Author: David Great

Men of the Lagos State Taskforce have apprehended Saheed Abdulahi, a notorious land grabber, popularly known as ‘Ibile’, who operates in the Ibeju-Lekki and Epe axis of the state. The taskforce, led by its chairman, CSP Shola Jejeloye, made the arrest in the early hours of Saturday following a series of complaints and petitions written to police authorities by residents, communities, and landowners about Ibile’s high degree of bestiality and crude manner of operation when trying to dislodge legal occupants from their legitimate property. Addressing journalists at the headquarters of the taskforce, Jejeloye described Ibile as a repugnant entity not…

Israeli military says will continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south, hundreds of thousands have already relocated One dead in attack on Israeli village near Lebanon border Israeli military declares a zone within 4 km of Lebanon border off-limits Blinken says meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “very productive” The Israeli military said on Sunday it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south and hundreds of thousands had already moved, as its troops readied for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in retaliation for unprecedented attacks. Israel has vowed to annihilate the militant group Hamas…

The Israeli military said Saturday that the bodies of some hostages abducted by Hamas militants had been found during operations inside Gaza this week. “We have found and located some bodies in the perimeter in the Gaza Strip of Israelis that were abducted,” a military spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, told a briefing. Israel says that at least 120 people were abducted when Hamas fighters launched attacks inside Israel on October 7 that left at least 1,300 dead. The Israeli military has since staged “localised” raids inside Gaza to back an air onslaught on the territory that the Hamas government…

Troops from Operation Enduring Peace III rescued seven abducted victims in Ogumula village in Benue State’s Ohimini Local Government Area. In less than 24 hours, youths in Ohimini LGA blocked the Otukpo-Adoka-Owerto federal highway to protest kidnappings along the route. One of the protesting youngsters, Edache Ochojila, told journalists on Friday that 11 commuters were abducted along the road earlier in the week. He went on to say that the protest was sparked by how police officers caught a suspected kidnapper who had been apprehended by youths. Speaking about the rescued casualties, Joseph Har, Governor Hyacinth Alia’s Security Adviser, claimed…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Saturday on China, a partner of Iran, to use its influence to push for calm in the Middle East. The top US diplomat, who was visiting Saudi Arabia, had a “productive” one-hour telephone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said. “Our message was that he thinks it’s in our shared interest to stop the conflict from spreading.” Miller told reporters on Blinken’s plane from Riyadh to Abu Dhabi. “He thought it could be useful if China could use its influence.” China has a warm relationship with Iran,…

Six kidnapped victims have been rescued by Nigerian Army troops from the One Mechanised Division during a clearance operation in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to Lieutenant Colonel Musa Yahaya, the Acting Public Relations Officer of One Mechanised Division, troops mobilised and embarked on a search and rescue operation after receiving credible intelligence about the kidnapping of six people in the Hayin Tsando general area of Maraban Jos in the local government area. He claimed that when the troops made contact with the robbers, they immediately engaged them in a gun battle in which the troops…

The Rivers State Police Command detained and paraded a woman for disfiguring her husband’s body with boiling oil. The woman, Favour Nweke, of Obite village in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, was paraded among other suspects by the Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi, at the command’s headquarters on Moscow Road in Port Harcourt, the state capital. CP Nwonyi told the press that the long arm of the law would always catch up with anyone, no matter how far they ran. “(She) used hot groundnut oil on the husband may be for whatever domestic issue they have. You can run but…

Residents of Sokeye Estate, a neighbourhood in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, rejected a quarter bag of rice sent to the community as palliative from the state government. In a trending video seen by Chronicle NG, a man who identified himself as the estate’s Community Development Association (CDA) chairman described the action by the Dapo Abiodun-led government as an “insult” to the members of the community. The visibly angry CDA chairman further asked the governor to return the quarter bag of rice to President Bola Tinubu, as residents of the estate are not “hungry people” Expressing his anger the CDA Chairman…

Saudi Arabia has suspended talks on potentially normalising ties with Israel, a source told AFP on Saturday, amid the war raging between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel on October 7 which killed 1,300 people, sparking a retaliatory bombing campaign that has killed at least 2,215 in the Gaza Strip ahead of a potential Israeli ground invasion of the territory. “Saudi Arabia has decided to pause discussion on possible normalisation and has informed US officials,” a source familiar with the discussions told AFP. The news came as US Secretary of State Antony…

The Oyo State Government has urged waste contractors to be duly registered with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, as every unauthorized consultant would be fished out and sanctioned according to Oyo State Environmental laws. The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Arc. Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, revealed this during a meeting with the waste consultants in Ibadan. He urged them to regularize their triennial and monthly technical reports, like Environmental Audit Reports and the Environmental Impact Assessment report with required standards. Mogbonjubola called on the consultants otherwise known as Accredited Franchisees, to harmonize all regulators’ policies, relating to adequate registration.…