Crime

  A farm worker died on Friday after being injured during a raid by US immigration agents on a legal cannabis farm in California that resulted in the arrests of 200 undocumented migrants and clashes with protestors.   President Donald Trump, meanwhile, called demonstrators involved in attacks on Immigration and ...

  Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has appealed to youths across the state to conduct themselves peacefully during Saturday’s local government elections, warning against any form of violence or disruption.   In a statement posted on his X page on Friday, the governor emphasised the importance of youth participation in ...

  The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission has said there will be bye-elections anywhere a ballot box is snatched during the conduct of the Saturday local government elections.   The chairman of LASIEC, Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile (retd.) said this on Thursday during a press briefing ahead of the poll.   ...

  Suspected bandits have abducted three persons, including two palace administrators, and burned several houses in the Bunyun community, Bashar District in Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.   The attack, it was gathered, occurred on Wednesday around 7:30 pm, and is believed to be linked to last Sunday’s ...

  The Nigerian Army’s 223 Light Battalion, Zuru, successfully repelled a large-scale attack by over 400 armed bandits on Ribah town in the Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.   The operation, which took place on Wednesday, saw the troops respond swiftly to the invasion, engaging the attackers ...

  The Senate has called on the Federal Government to rethink its approach to the power sector by ending the indirect enrichment of private electricity distribution companies with public funds.   The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Environment, Senator Yunus Akintunde (APC – Oyo Central) said this at the plenary ...

  South Korea’s disgraced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for a second time Thursday over his declaration of martial law and held in a solitary cell as investigators widened their insurrection probe.   Yoon plunged South Korea into a political crisis when he sought to subvert civilian rule on ...

  The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, Katsina State Command, have arrested three suspected members of an interstate Human Trafficking syndicate.   NAPTIP’s Chief Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, disclosed this in a statement he signed on Wednesday.   The statement was titled ‘NAPTIP Raids Popular Hotel ...

  A Spanish court on Wednesday sentenced former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to a year in jail for tax fraud committed in 2014, a punishment that will not oblige the Brazil coach to serve prison time.   Prosecutors alleged the Italian created a system of shell companies to hide ...

  Panic gripped residents of Ekwulobia and Oko communities in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday after armed hoodlums invaded the area, killing at least four people and setting vehicles ablaze.   The attack, which began around 8 am, saw the gunmen shoot indiscriminately while mounting positions ...