Female players from Afghanistan’s junior national soccer team have crossed the border into Pakistan. The girls had spent the past month in hiding amid fears of a crackdown on women’s rights by the Taliban. Members of the senior women’s side flew out of Kabul last month but the youth team …
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TB Joshua: Crisis Hits Synagogue As Disciples Seize Assets, Put Private Jet Up For Sale Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) has been plunged into a fresh crisis following the alleged discovery that some aides to its late leader, Prophet Temitope Balogun Joshua, have put his private jet up …
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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Rita Umoh and her husband, Akan Umoh, for allegedly poisoning his 10-year-old son to death over witchcraft allegation. Spokesperson of the command, SP Odiko Macdon, in a statement on Tuesday, September 14, said the duo was arrested by the detectives from …
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Some persons suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) looted a bread van in Enugu and set it on fire on Tuesday morning. The incident happened at Emene, a suburb of the Enugu Capital city, on the day that the group asked residents to sit …
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has described Imo State as home to the highest incidents of substance abuse in the entire Southern Nigeria. This was contained in a paper presented by the Commander of Narcotics in the Imo State Command of the agency, Olugu Kalu Chinyere, during the 2021 …
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No fewer than 60 landlords and some tenants on Prime View City Estate, Arigbede, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, and its immediate environs have been sacked by flood. It was gathered that the flood, which had continued to surge for over a week, was as a …
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Former inspector-general of police, IGP Suleiman Abba, will report to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offense Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, over alleged financial violation of the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). Recall that the ICPC had invited Abba, who is the chairman of the Board of Trustees of …
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South African woman arrested for allegedly hiring hitmen who killed her husband and 81-year-old mother-in-law. A woman and five others have been arrested in connection with the murder of her husband and mother-in-law in Elliotdale, Eastern Cape. The 36-year-old woman, Nophelo Gquthani, and her accomplices appeared in the Elliotdale Magistrate …
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Ex-army officer, one other arrested with N7.5m worth of Indian hemp as troops bust drug syndicate in Kaduna. Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) on Tuesday, September 14, bust a drug syndicate and recovered 248 blocks of substance suspected to be cannabis estimated to be about 7.5 million naira in …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has accused hotel owners of providing an enabling environment for internet fraudsters across the country. The commission said in a statement Tuesday that the action of the hoteliers amounts to deliberate sabotage and obstruction of law enforcement officers and is punishable by Section …
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