The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed claims by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that the enforcement of the motor vehicle tinted glass permit policy is aimed at generating revenue. In a statement issued on Friday, the Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the police are not a revenue-generating agency, but are legally empowered…
At least four people have been killed and several others injured in a rare mass stabbing incident in central Taipei after an attacker sparked panic using smoke grenades during a violent rampage through the city. The suspect is also among the dead after falling from a building while being pursued by police in a busy…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced that Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The announcement was made by the APC National Chairman, Nentawe Yilwatda, during the party’s 14th National Caucus meeting held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja. Yilwatda stated that the governor’s defection means…
A Romanian court has sentenced American rapper Wiz Khalifa to nine months in prison for smoking cannabis during a live performance. The artist, whose real name is Thomaz Cameron Jibril, admitted to lighting a joint on stage at the Beach, Please! music festival in Costinești in July 2024. Romanian authorities said he was found in…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has directed the immediate completion of all ongoing residential accommodation projects in Nigerian Army barracks nationwide. Shaibu issued the directive on Thursday while speaking at the closing ceremony of the 2025 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Abuja. He said the welfare of troops,…
The police community in Ebonyi State has been thrown into mourning following the death of Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Ogbon-Inu Taiwo Popoola. Popoola, who was in charge of the State Intelligence Department (SID), reportedly collapsed during a management meeting at the Ebonyi State Police Command Headquarters in Abakaliki at about 11 a.m. According to…
