Africa is the continent that has contributed the least (just 2 to 3%) to the causes of the current climate emergencies while bearing the brunt of 82% of the devastating consequences. Credit: Isaiah Esipisu/IPS by Baher Kamal (rome) Thursday, May 04, 2023 Inter Press Service ROME, May 04 (IPS) – Some …
Read More »Gunmen abduct NPC official, her driver and maid in Rivers, demand N500m ransom
Gunmen have kidnapped the Federal Commissioner representing Bayelsa State at the National Population Commission, Mrs. Gloria Izonfuo. Izonfuo was abducted alongside her driver and maid on Sunday evening, April 23, 2023, around the Ogbakiri junction along the East-West Road in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. She …
Read More »Driver flees as truck crushes toddler to death, injures mother and two other children in Rivers
A trailer conveying goods crushed a two-year-old child to death along the Rumuosi area of the East/West Road in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State on Saturday night, April 22, 2023. An eyewitness said the truck driver who was on a high speed lost control when he approached …
Read More »Jonathan Majors says his driver will back his claim of not assaulting his girlfriend; alleges she went clubbing after the incident
Actor Jonathan Majors has said that the man who was driving him and his now ex-girlfriend the night of their alleged assault will testify that he did not strike her. In documents filed before a Manhattan court on Wednesday, April 19, Jonathan’s attorney Priya Chaudhry also noted that there …
Read More »Jungle justice: Lynched driver, Temitope Olorunfemi buried amid tears in Ondo
Temitope Olorunfemi, the 25-year-old driver who was lynched in Ondo State, was buried on Monday April 17, amid tears. Olorunfemi, who was killed last week by an angry mob, in the Ijoka Area of Akure, was buried at his family house on Oda Road, in Akure South Local Government Area …
Read More »Jungle justice: Ondo Police parade four suspected killers of 25-year-old driver
The Ondo State Police Command has paraded four suspects arrested over their alleged involvement in the murder of a 25-year-old man, Temitope Olorunfemi, who was lynched in Akure after being accused of being a ‘Yahoo boy’ Recall that an angry mob on Monday April 10, stoned Tope to death, …
Read More »Update: Mob that stoned driver to death in Akure almost killed his parents – Ondo Police
The Ondo State Police Command has disclosed that officers rescued a couple from an angry mob who stoned their son, Tope Olorunfemi, to death in Akure. The deceased, suspected to be an internet fraudster, was killed after his vehicle reportedly crushed some people to death and injured others along …
Read More »Herbalist thanks the devil as his former driver who stole from him was arrested for theft
A herbalist has gone on Twitter to thank the devil after his former driver was arrested for theft. He explained that he sacked the driver because of deficiencies in his behaviour, but the driver returned and allegedly stole from him after he was fired. The driver was arrested …
Read More »Police recover corpse of Bolt driver declared missing in February
A driver of a taxi-hailing app, Bolt, Aiyu Eromosele Thomas, who was reported missing in February, has been found dead. The 34- year-old resident of 70 Imole Avenue, Ajasa Command, Lagos, was booked by an unidentified passenger. His vehicle, a Toyota Corolla with registration number GGE583GX grey color 2005/6 …
Read More »Nearly 8 million driver license numbers and passport numbers stolen in Australia | CNN
Digital payments and lending firm Latitude Holdings said on Monday that 7.9 million Australian and New Zealand driver license numbers were stolen in a large-scale information theft on March 16. Apart from the driver licence numbers stolen, the Australian fintech firm also identified about 53,000 passport numbers were stolen, and …
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