A woman in Lugbe went to police after a dispute over a loan took a far more serious turn. The FCT Police Command says it has arrested a moneylender accused of sexually assaulting her and recording her naked. Police identified the suspect as Ahmed Usman. The woman, a nursing mother, reported the incident at Lugbe…
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) says it intercepted a large shipment of weapons in Dawakawa, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The agency says the consignment came from Niger Republic and contained 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines. According to a security source, the interception followed surveillance of suspected…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal ANTALYA, Türkiye — Imagine a clinic during a heatwave. The building is stifling, the electricity cuts out, and the refrigerator storing medicines stops working. Then heavy rain floods a nearby water source, or a washed-out road prevents a pregnant woman from reaching care. These are not distant climate projections. They are the…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal ANTALYA, Türkiye — The world has no shortage of climate targets. The harder task is making them work in people’s lives. That was the message from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell as COP31 opened in Antalya, where he urged governments to focus on practical delivery alongside negotiations. Stiell said the…
A woman in Lugbe went to police after a dispute over a loan took a far more serious turn. The FCT Police Command says it has arrested a moneylender accused of sexually assaulting her and recording her naked. Police identified the suspect as Ahmed Usman. The woman, a nursing mother, reported the incident at Lugbe…
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) says it intercepted a large shipment of weapons in Dawakawa, Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The agency says the consignment came from Niger Republic and contained 21 AK-47 rifles, four PKT machine guns and 825 magazines. According to a security source, the interception followed surveillance of suspected…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal ANTALYA, Türkiye — Imagine a clinic during a heatwave. The building is stifling, the electricity cuts out, and the refrigerator storing medicines stops working. Then heavy rain floods a nearby water source, or a washed-out road prevents a pregnant woman from reaching care. These are not distant climate projections. They are the…
By: Oluwaseun Lawal ANTALYA, Türkiye — The world has no shortage of climate targets. The harder task is making them work in people’s lives. That was the message from UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell as COP31 opened in Antalya, where he urged governments to focus on practical delivery alongside negotiations. Stiell said the…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside a subpoena seeking to compel Department of State Services (DSS) lawyer Akinlolu Kehinde, SAN, to testify in Omoyele Sowore’s cyberbullying case. Justice Mohammed Umar ruled on Monday that a lawyer generally cannot be forced to disclose information connected to legal representation. He said exceptions may apply…
By: Abudu Olalekan US President Donald Trump says renewed fighting with Iran is “highly unlikely,” though he has not ruled out further strikes if Tehran refuses to accept a strong agreement. Speaking to CNN on Sunday, ahead of a White House meeting with Qatar’s prime minister, Trump struck a less threatening tone after weeks of…
