The body of a two-year-old boy, Taylen Mosley, who went missing in Florida has been found inside the mouth of an alligator a day after his mother was found stabbed to death. Thomas Mosley, the father of the toddler, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, for the child and for the boy’s mother, 20-year-old Pashun Jeffery, the …

Flux Logistics Company on Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos has gone up in flames. As reported by the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), the facility is used by the company for storing Jameson alcoholic drinks. LASEMA’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu said: “The cause of the inferno could not be immediately ascertained but the combined effort to put …

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has released the results of the January/February 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for private candidates. According to the examination body, 8,738 candidates registered for the examination, representing a 16 per cent increase when compared with the 2022 figure. Meanwhile, WAEC said out of the total number of registered candidates, 8,348 sat …

Troops of 1 Mechanised Division of the Nigerian Army have neutralised five bandits during a clearance operation in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. In a statement on Friday, the acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations of 1 Division, Lt. Colonel Musa Yahaya said the troops operating in Chikun LGA conducted a clearance operation. The troops reportedly carried …

A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Kubwa has sentenced two men – Yahuza Isah and Auwalu Mohammed – to death by hanging for killing a tricycle rider. Delivering judgment in the matter, Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf held that based on the evidence before the court, the defendants formed a common intention when they conspired to kill and rob the deceased, …

A driver of a taxi-hailing app, Bolt, Aiyu Eromosele Thomas, who was reported missing in February, has been found dead. The 34- year-old resident of 70 Imole Avenue, Ajasa Command, Lagos, was booked by an unidentified passenger. His vehicle – a Toyota Corolla with registration number GGE583GX grey color 2005/6 model – was found abandoned the following day. A police …

Operatives of the Area 2 Command One of the Nigeria Customs Service in Rivers State have confiscated a total of 27 containers over violations of the country’s laws and guidelines on imports. The Area Comptroller, Baba Imam, disclosed this on Friday during a press conference at the Customs facility in Onne, Rivers. Imam said 26 of the containers were seized …

Not less than five people were reportedly killed in Aba on Friday as security agencies confronted protesters suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPoB) in Aba, Abia State. IPoB members, who adorned white clothing had embarked on street protest over the continued detention of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu despite the court order for his release …

Typically, sexually attacked children survivors are reluctant to come forward because they fear being mocked in public. Yet, such is not the case for 15-year-old Binta Isa, a deaf and dumb girl who is accused of being raped by two powerful young boys in the Kyena community of the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Although she had to …

Members of the Muslim community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, on Friday, staged a protest following the alleged invasion of a mosque in the Ilare area by some Oro adherents. The protesters said on Thursday, the traditionalists entered the mosque, where some Muslims had gathered to observe the 4 pm prayers, and attacked those they found in the building. Beside the …