A man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has pleaded not guilty to all charges. A 31-year-old suspect, Cole Allen, pleaded not guilty on Monday in connection with the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C. Prosecutors said Allen allegedly tried to…
By ALO 360 Editorial Board The horrifying video circulating on social media, where a supposed part-time student of the University of Benin was shot in a GLK Mercedes-Benz in front of the university’s main gate, is yet another piece of evidence that cultism is a menace that deserves to be uprooted from our campuses. UNIBEN…
Fresh violence in Plateau State has left at least 13 people dead and several others injured, deepening fears among residents. Unknown gunmen launched a deadly attack on a community in Plateau State, killing at least 13 people and injuring several others during a late-night assault that forced residents to flee into nearby bushes. Eyewitnesses said…
By ALO 360 Editorial Board There is something deeply painful about Africans turning against fellow Africans. It becomes even more tragic when such hostility comes from a country whose freedom struggle once depended heavily on continental solidarity. Yet, this is the reality Nigerians and other African nationals continue to face in South Africa, where recurring…
A US judge has unsealed a handwritten note allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein before his death in prison. A federal judge in New York has ordered the release of a document believed to be a suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein shortly before his death in 2019. The handwritten note was unsealed…
The Nigeria Police Force says it has launched a manhunt for two suspects linked to the extrajudicial killing of Mene Ogidi in Delta state. In a press briefing on Tuesday, the police said the suspects include the driver who delivered the parcel allegedly containing a fabricated pistol and ammunition, as well as two members of…
Gunmen storm PMF camp in Kaiama, leaving officers dead and residents in panic. Suspected bandits have attacked a Police Mobile Force (PMF) camp in Tenebo community, Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing at least three police officers and injuring two others. The assault happened in the early hours of Saturday, with heavy gunfire…
A claimed suicide note linked to Jeffrey Epstein has resurfaced in sealed court records. A former cellmate of Jeffrey Epstein says he discovered a handwritten note shortly after Epstein’s earlier suicide attempt in jail, weeks before his death in 2019. Nicholas Tartaglione, who shared a cell with Epstein, said the note was written on a…
By ALO Editorial Board Outrage, condemnation, and protest have followed the recent dastardly act by an assistant superintendent of police, Nuhu Usman, who, in broad daylight, murdered Mene Ogidi, a suspect reportedly arrested for illegal possession of firearms. The incident, said to have occurred on Sunday, April 26, came to public attention after Harrison Gwamnishu…
Chidi Odinkalu, a human rights lawyer, has criticised Olanipekun Olukoyede, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), over his claim that a majority of Nigerian university students are involved in cybercrime. In a post on X on Wednesday, Odinkalu described the assertion as “irresponsible” and outside the mandate of the anti-graft agency. “The…
