Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos State, have rescued five children after apprehending a suspected syndicate that specialises in child stealing and trafficking. The Assistant Inspector General (AIG), of Police in charge of Zone 2, Mr Adegoke Fayoade, confirmed the development to journalists in Lagos on Monday. Fayoade revealed that the rescued…
The Kaduna police command said on 2nd February 2025, Acting on credible intelligence regarding the movement of armed bandits in Kajuru area, security operatives led by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Kajuru Division and military personnel advanced into the bush near Doka Village in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA), where they encountered with a…
The Police in Ebonyi have confirmed 10 persons dead in an attack launched by suspected gunmen at Amagu village in Ishielu Local Government Area of the state, The spokesman of the command, SP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident on Sunday in Abakaliki while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ukandu said that the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a consignment of 2,000 kg of Indian Hemp known as skunk or Ghanaian Loud, produced in Ghana. NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Lagos had on Wednesday, Jan. 29 recovered the consignments at…
No fewer than 25 people died in a stampede which occurred in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh during the early hours of Wednesday. This is according to local news TV channel Aajtak. The official death toll and the number of injured people were expected to be announced soon, the report said. The stampede occurred…
The administration of U.S. President, Donald Trump, has raised its target for daily arrests of illegal immigrants to 1,800, the New York Post reported, citing multiple sources. Earlier this week, the Washington Post reported that Trump had expressed disappointment with the results of his mass deportation campaign. He instructed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to…
The first plane carrying Colombian migrants deported from the United States has landed in the South American country after the settlement of a dispute between the nations over U.S. deportation policy. “They are Colombians, they are free and dignified, and they are in their home country, where they are loved,” Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro announced…
Workers dismantling a collapsed bridge over the Elbe River in the eastern German city of Dresden have once again found what appears to be an unexploded World War II-era bomb. This is according to the authorities report on Tuesday. The area around the Carola Bridge has been cordoned off as bomb disposal specialists investigate the…
The UK Minister of State for Defence, Lord Vernon Coaker has reaffirmed the longstanding defence partnership between his country and Nigeria in the fight against terrorism and counter insurgency opration in the North-East. Coaker, who is on a working visit to Nigeria, stated this at the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadin Kai…
President Donald Trump has lifted U.S. sanctions imposed by his predecessor on extremist settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, in a reversal praised by the Israeli far right. Joe Biden’s administration had imposed sanctions on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of violence against Palestinians. The Israeli government under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been…
