The first Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has ordered the fumigation of the Igbokoda River and the distribution of nose masks and other health kits to residents following complaints about the offensive stench from the site of last week’s Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash. The directive followed growing concerns …
…Carroll contaminating food with bodily fluids on county property without his co-workers' consent.Carroll initially faced 20 counts relating to the misconduct, along with three counts of malicious destruction of property, following a months-long investigation. The remaining charges were dropped under his plea agreement.
An Air India flight from Frankfurt, Germany, to New Delhi, India, was diverted to Jaipur following a security alert linked to a reported bomb threat and a suspected hijacking rumour on Wednesday. The flight, identified as AI 2030, landed safely at Jaipur International Airport and was moved to an isolation bay, where se…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged the Federal Government and state governments to prioritise policies that promote production, support businesses and create jobs to ease the rising cost of living. Adeleke said this on Tuesday in Ilesa at the second Distinguished Public Lecture Series of the University of …
A Saudi employee of OpenAI was arrested after allegedly planting a recording device in one of the company’s San Francisco offices, the AI firm and federal prosecutors said Tuesday. “We discovered a sophisticated recording device that was hidden inside one of our offices” and “referred the matter to the FBI,” OpenAI tol…
Nine days after a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crashed in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, the wreckage and bodies of the 25 victims remain unrecovered, raising fears of a public health crisis as residents complain of an increasingly offensive stench from the crash site. The development has heightene…
Court documents have showed that the Enugu State Government secured an offer letter for the lease of a parcel of land at Holy Ghost, Enugu, three months after it demolished properties belonging the Ohha Microfinance and hundreds of other businesses worth several hundreds of millions, court documents have revealed. The …
…purchased online. Prosecutors also revealed text messages, pregnancy details, and family consent records, while the defence argued Hernandez had mental health struggles and violent tendencies.
Former American gang leader Duane “Keffe D” Davis has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for orchestrating the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, BBC reports on Tuesday. According to the BBC, a jury found Davis guilty of one count of murder with a deadly weapon in September over the drive-by shooting that killed the…
Eniola Sulyman-Yusuf, the elder sister of the Attorney-General of Kwara State, Ibrahim Sulyman, has celebrated her brother’s conferment as a Senior Advocate of Nigeria in an emotional post late Monday. Sulyman was among the 68 legal practitioners sworn in as Senior Advocates of Nigeria by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, …
The Acting Consul-General of South Africa in Lagos, Ms Kgothatso Xulu, has rejected the portrayal of her country as xenophobic, disclosing that 364 people have been arrested in connection with attacks on African migrants. Xulu spoke on Tuesday at the 47th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Society of International Law, …
The deceased, who had recently resumed her primary assignment at the state House of Assembly, was on her way home after the day’s work with another corps member, who also recently resumed service at the Assembly, when the incident occurred. The two corps members were reportedly riding on the same motorcycle when an art…
The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and the African Union Counter-Terrorism Centre have warned that terrorist groups are increasingly exploiting social media, cryptocurrencies and emerging technologies to recruit members, conceal funds and coordinate attacks across West Africa and the Sahel. They raised the ala…
The monarch of Igbokoda in Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, Oba Afolabi Odidiomo, has urged the Federal and state governments to expedite efforts to recover the remains of victims of a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash in the community. PUNCH Online reported that a NAF ATR-42 aircraft crashed in the community…
Residents of Niger Delta communities affected by persistent oil spills and gas leaks have raised concerns over what they described as an increase in unusual deaths and health challenges in their communities. They also alleged cases of early cessation of menstruation among women. The residents, drawn from Rivers, Bayels…
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reserved judgment in an appeal filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project against the N100m defamation judgment awarded against it by the Federal Capital Territory High Court. A three-member panel presided over by Justice Danlami Senchi reserved judgment on Tuesday af…
The Osun State Police Command has organised a mental health awareness lecture for its officers to promote psychological well-being, emotional resilience and effective service delivery. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi, to commemorate W…
Military veterans on Tuesday blocked the entrance to the Military Pensions Board office in Dutse Alhaji, Abuja, over concerns about the formula adopted for adjusting their pensions. The veterans barricaded the entrance with canopies and chairs, while armed soldiers prevented them from entering the premises. The action …
Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with personnel of the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Police Force, local hunters and forest guards, have killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued an abducted victim in Edo State. The operation was conducted on Sunday, at Sasaro Forest in the Akoko-Edo Local …
Health workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday commenced a 72-hour warning strike following the alleged stabbing of a medical laboratory scientist, Lawal Toheeb Olasunkanmi, by a patient’s relative at the hospital on Sunday night. The strike was announced in a protest letter dated October…
American actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte, best known for playing Walter White Jr. in the television series Breaking Bad, has died aged 34. The actor died on Monday, October 12, 2026, in Brownsville, Texas, according to reports by US entertainment media outlets, including Page Six and The Sun. Page Six rep…
US actress Selma Blair was arrested after an alleged altercation on a flight from Los Angeles to New York City that left two cabin crew members injured, authorities said Monday. The “Legally Blonde” and “Cruel Intentions” star was detained at John F. Kennedy Airport after her Delta Air Lines flight landed late Sunday f…
A Federal High Court in Abuja heard, on Monday, that members of the proscribed terrorist group, Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (Ansaru), planned the May 15 kidnappings of pupils, students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State to pressure the Federal Government into releasing their detai…
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, on Monday said the Supreme Court handled 2,456 matters and delivered 411 judgments in the 2025/2026 legal year. Kekere-Ekun disclosed this at a special session of the Supreme Court marking the commencement of the 2026/2027 legal year in Abuja. According to her,…
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Osborne Foreshore, Ikoyi, on Monday struck out an application by Eurapharma Care Services Nigeria Limited, operators of Euracare Multi-Specialist Hospital, seeking to stop the coroner’s inquest into the death of Nkanu Esege, son of celebrated Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie. Jus…