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…