Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Four men have been sentenced to a total of 67 years in prison following a Metropolitan Police investigation into the fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Lavaun Witter in Croydon. Lavaun was found collapsed and seriously injured on Wisbeach Road at around 8:08 pm on 5 February 2021. Despite emergency response efforts, he died at the scene from a stab wound to the leg. A Met Police investigation revealed that Lavaun’s flat had been forcibly entered by four armed men wielding long knives and swords. The intruders demanded drugs and slashed through an internal door before attacking Lavaun and a 16-year-old boy.…

…Insists their mother’s corpse must be returned…else The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has said that Hamas terrorists murdered children, Ariel and Kfir Bibas “with their bare hands” weeks after their kidnapping on 7 October 2023. “We can confirm that baby Kfir Bibas, just 10 months old, and his older brother Ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while being held hostage in Gaza no later than November 2023. These two innocent children were taken hostage alive, along with their mother, Shiri, from their home on 7 October 2023,” IDF spokesperson, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said. Hamas insist that…

People in village near the capital line up with their haul, where a mosquito zapper and some pesos await Village officials in the Philippines are handing out cash rewards to residents who capture mosquitoes in a bid to combat an outbreak of dengue. At the midweek launch, residents from the village of Addition Hills in metropolitan Manila lined up with plastic cups and bags containing their captures as they waited to receive their bounty: one Philippine peso (1.7 US cents) for every five mosquitoes. Organisers handed out coins to participants and used an ultraviolet mosquito zapper to kill off live…

Anambra State Police Commissioner, CP Ikioye Orutugu has addressed concerns over the recent escape of two suspects connected to the murder of Justice Azuka, a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly. Reports had it that the suspects escaped while in police custody, sparking public outrage and allegations that officers may have aided their escape. However, during a press briefing on Friday, the new Commissioner of Police, Orutugu, clarified that the incident occurred before he assumed office. He stated, “When I took over as Commissioner, I promised transparency. So, I want to provide clarity on the escape of two…

A child prodigy, Zainab Akintola has achieved outstanding academic success at a very young age. In a rare accomplishment, Zainab, a Nigerian girl of Yoruba extraction graduated from secondary school at just 12 years old and earned 30 professional certifications in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence (AI) by age 14. Initially, Zainab’s dream was to become a doctor. Growing up, her father, who lovingly called her “Doctor Zainab”, always encouraged her to pursue medicine, emphasizing the need for more Muslim female doctors in Nigeria. Unlike most children her age, Zainab’s education moved at an accelerated pace. With her exceptional intelligence…

President Bola Tinubu has assented to two separate bills establishing the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies in Iragbiji, Osun State and the Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences, Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. The Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga in a statement on Thursday said President Tinubu noted that the specialised institutions would address the educational needs of the populace while driving research and innovation and contributing to the country’s overall economic growth and development. Onanuga indicated that the President said the institutions would serve as training grounds for developing agriculture, science and…

Unlawful crossings at the U.S. southern border are down 94 percent from the same period last year, Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told CBS News in his first sit-down interview, crediting the Trump administration’s government-wide crackdown on illegal immigration. Over the past seven days, Banks said, Border Patrol agents have apprehended an average of 285 migrants per day along the entire southern border, compared to roughly 4,800 during the same time last year. Banks attributed the dramatic drop in illegal immigration to a slew of executive actions taken by President Trump. They include an order that has effectively closed the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas on Friday of committing a “cruel and evil” violation of the Gaza ceasefire deal by failing to return the captive, Shiri Bibas. “We will act with determination to bring Shiri home, along with all of our captives – both the living and the fallen – and ensure that Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement,” Netanyahu said in a video statement. Hamas on Thursday handed over bodies it said were of four hostages, including three members of the Bibas family – Shiri Bibas and her two…

….After Washington designates them as terrorist groups Mexico will never tolerate an invasion of its national sovereignty by the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum warned Thursday after Washington designated Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organisations. “This cannot be an opportunity for the U.S. to invade our sovereignty,” she said. “With Mexico it is collaboration and coordination, never subordination or interventionism, and even less invasion.” On Wednesday, the Trump administration formally labeled eight cartels as terrorist groups. They include Mexico’s two main drug trafficking organizations, the Jalisco New Generation and Sinaloa cartels. Trump signed an executive order on his first day…

Malian filmmaker, Souleymane Cissé, a pioneer of African cinema with a career spanning 50 years, has died at age 84, Malian television announced Wednesday. The cause of Cissé’s death was not announced. The Malian government said Cissé “had just held a press conference to present two trophies as a prelude to the 29th edition of Fespaco, the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO), which will open this next weekend in the capital of Burkina Faso.” Cissé was the first Black African filmmaker to win a feature film prize at the Cannes Film Festival in France. He won the…