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Online scam centres fuelling human trafficking worldwide, warns UN agencyIOM chief says victims from more than 80 countries are lured into scam centres through fake job offers on social media. The Director General of the International Organization for Migration, Amy Pope, briefs the media in Geneva on ‘Protecting Victims of Trafficking in Online Scam Operations’,…

19-yr-old Nigerian, Tobi Akinrinola jailed in UK over robbery A Nigerian teenager, Oluwatobiloba Akinrinola, has been jailed in the UK for his role in a violent robbery where party guests were threatened, assaulted and humiliated during a planned attack. Akinrinola, 19, of Slippers Place, London was sentenced to seven years in prison alongside Richile Vangu,…

Gunmen kill Army colonel in Abuja, wife, two others injured Gunmen have reportedly killed a serving Nigerian Army officer, Colonel Abdussalam Ude, during an attack at his residence in the Kurudu area of Abuja. Sources said the incident occurred on Monday evening when the assailants allegedly attacked the officer shortly after he returned from work….

JUST IN: Aviation workers give airlines seven-day ultimatum over unpaid TSA A fresh industrial dispute is looming in Nigeria’s aviation sector as aviation workers have issued a seven-day ultimatum to airline operators and other defaulting organisations to settle outstanding 5 per cent Ticket Sales Charges owed to aviation agencies or face nationwide picketing. The ultimatum,…

Suspected herders kill 14 in another Benue attack The latest attack in Otukpo Local Government Area is the latest in a string of deadly assaults in Benue South since the killing of the state chairman of MACBAN on 26 June. No fewer than 14 people have been killed in a fresh attack by suspected armed…

Govt contributing to insecurity, says ex-IG Okiro A former Inspector-General of Police, Mike Okiro (retd.), on Tuesday accused the Federal Government of weakening the Nigeria Police Force by deliberately failing to adequately equip it, arguing that the development has contributed to the country’s worsening insecurity. Okiro made the assertion while speaking at the First Daily…

Delta will prioritise jobs, empowerment to fight drug abuse — Commissioner The Delta State Commissioner for Youth Development, Brave Enodeh, has assured young people in the state that the administration of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori will prioritise job creation, skills acquisition and youth empowerment to tackle unemployment and curb drug abuse. Enodeh, who was recently appointed…

FG suspends planned Kara Bridge rehabilitation indefinitely The Federal Ministry of Works has suspended indefinitely the planned rehabilitation of a section of the Kara Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The repair work, which was scheduled to begin on July 28, 2026, was expected to last two weeks. Announcing the suspension on Tuesday, the Acting Federal…

EarthquakesSeveral dead in Japan after magnitude 7.1 earthquake causes blast at mall A magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and causing a blast at a shopping mall where police say several people are presumed to have been killed and others remain trapped, as…