Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

At least 12 people were burnt to death in a fatal road crash that occurred in the early hours of Saturday in Edo State. The tragedy struck around 5 a.m. at Igueoviobo community, near an Army checkpoint along the Benin-Auchi Road. Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Cyril Mathew, confirmed the crash, which involved a Toyota Hiace commercial bus and an articulated truck. According to Mathew, all passengers in the bus were burnt beyond recognition, while the truck driver and his conductor escaped unhurt in the crash “The bus departed from Zuba, Federal Capital Territory, en…

Armed bandits launched a deadly attack on a trailer transporting food items at Matashayi Zaki community along the Dansadau/Gusau road, resulting in the deaths of eight people and the abduction of several others. According to reports, the assailants struck around 6:00 am Saturday, shortly after military escorts had left the trailer behind. The Dansadau/Gusau route is known for its security challenges, and no vehicle reportedly moves along the axis without military protection. However, sources indicate that military escorts do not wait for any vehicle that falls behind. Additionally, it has been alleged that security personnel demand large sums of money…

New research has identified four types of romantic lover, including one that has sex up to 20 times a week. The research, published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, categorised lovers as mild romantic, moderate romantic, intense romantic, and libidinous romantic. Lead author, Australian National University PhD candidate in biological anthropology, Adam Bode, defined romantic love as “a motivational state typically associated with a desire for long-term mating with a particular individual” – and one “that arose some time during the recent evolutionary history of humans.” “It occurs across the lifespan and is associated with distinctive cognitive, emotional, behavioural,…

Drake has reached a settlement with Texas-based iHeartMedia in his ongoing legal dispute over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us,” according to court records. In November, Drake filed a legal petition in Bexar County, Texas, where San Antonio is located, alleging that iHeartMedia had received illegal payments from Universal Music Group to boost radio airplay for “Not Like Us.” UMG is the parent record label for both Drake and Lamar. The petition, a precursor to a potential lawsuit, had sought depositions from corporate representatives of both companies. In a court document filed Friday, attorneys for Drake said the rapper…

…As his old tweets emerge A black man who clearly made his hate for black people known has died, after being shot by his white girlfriend. Telbo Rackins Osborne, 30, was allegedly fatally shot by Hannah Grace Cobb on Sunday morning, Feb. 23, in Midville, Georgia, yet she was not immediately arrested because she claims it was an accident. His family took to social media to demand justice for him and a number of black people lent their voice to the call, leading to Hannah Grace Cobb being charged with the fatal shooting of her boyfriend, Telvin “Telbo Rackins” Osborne.…

Margret Mgbudom, a 37-year-old Nigerian woman, has been arrested and detained in India for allegedly importing cocaine valued at Rs 1.49 crore (N256 million). The Nigerian woman was arraigned before the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Navsari, Gujarat, India, for the alleged offence on Wednesday. According to the Indian Express, Gujarat’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) intercepted the illicit substance, estimated to be worth N256 million, last Wednesday. Mgbudom has remained in SMC custody since her arrest. Mgbudom, who resides at Meera Road in Mumbai, was said to have been charged under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances…

A former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Maharazu Tsiga, on Friday regained freedom from his kidnappers after spending 22 days in captivity. According to Channels Television report on Friday night, Tsiga is receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital for security reasons. The former NYSC boss was abducted by an unspecified number of bandits at his residence in Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State on 6th February 2025. During the attack, two persons sustained varying degrees of injuries, while one of the gunmen died of ‘friendly fire’ after he was mistakenly shot dead by…

A Kogi State Magistrate Court in Lokoja, has remanded an activist and a member of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mr Austin Okai in prison to enable the Department of State Services (DSS) conclude their investigations into the allegations of cyberstalking and criminal defamation of Kogi governor, Usman Ododo filed against him. The Court remanded the PDP chieftain based on the demand of the prosecution. The decision of the DSS to seek for the remand in prison custody was to ensure compliance with the law by not keeping the accused beyond 48 hours in custody without the lawful permission of the…

The federal government has continued to pay members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) the old N33,000 stipend, despite promises to increase corps members’ monthly allowance to N77,000 starting February 2025. Several corps members confirmed receiving their February allowance on Friday night, only to find out that it remained unchanged at N33,000 — less than half of the new amount that was supposedly approved. The development contradicts the assurances given in January by the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, who had publicly stated that the allowance increment was a done deal, only awaiting the passage of the 2025…

A Lagos State High Court, presided over by Justice Sherifat Sonaike at Tafawa Balewa Square, has sentenced Benjamin Ogundero to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of his wife, Chinyere Ogundero, and her brother, Ifeanyi Joseph in April 2022. The court found Ogundero guilty of setting both victims on fire while they slept in their home in Abule Ado, Lagos, following a heated domestic dispute. Delivering the judgment on Friday, Justice Sonaike ruled that the prosecution had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Ogundero deliberately planned and carried out the attack. Describing the act as “wickedness of the highest…