Authorities warn “showboating” is driving the recent surge of Somali youth gang violence in urban Minnesota. Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher said in a livestream that several shootings over the 4th of July weekend were linked to Somali youth gangs, Fox 9 Minneapolis reported Tuesday. This comes amid a spike in Somali gang violence in…
A Virginia judge informed officials in the state that a newly passed ban on modern semiautomatic firearms was blocked across the state in a Tuesday letter, citing the potential for a “treacherous patchwork” in the state. Shortly after Democratic Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the ban on so-called “assault weapons,” SB 749, into law on May 14,…
Human rights activist and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has disclosed that the Department of State Services (DSS) is planning to arraign detained journalist Zainab Sodiq over what he described as an “unknown offence.” Sowore made this known on Thursday, accusing the Director-General of the DSS, Tosin Ajayi, of acting out of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned Mr. Ahmed Adamu Dikko, former Managing Director of Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd (PHRC), before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering. The charge, marked FHC/ABJ/CR/360/2026 and dated and filed on June 22 by the…
[mc4wp_form id=33047] The retiring Director of Highways Construction and Rehabilitation, Engr. Clement Ogbuagu, on Thursday, disclosed that the shift to concrete pavements has improved road quality nationwide. Ogbuagu, who spoke at a valedictory session held in his honour at the Ministry’s headquarters, in Abuja, commended the Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, for introducing new…
