Two New York City police officers have been suspended after being charged with burglary and forcibly touching a sex worker while responding to a complaint about an illegal brothel, prosecutors said Monday. Officers Justin McMillan and Justin Colon intentionally turned off their body cameras as they broke into a residential building, stole money and forcibly touched a woman while on duty last July, according to Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz. The patrol officers, who were still on probationary status after entering the police academy in 2023, had been responding to a report of prostitution inside the building. Prosecutors say the…
Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso
Vladimir Putin has ordered 160,000 men to be drafted into the Russian army by mid-summer despite claiming to be working towards peace with Ukraine. The record-high conscription drive suggests Russia is planning to boost its ranks after months of sustained losses in trying to expel the last of Kyiv’s troops from Kursk and in its slow grind forward into Ukraine’s east. Russian men aged 18-30 are eligible to be drafted for mandatory military service through bi-annual call-ups in spring and autumn. Each time Russia has grown its army, its defence ministry has denied any link to the Ukraine conflict and…
A New York judge dismissed one of the many sexual assault lawsuits against Sean “Diddy” Combs on Tuesday after a Jane Doe chose not to reveal her identity by pursuing the case. In the suit, originally filed by attorney Tony Buzbee in Oct. 2024, Doe claimed that Combs attempted to sexually assault her at a New York City party in 1995 and violently struck her when she refused his advances. In January, Buzbee filed a motion for Doe to proceed anonymously, which the court denied, stating that the “very gravity of the charges” combined with “no evidence of specific and…
Suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, on Tuesday, cried out to Nigerians to hold the trio of Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State and his predecessor, Yahaya Bello, responsible if anything untoward happens to her and her supporters. The embattled lawmaker raised the alarm in a post via her official Facebook, writing thus: “My dear people of Kogi Central, I look forward to our peaceful Sallah celebrations today. “However, should we be met with or infiltrated by violence, Nigerians should hold Gov Òdodo, Yahaya Bello & SP Godswill Akpabio wholly responsible.” The Kogi Central’s Senator’s warning…
In a mark of compassion, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, has condoled with a former Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom over the death of his younger brother, Bernard Tyozenda Ortom. The minister, in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, Lere Olayinka on Tuesday, described the death of the younger Ortom as painful, and prayed for the repose of his soul. He urged former Governor Ortom and the entire Ortom Adorogo family of Guma Local Government Area, Benue State to remain strong and take solace in God, the giver and taker of…
Further demonstrating its zero tolerance for crime and criminals, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced that it has secured the extradition of 14 fugitives from 10 countries, including a 41-year-old ‘Nigerian fraudster,’ alleged murderers, drug traffickers, cyber criminals, and an MS-13 gang leader. The bulletin stated that the fugitives, wanted for crimes across multiple US states, were extradited in March following extensive coordination between the DOJ and law enforcement agencies worldwide. “The dedicated, persistent work of the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs with foreign partners resulted in the extradition of fugitives wanted in the United States for…
More than 400,000 customers across the Midwest were without power in the early hours of Monday after severe weather battered the region. More than 292,000 customers were without power in Michigan. Another 56,000 were disconnected in Wisconsin, 53,000 in Indiana, 15,000 in Kentucky and 13,000 in Ohio. The National Weather Service said it recorded more than 200 wind damage reports. Large hailstones were widespread, with more than 150 damage reports. Hailstones of up to 3 inches in diameter — larger than baseballs — were reported in parts of Arkansas. In this photo provided by Jesika Fox, an ice storm knocked…
Tech Billionaire Elon Musk has given away $1m (£770,000) cheques to voters in Wisconsin after the state supreme court refused to intervene. Musk announced the prize earlier this week, ahead of Wisconsin’s tightly contested Supreme Court election to be held on Tuesday. Wisconsin Attorney General and Democrat Josh Kaul had sued to stop the giveaway, arguing that Musk was violating a state law that bans gifts in exchange for votes. The race, which could flip control of the state’s supreme court to the Republicans, has become a flash point and the most expensive judicial election in American history. Speaking at…
….Total recoveries now ₦50.1bn The House of Representatives has announced that it has recovered an additional $14.2 million (N21.4 billion) from four oil and gas companies as part of its ongoing investigation into financial discrepancies in the sector being conducted by its Public Accounts Committee (PAC.) The spokesperson for the House, Akin Rotimi, Jr, announced this in a statement on Sunday. The Reps’ spokesperson recalled that the Committee had earlier announced recovery of ₦28.7 billion ($19.24 million) on March 16, 2025. He said with the latest recovery, the total amount recovered so far by the Committee is now $33.44 million…
At least five people have died and two are missing after an explosion at a mine in northern Spain, officials say. The blast happened at the Cerredo mine in Degaña, Asturias, some 450km (278 miles) north-west of Madrid around 09:30 (07:30 GMT). Local emergency services said they had been called about a “problem with a machine” at the mine. At least four others were injured and a search is under way for the missing workers. Ambulances, fire and rescue services have been sent to the scene. The mining rescue brigade has also deployed its canine unit. The injured were taken…
