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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested 130 suspects for high-level cybercrimes, hacking, and activities threatening national security. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, police spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects comprise 113 foreign nationals — 87 males and 26 females — and their 17 Nigerian collaborators — four males and 13 females. Adejobi said the foreigners are primarily of Chinese and Malaysian origin. “This strategic operation was conducted through a coordinated raid on a building at the Next Cash and Carry area of Jahi, Abuja, where the suspects were reportedly using computers and other sophisticated devices to facilitate criminal…

Moises Caicedo’s crisp volley gave Chelsea a deserved point against Manchester United at Old Trafford. United’s interim manager Ruud van Nistelrooy, in charge while the Red Devils await the arrival of newly-appointed Ruben Amorim, looked on course for a second successive victory when Bruno Fernandes broke the deadlock from the spot in the 70th minute after Chelsea keeper Robert Sanchez brought down Rasmus Hojlund. Van Nistelrooy celebrated wildly on the touchline but United’s elation lasted only four minutes until Caicedo expertly struck a superb shot past Andre Onana from the edge of the area. It resulted in a share of…

The Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde believes the 2027 general elections will be a contest between Nigerians and the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Makinde stated this on Saturday during the commissioning of the Late Olusoji Adagunodo zonal secretariat of the party in Ibadan, the state capital, adding that his next political agenda would be determined solely by himself. In attendance at the event were the Acting National Chairman of the PDP, Umar Damagum; Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State; former Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State; members of the National Working Committee of…

Cable installations have been destroyed as fire engulfed the popular AP Plaza in the Wuse 2 area of Abuja. The incident, which happened on Saturday, caused serious damages to properties and raised safety concerns among residents and business owners in the area. In a statement on Sunday, the FCT Fire Service confirmed that the Federal Fire Service assisted in putting out the fire. “A fire outbreak occurred on the sixth floor of a six-story commercial building at AP Plaza. The affected area included the MTN control room shelter, resulting in significant damage to cable installations,” the statement read. “The emergency…

Dominic Solanke scored twice as Tottenham came from behind to earn victory over Aston Villa in the Premier League. The £65m summer signing doubled his league goal tally for the season with two goals in four second-half minutes as Ange Postecoglou’s side climbed to seventh in the table. Solanke put Spurs ahead with a delightful first by lifting the ball over the onrushing Emiliano Martinez from Dejan Kulusevski’s pass, before Richarlison picked out his team-mate to slot in and put a late fightback beyond Villa. Morgan Rogers had given Villa the lead with the game’s first shot on target after…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized cocaine consignments worth N4billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The agency said its operatives recovered the 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilogrammes from an international drug syndicate that operates between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria. “The drug consignments worth Four Billion Four Hundred and Ninety-Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand Naira (N4,492,800,000) in street value were recovered from two lavatories of an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft during the post-landing cleaning of the cabin of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on Tuesday 29th October 2024,” NDLEA’s…

South African police on Sunday said that 225 illegal miners were arrested after being forced out of an abandoned mine shaft due to a lack of food and water. The miners, known locally as “zama zamas” (“those who try” in Zulu), resurfaced from a mine in Orkney, a gold mining town in the Klerksdorp district of the North West Province. A police spokesperson told AFP on Sunday that the men had been arrested. They were forced out “as a result of starvation and dehydration”, police said, after security agencies blocked routes used by their accomplices to deliver food and water…

Atalanta moved to within three points of league-leaders Napoli at the top of Serie A as they prevailed 3-0 at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, winning a fifth successive league game. Prior to kick-off, Napoli had been almost impenetrable this campaign, conceding just five times in their opening 10 Serie A matches, which gave them the best defensive record in the division. Atalanta, though, are the Italian top flight’s most prolific goalscorers, and it was the visitors’ forward line that had the upper hand during the first half, particularly Ademola Lookman. While Romelu Lukaku had the first shot on target…

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu to use his “leadership position and good offices to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN to take urgent steps to ensure the immediate and unconditional release of all the #EndBadGovernance protesters including the 32 hungry and malnourished children.” SERAP said “these children and other protesters are detained solely for the peaceful exercise of their human rights.” SERAP urged him “to direct Mr Fagbemi and appropriate law enforcement agencies to promptly investigate the circumstances surrounding the grave violations of the…

Guinea’s junta leader Mamady Doumbouya has elevated himself to the rank of army general as the coup-hit West African country marked the creation of its all-powerful armed forces. Doumbouya, 43, seized power by force in September 2021 by overthrowing President Alpha Conde, who had placed the then-colonel in charge of an elite force tasked with protecting the head of state from such coups. In a decree on Friday evening, Doumbouya — whose supporters have urged him to run for president when the junta does cede the reins — was likewise also awarded the Grand Cross of the National Order of…