PHOTOS: Al-Istijab Society holds 14th anniversary, honours eminent Nigerians

The Al-Istijab Society of Nigeria, held its 14th year anniversary on Sunday, 15 January, 2023 at Zapass LILG, Freeman Street, Lagos Island amid pomp and ceremony. Some eminent Nigerians were turbaned and honoured with merit awards at the event. The one year remembrance of Sheikh Al-Imam Shuaib Abdulsalam, Chief Imam of Moraba Central Mosque, Ilorin was also observed. The new …

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Italian Police Catch Mafia Boss Messina Denaro After 30 Years

Italian anti-mafia police caught Sicilian godfather Matteo Messina Denaro on Monday, ending a 30-year manhunt for Italy’s most wanted fugitive. A ruthless operator who once reportedly boasted he could “fill a cemetery” with his victims, the 60-year-old Messina Denaro was a leading figure in Cosa Nostra, the real-life Sicilian crime syndicate depicted in the Godfather movies. The mobster was nabbed …

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Omoworare celebrates former Osun Gov, Chief Bisi Akande at 84 

The Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters to President Muhammadu Buhari has joined millions of well wishers to celebrate Chief Bisi Akande on his birthday. The former governor of Osun State and former Acting National Chairman of APC just turned 84.  In his message to felicitate with the celebrant, Senator Babajide Omoworare described Chief Akande as father of progressives …

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Woman, 40 petitions Area Commander over alleged police assault

A 40 years old woman has alleged that a woman Police inspector attached to Ojokoro Divisional Headquarters of assaulted and injured her. The woman, Mrs Bello Kehinde told our reporter that Mr. and Mrs Ubah, her cotenants renovated their apartment on the 24th of December 2022, and left the compound littered with waste, but rather than complain, she said she …

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Man Lists Conditions For Second Wife, Offers N1m Dowry

A 49-year-old man from Kaduna State, who wants to marry a second wife, has listed the conditions any lady who wishes to marry him must fulfil. This was made known via a Muslim matchmaking platform on Twitter on Thursday where the man listed his preference for the kind of lady he wanted. He listed his preference saying, “Need a lady …

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Controversial Australian Cardinal, Pell, Dies 81

An Australian Cardinal and adviser to Pope Francis, Cardinal George Pell, has died aged 81. Pell died due to complications from hip surgery on Tuesday, the Archbishop of Melbourne, Peter Comensoli, confirmed via a Twitter post. “With great sadness, the news is out that Cardinal George Pell died a few hours ago, from heart complications following hip surgery. May eternal …

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Lagos Policemen Who Assaulted Lady Sanctioned –PPRO

The spokesperson for the Lagos State police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, has stated that the officers who were caught on camera assaulting a woman for attempting to record them during a confrontation with a driver have faced disciplinary action. He said this on Twitter after a Twitter user, AustynZOGS, asked about the victim on Tuesday, saying, “Last week policemen guarding the …

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Mexico arrests son of notorious drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’

Mexican security forces on Thursday captured a son of jailed drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, scoring a high-profile win in the fight against powerful cartels days before US President Joe Biden visits. Ovidio Guzman, nicknamed “El Raton” (The Mouse), was caught in the northwestern city of Culiacan and flown to Mexico City on a military plane, Defense Minister Luis …

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