Some of the protesters who converged on the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State have been arrested by the police. The protesters had assembled at the tollgate in commemoration of the shooting by soldiers on October 20, 2020. Young persons protesting against police brutality had called for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS)…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead two mobile policemen and a driver escorting the wife of a Delta State lawmaker, Mrs Christy Uroye, along Jakpan road in Uvwie Local Government area of the state. It was learnt that the incident occurred on Monday, around 7 p.m. Eyewitnesses said the security personnel and the…
Members of the National Assembly reaffirmed their support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during his arrival at the House of Representatives chamber on Wednesday for the presentation of the 2025 budget. The President arrived at the green chamber around 12:25 pm, where he was warmly received by lawmakers from both the Senate and the House…
A U.S. federal court has handed down a second life sentence to David Deval Martin, 40, of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, for the savage 2013 killing of a Checotah woman he once dated. Martin was convicted by a federal jury in October 2024 of murder in Indian Country after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the…
Spain’s Supreme Court has upheld a fine of 1,080 euros imposed on a man who turned up at a police station naked and refused repeated requests to dress. Public nudity has been legal in Spain since 1988 but people can be prosecuted under laws against public disturbance if their state of undress provokes or disturbs…
Intentionality is a trait that every young job seeker should possess. Job hunting is daunting! It does not matter if you are a fresh graduate or a mid-level executive looking to switch career paths. The question now is: does a school certificate guarantee one being employed? Many people do not know that there are lots…
The Imo State Police Command has demoted a sergeant, Anayo Ekezie over an incident of assault. A video of some policemen assaulting a man along the Owerri-Aba road had gone viral recently. The spokesman of the police in the state, Henry Okoye, Wednesday night, confirmed that the cops had been identified and subjected to…
Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, has stated that Governor Siminalayi Fubara is the cause of the violence recorded in Rivers State following the local government elections. “The governor is the architect of the violence in Rivers State,” he said during an appearance on Channels TV’s Politics Today on Tuesday evening. https://x.com/channelstv/status/1843719495849795714?t=J1OldEicI65EXnVTveFI1Q&s=19 Regarding the burning…
Not less than 14 dead bodies of mourners were recovered, with others sustaining gunshot injuries, when suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded Kopl village, Chibok local government area of Borno state. The incident is coming barely 24 hours after dozens of motorists and passengers were killed along the Gamboru Ngala -Kala Balge…
Governors elected on the platform of the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, have drawn a battle line with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Nyesom Wike, over the crisis in the Rivers State chapter of the party. The governors, Saturday Vanguard gathered may also move against the National Chairman, Amb. Umar…