Recent gangland madness has turned Haiti streets into killing fields. Gang members carrying automatic rifles stormed through Pont-Sonde, in the agricultural region of Artibonite in western Haiti, killing at least 70 people and forcing over 6,000 to flee. The upheaval continued with more people severely injured in the attack in the early hours of Thursday, October 3. According to the U.N. migration agency, about 6,270 people had fled their homes…

Senior Hezbollah figure, Hashem Safieddine, who was seen as a possible successor to the slain leader, Hassan Nasrallah, has been missing since Friday after an Israeli air strike on Beirut’s Dahiyeh neighbourhood, a Lebanese security source told Al Jazeera. Hezbollah sources said an intense search for the senior leader has yielded nothing, raising fears he might be dead. As the chairman of the armed group’s Executive Council, Safieddine is a…

MultiChoice Nigeria, the leading pay-TV service provider, has announced a significant revamp of its SuperSport variety channels on its GOtv platform. This major upgrade, set to take effect on October 9, aims to deliver an enhanced sports viewing experience to customers, offering broader access to a wider range of sporting events. As part of the changes, the SuperSport Select Channels will be rebranded to SuperSport Africa, and an entirely new…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State has sworn in the newly-elected chairmen of the 23 local government areas, following their victories in Saturday’s Local Government Council elections. The swearing-in ceremony, held at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt on Sunday, saw 22 chairmen from the Action Peoples Party (APP) and one from the Action Alliance officially inaugurated into office. After the electoral process, the Rivers State Independent Electoral…

In very tragic circumstances, a 30-year-old man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has allegedly stabbed his wife to death and set her body on fire in their apartment at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe community, Ikorodu area of Lagos. According to Vanguard, the newly-wed couple was engaged in a disagreement that degenerated into a fight at about 1 p.m. on Friday. The man was said to have accused his six-month pregnant wife, Olajumoke of…

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State will swear in the newly-elected council chairmen at the Executive Council Chambers, Government House, Port Harcourt, the state capital at 4 pm. A statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo disclosed this on Sunday. The statement added that the newly-elected chairmen, along with one guest each, are expected to be seated by 3:30 pm. On Saturday, October 5, the…

Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi has disclosed that police and government officials were always present during his negotiations with bandits and terrorists. Gumi, a former military officer with the rank of captain in the Nigerian Army spoke in an interview with PUNCH. When he was asked why he has taken the matter of speaking to terrorists seriously, Gumi said, “I am in the eye of the storm, and I…

An appellate court in the United States has upheld the ruling of a lower court ordering a former World Boxing Champion, Floyd Mayweather Jr., to pay a Nigerian company, Zinni Media Concept Limited N4.2 billion in damages over breach of contract and fraud. Disclosing the development, the company’s media executive, Alex Nwankwo said that the appellate court found merit in the ruling of a lower court, which found Mayweather guilty…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all 23 chairmanship seats in the local government elections conducted in Benue State. Announcing the results in Makurdi, the state capital on Sunday, the chairman of the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission (BSIEC), Richard Tombowua said APC also won all 276 councillorship seats in the election. Tombowua said the election was held in all the 5,102 polling units in the state, spread across…

Nigeria has officially commenced the sale of crude oil and refined petroleum products in the local currency, naira. The federal government, through the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, in a statement on Saturday, announced that in line with the Federal Executive Council (FEC) directive, the sale of the products in naira commenced on October 1. Edun said, “Following a meeting of the Implementation Committee,…

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), the Catholic Church, and several other clerics have commended the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye for his apology over his teaching on the need for tithe payment, saying it is the right thing to do. The PFN noted that it was a good development given that Adeboye has a large following and the teaching did not…

Four police officers who robbed a Nigerian of jewelry worth R20million (N1.9billion) have been arrested in South Africa. The officers’ names were Bathandwa Soldati, Bradley Dimitri Minnaar, Mthuthuzeli Mafanya, and Jacobus Adriaan Groenewald. Police spokesperson, FC van Wyk, confirmed the arrests and said they were investigated by the Western Cape Anti-Corruption Unit. He said, “On September 14 at about 1.35am a house robbery occurred at the premises of a foreign…