Operatives of the Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS) at the weekend nabbed to alleged traffic robbers in the Ajah area of the state. The suspects, Odunayo Mustapha, 22, and Adedayo Akinjola, 22, were said to be part of a gang which uses motorcycle to terrorise motorists along the Lekki -Ajah Expressway. They were arrested… Read More Suspected traffic robbers arrested in Lagos
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered the remand of one Idowu Ajewole , 38, in prison custody for allegedly killing one Monday Bassey over his lost chicken. The accused was said to have killed the 28-year-old Bassey at about 3pm at Adebowale street, Oke-Aro, Akure on December 12,2015. According to the prosecution, the accused… Read More Man remanded in prison over alleged murder
A video has been released online by so-called Islamic State, which it says shows the killing of five men who it claimed had been spying for the UK. A masked militant speaking with a British accent appears in the 10-minute film, threatening attacks in the UK. He says this is a message for Prime Minister… Read More ISIS executes five men for allegedly spying for UK
Smeezy is a young rapper who hails from Edo state,and a Computer Science student of Ambrose Alli university Ekpoma, born somewhere in the south-western part of Nigeria, a versatile rapper in both English and Pidgin English. He is signed to The Goat Music Gang (TGMG). He drops his first official single SMEEZY IS SMEEZY produced… Read More New Music: Smeezy ft. Centz{Bonz} – “Smeezy is Smeezy”
On November 17, 2015, Palestinian artist and poet Ashraf Fayadh was sentenced to death for apostasy for alleged blasphemous statements he made during a discussion group and in his poetry book. The judge ruled that Fayadh’s repentance was not enough to avoid the death sentence. According to Fahmy Foundation, Palestinian artist and poet Ashraf Fayadh… Read More Saudi Arabia sentences Palestinian poet to death on charges of apostasy
Vietnam has accused China of violating its sovereignty by landing a plane on an artificial island it has built in a contested part of the South China Sea. The Vietnamese foreign ministry said the airfield was built illegally on a part of the Spratly archipelago that lies within its territory. China said it has complete… Read More China accused of illegally trespassing on Vietnam territory
Jason Wingreen, best known as the voice of Boba Fett in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ and the Bartender on ‘All in the Family’, passed away in his Los Angeles home on Christmas Day. He was aged 95. Jason Wingreen was a prominent fixture on television from 1955 until he retired in the mid-1990s. Along with voicing… Read More ‘Star Wars’ actor, Jason Wingreen, dies at 95
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