The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of the pedestrian bridge located between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 in Oshodi Bus Terminal due to concerns regarding the safety and structural integrity of the bridge. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement on Friday, Jan. 24, said the order to close down the…
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced a teacher, Adebayo Osayemi, to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing his employer’s phone and money, totaling N237,000. In her ruling, Magistrate Mrs. O.O. Latunji stated that the conviction was based on evidence presented by the police and the defendant’s guilty…
Detectives in Kenya have arrested a member of a crime cabal that defrauded a Nigerian national of N150m. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2025, said Stephen Mugambi Colbe and his co-conspirators had approached the victim, pretending that they were in a position to hire a…
The Trump administration confirmed Friday morning that “deportation flights have begun,” fulfilling one of President Donald Trump’s major campaign promises to the American people. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared pictures that appear to show illegal immigrants boarding a U.S. military aircraft. “Deportation flights have begun,” Leavitt…
Kenya has announced a new policy allowing citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorization, according to a cabinet directive reported by the BBC. A cabinet statement confirmed that the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) requirement will be abolished for all African nations except Somalia and Libya, due to security concerns….
