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13-Year-Old US-Based Nigerian Dies Following Viral Media Challenge Attempt
A 13-year-old son of a Southern California family, Nnamdi Glenn Ohaeri Jr., is believed to have died after taking part in a risky social media challenge that was similar to a previous trend that killed several young people. The teen was found unresponsive in his bedroom in Murrieta on the morning of February 3, just a day after spending time...
Ogun Man Drowns In Failed Attempt To Recover Phone From Well
Sunday Jimoh, a resident of Laditan in Oja-Odan, drowned in a well on February 22, 2025, at around 10:00 am, according to the Ogun State Police Command. The spokesperson for the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement released on Sunday. Odutola said the incident was reported by Kabiru Aladeshayi Ayigbere, a resident of the Junction Area,...
DSS Bows To Pressure, Grants Nnamdi Kanu’s Family, Lawyers, Others Access
The Department of State Services (DSS) has finally allowed family members, legal representatives, and other associates to visit the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, after previously denying their request. ABN TV report that a legal team, led by Barrister Aloy Ejimakor and including Prince Emma Kanu (Nnamdi Kanu's younger brother), Hon. Obinna Ichita...
Abia Police Probe Officers Caught In Viral Civilian Manhandling Incident
The Abia State Police Command has responded to a Facebook video purportedly depicting police officers abusing a civilian. The incident was said to have occurred along Lagos Street in Umuahia on February 20, as the footage quickly gained attention on social media. According to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Maureen Chinaka, on Friday, the officers involved have been identified and...
Court Hands Down Final Forfeiture Of Emefiele’s $4.7M, N830M Assets
The Federal High Court in Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, on Friday ordered the final forfeiture of $4.7 million, N830 million, and several properties associated with Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. The judge, who had earlier dismissed an application brought by an interested party seeking to stop the judgment from being delivered,...
PSC Boosts 138 Senior Police Officers With New Promotions
The elevation of 38 Assistant Commissioners of Police to the position of Deputy Commissioners has been authorized by the Police Service Commission (PSC). The Commission also elevated 100 Chief Superintendents of Police to Assistant Commissioners of Police. According to a statement on Friday by the PSC spokesperson, Ikechukwu Ani, the new Deputy Commissioners are Emmanuel Deenom, Olufemi Takeet, Yusuf Doki Sani,...
Obi Urges Acknowledgment Of True Election Winners From The Past
After Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida (rtd), the former military president of Nigeria, acknowledged that the late Chief MKO Abiola had won the June 12, 1993 election, Peter Obi, the Labour Party's (LP) 2023 presidential candidate, responded. IBB made the admission during the launch of his autobiography, ‘A Journey in Service,’ on Thursday. “That accident of history is most regrettable. The nation is...
Cattle Herders Blaze N27m Cassava Farm In Ogun, Leaving Farmers Devastated
The Ogun State Police Command announced on Friday that it has opened an investigation into a case of arson in which some cattle herders are accused of setting a large cassava farm in Adao Village, which is located in the state capital of Abeokuta, via Alabata. The spokesperson for the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a...
NNPCL Withholds N13.7tn From Federation Account, Raising Concerns
The Federation account has not received N13.763 trillion in revenue from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL). This is according to a document obtained from the Federal Accounts Allocation Committee after its January 2025 meeting on Wednesday. The unremitted revenue covers a period between 2012 and 2024, indicating concerns between NNPCL’s revenue from crude sales and what is remitted to...
Umahi Proposes Concrete Roads As Permanent Fix For East-West Road Flooding
Senator David Umahi, the Works Minister, expressed satisfaction with the federal government's remedial work at the Umeh community's portion of the road in the Delta State axis and stated that using concrete rather than asphalt for construction on the East West road would be a long-term solution to the road's constant collapse. “The permanent solution for East West Road is...
