International News
US warns citizens in Nigeria to regularise expired visas or face sanctions
The United States embassy in Abuja has advised American citizens currently in Nigeria with expired visas to regularise their status or risk facing ...
Crime
Court jails fraudster 17 years over N78.7m property scam in Lagos
Justice S.S. Ogunsanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday, July 10, convicted and sentenced one Peter Nwogu, ...
World
Kidnapped, abused: Reports of missing Alawite women in Syria
Nora looks into the camera, her baby on her lap. She looks thin, her hair and eyebrows have been shaved off and she ...
World
Families of Israeli hostages in Gaza rally support in Berlin
It has been 642 days since October 7, 2023, when Shachar Ohel's 24-year-old nephew, Alon Ohel, was gravely injured at the Supernova music festival in ...
World
Gaza: UN says nearly 800 killed near aid centers since May
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported on Friday that at least 798 people have been killed trying to access ...
World
Outrage in Brazil as Donald Trump threatens tariffs of 50%
US President Donald Trump plans to impose a 50% import tariff on products from Brazil as of August. The threat sparked outrage in the South American nation, ...
World
German steak heiress on trial over kidnapping own children
Christina Block, heiress to Germany's Block House steakhouse chain, went on trial in Hamburg on Friday accused of ordering the violent kidnapping of ...
Crime
EFCC declares Auwalu Tijjani wanted over alleged $1.9m money laundering
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a Kano state Indigene, Rabiu Auwalu Tijjani, wanted over alleged $1,931,700.12 money laundering allegations. ...
Metro
Ex-Adamawa governor Nyako seeks private settlement in decade old N29bn EFCC fraud case
Former Adamawa State Governor, Rear Admiral Murtala Nyako, has opted for an out of court settlement in the ₦29 billion fraud case initiated ...
Metro
Corrupt politicians using crypto, other virtual assets to conceal illicit wealth, evade detection – EFCC chairman reveals
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, highlighted that corrupt politicians are increasingly resorting to cryptocurrencies and other ...
