correctional facility over alleged kidnapping. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are facing trial over alleged conspiracy and kidnapping. The Magistrate, Mr Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the defendants’ plea…
After three months of dating, he suggested we should get married. I told him I didn’t know him well enough and couldn’t introduce him to my parents yet. Six months into the relationship, he asked if I knew him well enough and was willing to marry him this time. The relationship had been good, but…
Brent tops $73 as renewed U.S.-Iran strikes keep Hormuz on edge, leaving oil markets vulnerable to sharp summer price swings. Hormuz Plays Red Light, Green Light as Transits Slow Down This Week – Reaching 59 transits, June 24 has marked the highest number of Hormuz crossings since US-Iran MoU was signed, with traffic slowing down following…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared that the era of ballot box snatching and manual manipulation of election results is gone, assuring Nigerians that current technological safeguards are robust enough to protect every vote cast in the 2027 general elections. The declaration was made on Wednesday, July 1 in Abuja during a courtesy…
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked the operating licenses of 46 Microfinance Banks (MfBs) with effect from July 1. This is contained in a statement issued by the Acting Director of the Corporate Communications Department of the apex bank on Wednesday in Abuja. The action was taken in accordance with the CBN’s powers…
A 57-year-old Nigerian-born engineer has admitted steering $1.64 million meant for the repair of decrepit buildings in St. Louis, Missouri, United States to himself and relatives. Adebanjo “Banjo” Popoola, a former building inspector with the City of St. Louis, on Tuesday, June 30, 2026, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five Nigerians before the Federal High Court in Abuja over allegations that they concealed the whereabouts of former Bayelsa State Governor, Timipre Sylva (pictured above), who has been accused of masterminding an alleged coup plot against President Bola Tinubu. The defendants—Reuben Ayuba, Musa Mohammed, Friday Paul, Paganengigha Anagaha, and Ayebaifife Suobite—were charged…
A 23-month-old boy was found de@d inside an SUV outside a preschool in Plantation, Florida, on Monday afternoon, June 29. Local police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the toddler’s de@th. Officers with the Plantation Police Department and the Plantation Fire Department responded to A World of Discovery Academy at approximately 5:39 p.m. on…
A Federal High Court in Abuja today, July 1, sentenced one Jonathan Marcus, to de@th by hanging for the gruesome m#rder of Adebola Ezekiel (80), his former employee, and his wife, Mrs. Abiodun Ezekiel, at their residence in Apo Legislative Quarters, Abuja on April 1, 2024. Following the discovery of the tragic incident, an…
