A popular Nigerian businessman known as Big Joe has been shot dead outside his shop in Witbank, also called Emalahleni, in South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province. According to eyewitnesses, the attackers walked up to him and opened fire several times before fleeing the area. Residents and fellow traders rushed to the scene after hearing the gunshots….
A 17-year-old Thai girl has been found dead, her body stuffed inside a suitcase discarded near a railway track in the coastal city of Pattaya, Thailand. An Australian man has been charged with her murder. Tunchanok Donhomla, known by her nickname Cake, was reported missing on Friday evening. Thai police reviewed CCTV footage that allegedly…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 9,058.543 kilograms of illicit drugs at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos, while arresting 260 suspected drug traffickers since the beginning of 2025. The Commander of the NDLEA MMIA Strategic Command, Mohammad Ahmad, disclosed the figures on Friday during the commemoration of the International…
Troops under Operation Hadin Kai have rescued 53 civilians after dismantling a terrorist roadblock mounted by suspected JAS/ISWAP fighters along the Buratai–Kamuya Road in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The operation was carried out on Wednesday by soldiers of Sector 2, 135 Special Forces Battalion. According to the military, troops stationed at Dutse…
Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says state police alone will not end insecurity unless the government addresses unemployment and hunger. Falana spoke during an interview on Channels Television. Rejects conspiracy claims Falana said the push for state police should not be viewed as a political plot ahead of the 2027 elections. He noted…
A 23-year-old British TikTok influencer is facing a murder charge in Dubai after the death of her boyfriend. Brooke George, from Gravesend, Kent, was arrested on June 22 and later charged with premeditated murder. If convicted under UAE law, she could face the death penalty. The case has attracted global attention because George insists she…
A Nigerian court has handed down death sentences to three men convicted of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking. A High Court in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a Nigerien national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism and arms proliferation charges. The convicts — Yusuf Muhammad, also known as…
Nigerian troops have rescued 47 people, mostly women and children, from ISWAP captivity in Borno State. The Joint Task Force (North East), Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), said the victims were rescued on June 20, 2026, in Kangarwa, Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. According to the military, sustained ground and air offensives against ISWAP…
A deadly bandit attack in Plateau State has left at least 25 people feared dead and several properties destroyed. No fewer than 25 people are feared to have been killed after suspected bandits attacked Kawel community in Mushere District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to local reports, the victims included 12 security…
Police seized 2.7 tonnes of cocaine in western Sydney, marking the largest cocaine bust in the history of Australia. Australian authorities have confiscated 2.7 tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated A$816 million after raiding an underground bunker system hidden beneath shipping containers in western Sydney. The drugs were discovered inside concealed compartments beneath false floors…
