UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed concerned about the deteriorating conditions in which the Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum, his wife and his son have been detained. UN Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, Mr Farhan Haq, said this at a news conference in New York on Friday. President Bazoum and his family…
A bloody fights between rival cult groups during the Osun Osogbo festival has reportedly led to the death of three persons. It was also reportedly that the deadly clash led to varying degrees of injuries on 12 other persons when fighting broke out during the grand finale of the acclaimed international traditional festival. Till the…
Cordinators of the Niger Republic coup reportedly promised a top US ambassador that if neighboring nations tried military action, they would kill overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum. According to the Associated Press (AP), the junta revealed this to two western officials on Thursday , as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced the deployment…
Gunmen have ambushed a bus carrying Syrian soldiers in the country’s east, killing at least 20 and wounding others, opposition activists said Friday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 23 Syrian soldiers were killed and 10 were wounded in the attack on a desert road near the eastern town of Mayadeen in Deir…
At the second CG’s conference held in Abuja, Ahmed Audi, the Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, revealed that within two years, more than 100 illegal refineries had been dismantled and around 200 individuals had been apprehended in connection with these activities. CG Audi urged the Corps’ personnel to escalate their…
The Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, on Tuesday, said the corps arrested a 37-year-old man who specialises in breaking into houses and stealing in the state. Adewinmbi, in a statement, said the suspect, who hails from Ibadan, Oyo State, was arrested in Ode-Omu, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun, on Monday. “Operatives…
By Damilola Adeleke In Washington DC, a mass shooting on Sunday resulted in three fatalities and two injuries. Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith urges the community to assist the investigation. The incident occurred in the southeast, and officers are searching for potential additional victims. The Chief emphasizes the need to end gun violence and ensure…
A report has arisen on how a whopping N2.8 trillion was defrauded from Easterners as ramson to bandits; unpatriotic security operatives on roadblocks, corrupt revenue agents, and other criminal elements including non-state actors in three years. The report released by the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) on July 31, 2023,…
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says investigation reveals that some staff of NHS Lanarkshire have been sharing information of their patients through an unauthorized WhatsApp group. Patients’ addresses, names, and phone numbers were reported to have been transmitted 500 times by 26 NHS Lanarkshire employees, as well as photographs and videos containing clinical information. According…
ECOWAS has stood stern while requesting for the immediate release and reinstatement of the deposed President of Niger Republic, Mohamed Bazoum. The West Africa body has equally sought for the full restoration of constitutional order in the country. These are part of the resolutions adopted at the body’s emergency meeting in Abuja, summoned by its…
Niger’s President Mohamed Bazoum took to social media on Thursday with a defiant vow to protect “hard-won” democratic gains a day after he was toppled in a military coup. The country’s foreign minister Hassoumi Massoudou also issued a rallying cry on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, for “all democrats and patriots” to make…
ECOWAS leadership has warned that it will not accept any action that impedes the smooth functioning of legitimate authority in Niger or any part of West Africa. Reacting to reports of a coup dètat in Niger Republic, the Chairman of ECOWAS, President Bola Tinubu, says they are closely monitoring the situation and developments in Niger,…
The Ondo State government has expressed unhappiness over the tragic deaths of at least 20 persons in an explosion from a fuel-laden tanker at Ore in Odigbo local government. The victims were burnt to death on Sunday as the fallen petrol tanker, whose content had spilled along the Benin-Ore-Sagamu Expressway, burst into flames. A statement…
Three students of Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa were reportedly shot as the same cult groups battle in the town. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, spokesperson Kehinde Adeleke confirmed that two female students and a male were hit by bullets from unknown gunmen on Sunday night. She said the students…
President Biden of the United States has nominated a female admiral to lead the United States Navy, marking the first time a woman has been chosen to manage a Pentagon military service branch. Lisa Franchetti is a former commander of the United States Sixth Fleet and US naval forces in South Korea, as well as…
The Government of Kwara state is to partner federal government in its $59million agro-processing initiative to end perennial herders-farmers dispute in the state. Speaking at the 37th Media Parliament of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Ilorin, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Mallam Rafiu Ajakaye, said…
