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The Edo State Government has accused Philip Shaibu of planning to invade the Government House to enforce his reinstatement....

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed that a 35-year-old zookeeper at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL) Wildlife Park in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, BABAJI DAULE, was on Saturday killed by a lion.The Police Public Relations Officer for the Ogun State Police Command, OMOLOLA ODUTOLA, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen.According to the statement, the incident was reported at a divisional police station, and was later escalated to the s...

Super Eagles’ star Samuel Chukwueze looks to leave AC Milan in January, with the winger said to be on the radar of Atletico Madrid and Premier League duo West Ham and Aston Villa.Chukwueze joined Milan from Spanish club Villarreal during the 2023 summer transfer window for a deal worth €20m plus some substantial bonuses, which made him the most expensive signing of a window that saw 10 players join the San Siro outfit....

A manhunt is underway after 17 people living on the same street in a South African village were killed in a mass shooting, police said.Two homes were targeted in the shootings early Saturday in Ngo-bo-zana village in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province, the country’s police ministry said in a statement, adding that six people, including a two-month-old baby, survived the attack.A team of detectives and forensic experts have been deployed to piece all evidence t...

Organisers of the #FearlessOctober1 protest have declared that the police, Department of State Services, and the military would not stop them from embarking on the demonstration as planned.The National Coordinator of the Take It Back Movement, Juwon Sanyaolu, and Director of Mobilisation of the group, Damilare Adenola, said mobilisation efforts had begun, adding that Nigerians were mobilizing from different parts of the country for the protest.The organisers noted that the ...

Human rights advocate and convener of the #RevolutionNow movement, OMOYELE SOWORE, has said that his group is prepared for a nationwide protest scheduled for October 1, noting that the protests will be peaceful across Nigeria.In an interview with correspondents, the former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) outlined the rationale behind the protest, citing severe ch...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested and detained a former Taraba State Governor, DARIUS ISHAKU, for alleged involvement in a N27 billion fraud.The former governor will face trial on 15 counts, including criminal breach of trust, misappropriation, and diversion of public funds.The alleged offences occurred between 2015 and 2021 during ISHAKU’s tenure as governor, involving funds from the Taraba State Government and local government councils....

Tunisia presidential candidate AYACHI ZAMMEL has been sentenced to six months in prison for falsifying documents, the second prison sentence against him in a week, days before the country’s presidential election.Tunisia’s TAP news agency reported on Wednesday that the Criminal Chamber of the Jendouba Court of First Instance sentenced Zammel to six months in prison for “deliberately using a fraudulent certificate”. ZAMMEL had been sentenced to 20 mont...

Hezbollah leader HASSAN NASRALLAH and other commanders were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Beirut, the group and Israeli officials confirmed on Saturday. After his death was confirmed, Israel continued firing strikes on the city.An Iranian Revolutionary Guard general, ABBAS NILFOROUSHAN, was also killed in the Israeli strike that killed the Hezbollah leader, Iranian state media announced Saturday. NILFOROUSHAN was the deputy commander for operations of the IRGC, and was sanctioned by ...

The organizers of the scheduled October 1st nationwide protest have written to the Nigerian Police to seek for adequate security for their members.In a statement, the organizers noted that in Lagos, the protest will commence at Ikeja under bridge at 7:30am, with participants marching through various streets to raise awareness.They called on OLANREWAJU ISHOLA, Lagos state commissioner of police, to provide adequate security for participants in line with the Police Establishment A...