Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), including scavengers, beggars, and petty traders, among others, have filed a suit against the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike, demanding N500 million in damages over an alleged breach of their fundamental rights. A legal practitioner, Abba Hikima, who filed the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1749/3024 before the Federal High Court in Abuja on behalf of the vulnerable residents, listed as the applicant in the originating motion dated Nov. 19, 2024, but filed Nov. 20, 2024, said he is suing in public interest for the protection of vulnerable citizens in Nigeria. The applicant sued Wike; Inspector-General…

Six more bodies have been recovered from an illegal gold mine in South Africa, where scores of people have reportedly died underground since authorities tried to force them out and seal the mine in November, BBC News reported. Eight people were rescued alive on Tuesday and 26 were recovered on Monday, the BBC reported. Over 100 people who were illegally mining in the abandoned mine have reportedly died since the crackdown began, a group representing the miners told British broadcaster Sky News. Arguing that the miners had entered without permission, the crackdown involved authorities cutting off their access to food…

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that two of the Navy’s future aircraft carriers will be named after former commanders-in-chief, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. “The future USS William J. Clinton (CVN 82) and the future USS George W. Bush (CVN 83) will begin construction in the years ahead,” Biden said in a statement issued just a week before he is replaced in office by Donald Trump. “When complete, they will join the most capable, flexible, and professional Navy that has ever put to sea,” Biden said. “They will be crewed by sailors who hail from every corner of the…

In a surprise midnight operation, the Jigawa State Command of Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has rescued 10 victims of suspected trafficking in Babura Local Government Area of the state. Disclosing the development while briefing newsmen in his office in Dutse, the state NIS Comptroller CIS. Musa said the interception is based on the “Operation Salama” team, carried out on January 12, 2025, at Naira Tsamiyar Kwance in Babura Local Government Area. He said the victims, comprising eight females and two males, were en route to Europe through illegal migration channels. CIS. Musa explained that the victims ages range between 21…

….Says it’s pure fiction ByteDance, the parent company of social media platform TikTok, has denied reports on the potential sale of the app to billionaire and Tesla boss, Elon Musk to continue its operations amid a possible ban by the US government. Bloomberg News and The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Chinese officials have discussed allowing the sale to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO to avoid a ban scheduled to take effect on Sunday unless China-based owner ByteDance sells off TikTok’s US operations. Citing people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg reported that Beijing officials strongly prefer that TikTok…

A man, who not only killed his mother with a stick but also dumped her corpse in a well, has been arrested by operatives of the Cross River State Police Command in Obudu Local Government Area of the state. Mathias Amunde, who committed matricide, in an interrogation video shared on Instagram by user @isaacfayoseoriginal, confessed to the crime, revealing that he and an accomplice struck his mother with a stick, dragged her body outside, and threw it into a well. He said in Pidgin (now translated), “I and Walcot killed her. We killed her with a stick. Walcot has gone…

Vincentia Nwankwo and Grace Okoli, the two reverend sisters, who were kidnapped in Anambra State have regained freedom after spending about six days with their captors. The Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ reverend sisters were abducted on their way back from a vocational association’s meeting in Ogboji along the Ufuma Road in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state, on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Although the actual date of their release could not be ascertained, their release was confirmed in a press statement issued on Monday and signed by the Secretary General of the Sisters of the…

The manager of English Premier League giants, Josep Pep Guardiola has reportedly separated from his wife after 30 years together. The multiple award winning coach’s attentions have been on turning around the form of the current champions of England, but it appears off the field he has gone his separate ways from long-term partner, Cristina Serra. The Sunday Mirror reported in 2019 that Serra had returned to Barcelona with one of their three children, and more than five years on the couple have now split, according to reports in Spain. Despite the split, Guardiola and Serra are said to be…

Alexander and Enenche Enenche, who are both brothers of the senior pastor of the Dunamis International Gospel Church, Pastor Paul Enenche, have been remanded at the Keffi Prison in Nasarawa State. Also remanded with the brothers by the Magistrate Court in Wuse, Abuja, was Abraham Daniel, a former pastor at the Dunamis church. The siblings were reportedly taken to the Keffi Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Monday evening following a remand order the Nigerian Police Force secured from the Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 6, Abuja. According to SaharaReporters, upon honouring police invitation, the Enenche brothers…

Former Labour MP, Ivor Caplin, who represented Hove from 1997 to 2005, was arrested on Sunday, January 12, 2025, in Brighton following a sting operation conducted by the activist group, Stop Stings. The group alleges that Caplin, aged 66, believed he was arranging to meet a 15-year-old boy, a setup orchestrated by the group posing as the underage individual. Footage of the encounter was live-streamed on Facebook, showing Caplin at Hove train station, where he was confronted by members of Stop Stings. In the video, Caplin denies any wrongdoing, repeatedly stating, “I haven’t done anything.” The confrontation attracted significant online…