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A video of some residents fighting with some political thugs who disrupted the elections at their polling units has been shared online.    The thugs stormed the polling unit, upturned the ballot boxes and destroyed the chairs. Some residents stood up to the thugs and a fight ensued.   Two …

Residents were filmed rejoicing as military men arrived at the Oba Elegushi area of Lagos state to stop the intimidation of voters.   Videos shared online have show thugs visiting different polling units to tell voters that they are not allowed to vote except it’s for the APC presidential candidate. …

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — ​​The head of the Environmental Protection Agency traveled to this small community on Thursday with promises of aid but faced skepticism from residents outraged over what they saw as a delayed response to the toxic spill unleashed by the recent train derailment. The visit came within …

Angry residents in Warri, Delta state filed out this morning and destroyed a POS operator’s stand. According to the protesters, POS operators are extorting them due to the scarcity of New Naira notes. Prior to the scarcity, POS operators charged N100 for every N5000 withdrawn but with the current scarcity …

At least three persons are feared dead following a violent protest over the scarcity of Naira notes in Benin city, Edo state today, February 15.   The protesters attempted to break into the State branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) located along Akpakpava Street, a commercial nerve center …

A 39-year-old Nigerian, Olaniyi Nasiru Ojikutu, has been sentenced to nearly seven and a half years in a United States prison for his role in a multi-year romance scheme.   The US prosecutors said Ojikutu, a permanent legal resident of the United States, opened about 25 bank accounts in his own …

Residents had to take their generators to the filling station to buy fuel after attendants decided to stop selling to customers carrying kegs. A video shared online show generator owners standing beside their generators while waiting in line to buy fuel. The fuel scarcity in Nigeria has persisted for weeks, …

Residents kidnapped from Angwan Aku community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have been released after weeks in captivity.   Recall that bandits attacked the community on Sunday morning, December 25, 2022, when residents were preparing to go to church to celebrate Christmas.   The gunmen were said …

Jenin, West Bank CNN  —  Mohammed Abu al-Hayja was sleeping alongside his wife and two young daughters last month when loud gunfire woke them up. Minutes later, Israeli soldiers rammed down his door and burst through his apartment. “They spread through the house in seconds,” 29-year-old al-Hayja told CNN. “Two …

A helicopter in President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy was attacked by some Kano residents during a visit to the state today, January 30.    President Buhari is currently in the state to commission some projects. During the visit, some Kano residents were spotted in videos shared online, throwing stones at the helicopter …