Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced that its operatives intercepted nine trucks loaded with smuggled rice in Ogun State. Disclosing the feat during a press briefing in Lagos on Monday, the Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Kola Oladeji, disclosed that the operation was carried out by officers under the FOU Zone A, who successfully prevented the smugglers from bringing the goods into Nigeria from the Republic of Benin. The officer said the smugglers abandoned their vehicles and fled upon sighting the operatives. The confiscated rice was subsequently transported to the Customs warehouse using six additional…

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested seven suspected cultists allegedly terrorizing the Ijebu-Ode area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PRO), Omolola Odutola, said the suspects, identified as members of the Aiye Confraternity, had been on the command’s watchlist for various cult-related activities. The culprits are named as; Towolawi Omotayo, Balogun Ibrahim, Nkechi John, Mustapha Aliu, Opeyemi Rasheed, Mustapha Sikiru and Oshodi Oluwaseun. Odutola said the suspects were nabbed during a sting operation on Thursday by operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team. She added that the alleged cultists were involved in…

A lecturer at Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Dr. Osita Chinedu, was shot dead on Monday evening by suspected car snatchers in Awka, the Anambra State capital. According to an eyewitnesses, in the incident which occurred around the High Tension area in Aroma, the gunmen struggled with the lecturer, demanding his car keys before shooting him. While it remains unclear if the assailants succeeded in taking his car, reports indicate that the lecturer died on the spot at approximately 7 p.m. A UNIZIK staff member, who confirmed the incident to colleagues, said, “Yes, someone was shot dead along High Tension…

…Says ‘The government knows what is happening’ President-elect Donald Trump on Monday accused President Biden and the Pentagon of hiding information about large drones spotted hovering above New Jersey and New York. “The government knows what is happening,” Trump, 78, said after Biden representatives pleaded ignorance despite thousands of Garden State and New York City residents seeing — and in some instances photographing — the aircraft. “Look, our military knows where they took off from — if it’s a garage, they can go right into that garage. They know where it came from and where it went, and for some…

In what is easily the largest such operation in its history, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of 192 foreign nationals and about 600 Nigerians for their alleged involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud, cybercrime, and romance scams. Among those arrested are 148 Chinese nationals, 40 Filipinos, two Khazartans, one Pakistani, and one Indonesian. The suspects were apprehended in a sting operation at their hideout, a seven-storey building known as the Big Leaf Building, located at No. 7, Oyin Jolayemi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Monday.The EFCC revealed that the operation was the result of actionable…

Two people were killed and a suspect was found dead in a shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, on Monday morning. Just before 11 a.m. Madison police responded to a shooting at the private school located at 4901 East Buckeye Road. There was a large police presence at the school with multiple emergency vehicles in the parking lot. Police said two people died in the shooting, and six other people were injured. Near the end of a media conference, Madison Chief of Police Shon F. Barnes said that four people had been killed but he…

Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland, has tendered her resignation due to policy disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the response to President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs. Freeland submitted her resignation in a letter to Trudeau on Monday, citing fundamental differences in their approach to addressing Trump’s “aggressive economic nationalism,” which she described as a “grave challenge.” The resignation follows Trudeau’s recent decision to relieve her of her duties as the government’s chief economic adviser. The announcement came just hours before Freeland was scheduled to deliver the annual fiscal update in parliament. Reports indicate that Freeland and Trudeau had…

President Bola Tinubu has approved free train rides for Nigerians between December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told State House correspondents in Abuja on Monday that the gesture was to help Nigerians deal with transportation costs during the Christmas and New Year celebrations. He said, “As we did last year, there will be free train service to all Nigerians from December 20 up until January 5, free train service nationwide. “This is consistent with the President’s desire to cushion the effect of transportation, especially to the most vulnerable Nigerians. “Recall…

The manager of English Premier League side, Manchester City, Pep Guardiola said he is “not good enough” following his team’s latest setback in the derby on Sunday. Manchester City unravelled in spectacular fashion at the Etihad Stadium as Amad Diallo struck a 90th-minute winner for United just moments after Bruno Fernandes had made it 1-1 from the penalty spot. The game-changing penalty was conceded by makeshift left-back Matheus Nunes after his poor back-pass put Ederson in trouble. But Guardiola took responsibility as he reflected on an unprecedented eighth defeat in 11 games afterwards. “I’m the boss, I’m the manager, I…

A judge in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona. Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty in October to more than 20 felonies including murder, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, weapon charges and being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm. Clark County District Judge Tierra Jones sentenced him on Friday to a minimum of 100 years in prison, KLAS-TV reported. If he’s still alive, he would be eligible for…