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US man 20 years in jail for stealing $14
David Coulson, 55, was incarcerated from 2002 to 2022 in California under the Three Strikes law, 1990s legislation mandating life sentences following a third felony offense. 20 years into serving a life sentence for stealing $14, a Black man was…
Bandits demand N30 m for abducted Katsina farm girls
Marauding bandits laying siege in the northwestern parts of the country have abducted some 22 children on whom they have slammed N30 million ransom. The number of abducted children who are mainly underage girls remain uncertain but police records showed…
W African in crash path of China’s out-of-control rocket
Sopuruchi Onwuka Incident concerns are very high as the world monitor the uncontrolled re-entry of large debris from a Chinese rocket which is expected to crash along a path that features the West African coasts. Global space agencies are in…
Hunger looms as Russia blocks 218 vessels with Ukraine’s grain exports
Some 218 merchant ships laden with cargoes of grain from Ukraine have been stock at loading quays after Russia pulled safety guarantee from the Black Sea Grain Initiative by withdrawing from the UN brokered agreement to allow food exports from…
Terror Threat: FG tracks terror signals, raises security alertness
With consistent alarms on terrorist threats on the federal Capital Territory (FCT) the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has declared increased measures to forestall possible attacks in the country. The presidency on Friday also called for the public to be…
Terror threat: U.S. authorizes departure of non-emergency staff from Nigeria
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday authorized the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families from Nigeria due to a heightened risk of terrorist attacks in the country. The latest travel update comes after the United States and…
Exercise Golden Dawn 11: Abia govt. warns Army against abuse of citizens’ rights
Fromm BONIFACE OKORO, Umuahia Abia State government has charged the Nigerian Army to observe the laid-down rules of engagement and code of conduct to avoid actions that may infringe on the rights of citizens and host communities while performing the…
Enugu CP woos security agencies on collaboration against insecurity
Samson Nwafor, Abakaliki The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, Ahmed Ammani, has visited heads of other security agencies in the State for familiarization and to seek more collaboration and cordial working relationships to tackle insecurity in the State. In…
Terror threat: DSS raises surveillance level
Federal government has said it would take measures against possible terrorist attack in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) after foreign diplomatic missions in the country raised security alert for their citizens. The Department of State Security (DSS) stated on Monday…
Police arrest lecturer, daughter for flogging, stripping young lady
The Nasarawa State police command has arrested a senior lecturer at the Federal University of Lafia (FULAFIA), Dr Fred Ekpe Ayhokai and his daughter, Emmanuella, for flogging and stripping a young lady, Blessing Mathias in a video shared online. The…
