Faruq Osilalu A 22-year-old Nigerian man, Faruq Osilalu, has been found dead in Baltimore City, a city in the US state of Maryland, days after he was declared missing. Alayna Osilalu, wife of the late Faruq, told US media that her husband, a driver with a transportation company, was found dead on October 4, but he was listed as a John Doe until recently when authorities were able to identify him through his jewellery. She said her husband was last seen giving someone a ride while adorning jewellery, noting that what happened to him remains a mystery. She said his remains were so badly damaged that investigators could not figure out his fingerprints. “My husband worked as a private contractor under Sedan Service in Baltimore and I reported him missing on September 19, two days after his last known ride,” she said. Although she made an official report of him being missing on September 27 and that two days later, the police found his...

A police officer identified as Bishop Eno has been accused of shooting a woman in Delta State after she allegedly turned down his marriage proposal. Human rights activist, Fejiro Oliver, who disclosed this on Friday, October 29, said that the officer attacked the Isoko division of the Delta State Police Command, and the victim dated for five years only for her to find out that he is already married to a child. She was said to have refused to marry him because of that and he subsequently demanded she refunds the N1.5 million he spent opening a shop for her. She agreed to do so, however, he went to her house with a service pistol and shot her. Read his post below: ”Bishop Eno who I have attached his picture here is an officer of the Nigerian Police Force wearing SARS uniform and serving in Isoko. For five years, he dated the lady attached, only for her to find out that he was married with a kid. He asked for her hand in marriage last week which she turned down. Officer Eno then asked...

Publisher and journalist Dele Momodu has joined Nigeria’s main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Momodu announced his move to the PDP in a statement, explaining that his decision was based on the need to contribute meaningfully to the development of the country. “I have consulted widely. And it is clear to me that given the dangerous and disastrous drift that our Nation has experienced in the past six years, the only party from which amends can be made to rectify our situation is the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),” he said in the statement released on Friday. “This accords with my vehement opposition to the policies and practices of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its leadership, which has denuded our country of everything we hold dear – National Unity, Cohesion, Security, Economic prosperity, Educational advancement, Social infrastructure, and above all, our cherished moral values. “For these reasons, I am happy to declare that I am now a full-fledged parti...

  GA- The Sandy Springs Police Department is offering a $10,000 reward and additional funds for information that leads to the arrest of 23-year-old Jermaine Caldwell, who is wanted in connection to a home invasion that happened on Octtober 1.  Police said the suspects held the victims at gunpoint and threatened to kill them. The suspects stole several personal belongings, the victim’s phones and their two cars Police later tracked down and arrested the suspects: Robert Gunter (18, Atlanta), Norman Thompson (22, Union City), