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Two persons were reportedly killed on Monday by gunmen said to be enforcing the controversial sit-at-home exercise in Enugu.   A Toyota Sienna SUV was also burnt by hoodlums at the crime scene identified as Chris Chemist Bus Stop at about 6:45 am. We learnt that the hoodlums stormed the park and shot a passenger inside the Sienna SUV and another at the bus stop. "They (hoodlums) set ablaze a Sienna bus and tried to burn another vehicle but the driver of the vehicle quickly sped off,” a source said. According to the driver of the vehicle that was burnt, the gunmen arrived at the motor park as he was still awaiting passengers to take to their destinations.   According to a security source, the driver used to load passengers very early every Monday to beat the sit-at-home. "Unfortunately, he was standing a distance away from his vehicle when the gunmen arrived in a minibus.   "He told us that when he saw some men with guns he felt they were armed robbers and imm...

A Russian soldier Alexey Bychkov was detained on Saturday, for recording a video of himself sexually abusing a baby.   The arrest comes after Lyudmila Denisova, commissioner for human rights in the Ukrainian Parliament, alleged on Saturday that Russian troops have raped children during the war. In a statement on Telegram, she said a 14-year-old girl in Bucha was raped by five soldiers and as a result is now pregnant.   In another shocking incident, an 11-year-old boy in the same town was also raped in front of his mum, who was tied to a chair and forced to watch.   The ombudswoman added that three soldiers also raped a 20-year-old woman in Irpen.   Bychkov serves in a military unit in Pskov, a Russian town. The Insider further cited the chairman of the Council of Veterans of the 76th Guards Division of the Airborne Forces, Yuri Sosedov's information that all units in Pskov had been in Ukraine as part of Russia's "special military operations," according to...

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Tekno, has made a playful threat to his colleague, Davido over the latter's next body of project. In a post on his official Twitter page on Sunday, April 10, 2022, Tekno gave fans a big hint that he may feature in Davido's new album. The 'Pana' crooner however, instructed Davido to stop talking to him if he (Tekno) doesn't get to on the album when it eventually comes out. "@davido if the new album come out and I no dey inside don’t talk to me again," he tweeted. When released, the project will be Davido's first since the release of his third studio album "A Better Time," in 2020. Recall that the duo have been music partners dating back to year 2013 when Tekno featured Davido on a single titled "Holiday." Also, Davido has severally credited Tekno for writing his comeback hit "IF." In a 2020 interview, OBO as fondly called, said, "Tekno brought me back. I didn't have a hit...

In preparation for the enforcement, the Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami has urged citizens and legal residents to use the next few days to ensure that they complete the linkage of their SIM and NIM. This follows the expiration of the approved extension of the NIN-SIM linkage on the 31st of March, 2022 To this end, the Honourable Minister has further directed that the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) should offer enrolment services round-the-clock for the next few days. Pantami also thanked all those who have completed their NIN-SIM linkage. On behalf of the Honourable Minister, the Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, and the Director-General/CEO of NIMC, Engr. Aliyu Aziz, urged citizens and legal residents to take advantage of the window to complete the process of enrolment and verification within the next few days.

Amid the crisis rocking the industry, telecommunication operators, including Globacom, Airtel, MTN and others, have threatened to raise tariffs within seven days if the Nigerian government does not find a solution.  The position of the companies was made known by Gbenga Adebayo, the Chairman of the Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria (ALTON), during a press briefing on Thursday.  Adebayo highlighted the seizure of cellular sites in Kogi, concerns about degrading quality of services in Abuja, high cost of diesel, inflation and safety of telecom workers as part of the issues presently bedevilling the telecoms industry. According to him, over 70 sites within Kogi State and environs have shut down causing members' inability to access and maintain them amid the disputes arising from taxes and levies demanded by the Kogi State Government through the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KIRS). “The action by KIRS was hinged on an ex parte court...

 President Biden has made a U-turn over his call for regime change in Russia following the invasion of Ukraine by troops controlled by Russian President Vladimir Putin. The president was asked by a reporter as he was leaving Holy Trinity Church in the Georgetown neighbourhood of Washington D.C. on Sunday. 'Mr President, do you want Putin removed?', the reporter asked. 'Mr President, were you calling for regime change?' they asked, to which Biden turned to the camera and yelled 'no!' before getting into his motorcade, Daily Mail reports. Less than 24 hours earlier, Biden said: 'For God's sake this man cannot remain in power,' in a shocking apparent call for regime change in Moscow. The call came at the end of an impassioned speech from Poland on Saturday. The unscripted remark, which the White House scrambled to walk back as the Kremlin expressed fury, came at the end of an otherwise resolute and fiery speech rallying the free world to uni...

Republican US Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska has resigned from office after a California jury convicted him of lying to federal authorities about an illegal campaign donation from Gilbert Chagoury, a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent. It is illegal in the US for foreign nationals to make contributions to campaigns. But Chagoury, 75, has made several. In 2019, he was fined $1.8m (£1.4m) by the US government, and some recipients of his donations were investigated. In 2016, he illegally donated $30,000 (£22,736) to Fortenberry, funnelling the funds to the congressman through donors at a Los Angeles event. A Paris-based industrialist, Chagoury had a high profile. His name adorns a wing of the Louvre Museum, and he was once denied a US visa for alleged ties to Hezbollah militants. He was once a top advisor to Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha, who was later found to have stolen billions from the country as its head of state in the 1990s. In a letter on Saturday, Fort...

Russia's communications watchdog told Russian media on Sunday to refrain from reporting an interview done with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. It said it had started a probe into the outlets which had interviewed the Ukrainian leader. In a short statement distributed by the watchdog on social media and posted on its website, it said a host of Russian outlets had done an interview with Zelensky, Reuters reports.   "Roskomnadzor warns the Russian media about the necessity of refraining from publishing this interview," it said. It did not give a reason for its warning.   Russian prosecutors said a legal opinion would be made on the statements made in the interview and on the legality of publishing the interview.   Zelensky has spoken to several Russian publications since his country was invaded by Russia on February 24.