Government Authorities in Western Ethiopia region of Gambella have imposed 19:00 and 06:00 curfew after many people were killed in fresh violent attacks. According to BBC reports, it was reported that the regional government did not specify the number of casualties but vowed to hold to account individuals involved in the act. Local media also…
A man stormed a high-rise construction site in downtown Auckland early Thursday morning, shooting at workers and killing two people hours before New Zealand host the first game of the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament. According to Associated Press (AP) the gunman was found dead after a police shootout, during which an officer was shot…
To deter the spate of online violence targeted at children and women and reduce digital inequalities, a digital safety, rights and society advocacy group, TechSocietal, on Tuesday, organised an online safety workshop for civil societies organisations and government sexual assault referral centres, among others. Speaking at the event, the Head of Safety Africa, Middle and…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, July 18, 2024, accused one Mohammad Idris before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge of obtaining by pretense to the tune of N1,000,000.00 ( One Million Naira only). The charge reads: “That you,…
Troops of the 192 Battalion Nigerian Army (NA), operating within the 81 Division Area of Responsibility, have successfully busted an international ammunition smuggling syndicate. The details of this feat from the army was contained in a statement on Monday, by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations. Acting on actionable intelligence, the troops…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara State Area Command has derived the total sum of Six BillionTwo Hundred and Forty Six Million Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty -Seven Naira Ninety -Seven kobo(N6,246,485,827.97) between April and June this year. Kwara State Comptroller of the service, Kehinde Ilesanmi stated this while speaking with Newsmen…
The National Security Adviser, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, has said that the Federal Government is currently putting measures in place to amend the 2015 Cybercrimes Act to cater to issues originating from developing technologies such as AI. Ribadu disclosed this on Wednesday at a two-day conference by the Cyber Security Experts Association of Nigeria (CSEAN) in…
North Korea has fired a long ranged missile assumed to be an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) into Japan’s sea on Wednesday, July 12. This followed after Pyongyang threatened to shoot down recent US spy plane air raiding its territory. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong who made the accusation said if same…
Not fewer than 86 people have been rescued from a boat by the Spanish coast guard following a swift search for migrants who had been missing at sea coast more than a week. The BBC reports that the rescued vessel have been 70 nautical miles (130km) south-west of the Canary Islands and was carrying people…
The Department of State Services (DSS) on Sunday denied that Senator Abdulaziz Yari was arrested because he refused to pick President Bola Tinubu’s phone call. Spokesman of the Service, Dr Peter Afunanya, in a statement illustrated it as laughable. He however confirmed Yari was invited by the Service but did not disclose why. The DSS spokesman said…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested 15 persons allegedly spotted for shootings in parts of the State on Tuesday. While comforming the arrest, the Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Faleye Olaleye said that an herbalists was apprehended too who was known to specialises in preparing charms for the suspects was also arrested. He further…
Troops fighting to relieve the country of criminal elements, terrorists/bandits, and economic saboteurs have abolished 51 terrorists/bandits in several operations while also bailing a total of 94 kidnapped civilians from captivity. This is just as a total of 210 criminal elements including terrorists, their observers, armed bandits, perpetrators of oil theft; IPOB/ESN militants among others…
Edited by Damilola Adeleke The 2nd Zone Command of the Nigeria Police has charged two men, who allegedly specialise in hacking into bank customers’ funds. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Idris-Adamu said that the arrest followed a request received from a bank…
Edited by Damilola Adeleke It was drama in Warri as a Sienna car driver (name withheld) bit off the ear of a Vehicle Inspection Officer, (VIO) identified as Papu Prosper during a heated argument, while they were on patrol in Warri, Delta State. The incident transpired during an argument over expired particulars in the early…
In a recent statement, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan announced a reshuffling of senior officers. Rear Admiral Olusanya Bankole, previously the Director of Logistics at the Defence Space Administration, has been appointed as the Chief of Communications and Information Technology at Naval Headquarters. Rear Admiral Alexander Bingel, formerly the Director of Combat Policy and Tactics, is now the…
