Author: Vincent Osuwo

American music mugul Sean Combs, popularly called Diddy, will plead not guilty to racketeering and sex trafficking charges, his lawyer said ahead of a court appearance by the superstar rapper. Diddy, 54, was arrested on Monday by federal agents acting on a sealed indictment filed by the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. The ‘I need a girl’ crooner is to be arraigned at a Manhattan courthouse and the indictment unsealed. His lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, told reporters he already knows what the charges are going to be. “It’s going to be racketeering. It’s going to be sex…

The Borno State Police Command has reported the capture of Abubakar Mohammed, one of the convicts who escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in Maiduguri, which collapsed during the September 10 flood that decimated the capital city and surrounding areas.  SP Ahmed Wakil, Borno’s Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this in a statement made on Tuesday. Wakil stated that the operatives were notified by a citizen who saw Abubakar in Gubio town. He said, “The Borno Police Command is pleased to announce the successful rearrest of an escaped convict, Abubakar Mohammed, 27, who was serving a jail term for…

President Bola Tinubu has commiserated with the government of Plateau and Kaduna States over the death of 40 members and leaders of the Tijjaniyya movement in an auto crash on Sunday. The victims were on their way from Kwandari in Plateau State to a Maulud Nabiy celebratory event in Saminaka, Kaduna State, when their bus collided with a truck at Lere town of Kaduna State. Expressing his sadness over the gruesome accident, the President, in a statement signed by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President, Information and Strategy, on Tuesday, condoled with the families of the dead and injured.…

Ngozi Okobi, the Super Falcons midfielder, has announced the birth of her child.  The former Elskiltun of Sweden midfielder took to social media on Tuesday to announce the arrival of her baby. “Congratulations to me. #godbepraised #iamamother #newmom. I am in my new season #NSPPD,” she wrote with photos of her baby bump. Man denies wife’s pregnancy, says only had sex six times Prior to her revelation on Tuesday, the footballer had kept her pregnancy private on social media, only sharing videos of gym workouts and other casual photos. Okobi married her husband Okeoghene on December 9, 2017, in Delta…

Dominique Pelicot, the 71-year-old man accused of drugging his wife to sleep and hiring hundreds of men to rape her for over a decade, agreed to all charges in his first evidence since the trial began on September 2. Referring to the 50 co-defendants who are accused of raping his now ex-wife Gisèle, Mr. Pelicot said, “I am a rapist like the others in this room.” “They all knew; they cannot say the contrary,” he said. Husband invites 72 men to rape drugged wife Speaking on his ex-wife, he said, “She did not deserve this. I was very happy with…

A man has been charged with murdering a woman and two of her daughters using a crossbow at their home.  Carol Hunt, 61, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, were found dead in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9. Kyle Clifford, 26, of north London, who was discovered injured in a cemetery in Enfield on July 10 after killing the victims with a crossbow, has been charged with their murders. He is scheduled to appear before Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday morning. Four killed, nine injured in Georgia school shooting Police had previously been unable to interrogate Mr. Clifford because…

The Lagos State Government (LASG) has stated that an increase in boarding school fees at its model colleges is unavoidable in order to improve students’ welfare.  Mr. Ganiu Lawal, Deputy Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Lagos State, revealed this in a statement released on Monday. Lawal stated that pupils in the boarding schools constituted more than one percent of the total basic and secondary school student population in the state’s public schools. According to Lawal, the N35,000 boarding school fees paid since 2021 are unrealistic in 2024. The Lagos State Government had approved an increase in…

Four people were injured on Monday when a residential building fell in Riyom Local Government Council, Plateau State.  Residents stated the building collapsed due to heavy rainfall that began on Sunday evening and continued for many hours till the early hours of Monday. Dusu Judith, a member of the neighbourhood, verified the incident in on Monday. According to Judith, the house near Government College in Riyom fell early Monday morning while the families were sleeping, injuring four people. Judith said, “The people were sleeping in their house last night when the building caved in. Luckily, no death was recorded, but…

The Ogun State Police Command has apprehended a landlord identified as Bola Tobiloba for allegedly defiling his tenant’s 14-year-old daughter. It was gathered that the incident took place last Friday in the Arinlese area of Abeokuta. Omolola Odutola, the spokesperson for the state police command, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Tuesday. She mentions that the incident left other tenants and the entire community in shock when the survivor was found drenched in blood from her private parts, noting that the suspect would face the full force of the law. She said, “The survivor’s father reported the incident to…

No fewer than five people have been reportedly killed by gunmen in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The attack comes barely two weeks after eight people were killed in two separate attacks carried out by gunmen in the Congo and Zarap communities. It was gathered that the latest attack occurred in the Mbar community on Sunday night. According to residents on Monday, the victims were mainly youths who were attacked on their way from Mbar town to Koh village along a bypass encircling Yelwa Nono village between 7. pm and 7.30 pm by fleeing gunmen on motorcycles…