Two medical doctors working with the Specialist Hospital, Sokoto, and four of their friends have reportedly d!ed in a road accident along Bodinga-Yabo road. The doctors, Anas Chika and Abubakar Liman Shehu and the four other occupants of the vehicle were on their way to Kebbi State on Sunday, January 12, 2025, when their car collided with the oncoming truck. …

Jack Smith, the special counsel who led prosecution against United States President-elect Donald Trump, has resigned and fled the country ahead of Trump’s inauguration on January 20.  According to statements of officials in the document submitted to the US District Judge Aileen Cannon, Smith had completed his work and submitted his final confidential report on January 7 this year before …

Woman arrested for allegedly using razor blade to inflict injury on ten-year-old boy because he stole N600.   The police in Ogun state have arrested a middle-aged woman identified as Odeale Fatimah for using a razor blade to inflict injuries on a ten-year-old boy identified as Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilara,    A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola …

The Federal Capital Territory FCT Security Council has resolved to charge arrested vandals with attempted murdr and or economic sabotage, so as to serve as a deterrent. This decision comes amidst a rise in  the activities of manhole cover thieves in the nations capital, Abuja. The Security Council lamented that the current punishment as contained in extant laws do not really serve …

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested four firefighters who allegedly stole four fire trucks belonging to the State Fire Service.   The state commissioner of police, CP Baba Azare, disclosed this during his maiden briefing held at the command’s headquarters, Ikot Akpan-Abia, Uyo, the state capital on Monday, January 13, 2025.   Azare said the suspects were arrested …

A self-declared former “wild child” and actress from Northern Ireland is on her way to becoming a saint almost nine years after her de@th.  The actress and presenter-turned-nun was k!lled in an earthquake in Ecuador on April 16, 2016, at age 33.  On Sunday, Jan. 12, a special ceremony marking the opening of the case of beatification for Sister Clare …

Bandits have reportedly attacked a mosque in Birnin Yaro village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting several worshippers.   According to security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the attack was led by Bello Turji, a notorious bandits’ kingpin and his armed men during Isha prayers around 7:30 PM on Sunday, January 12, 2025.    The attackers …

Photos of the girl said to have been beh@ded by her gospel singer boyfriend in Orozo, a community that borders the Federal Capital Territory and Nasarawa State, have been released. In the caption, they pointed out that she did not go after money, but went after a church guy, yet she was klled.   This comes one day after church members in Orozo …

Getty Images/Facebook/Instagram (Left to right): Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, Kaveporn Punpare, Nusara Suknamai, Izabela Roza Lechowicz and Eric Swaffer were killed in the crash Tributes have been paid to five people who died in a helicopter crash outside Leicester City’s King Power Stadium, as an inquest into their deaths got under way more than six years later. Foxes chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was …

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) over acts of gross misconduct and corruption.      The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 13, in Abuja. Ani said the commission also approved the reduction in ranks of …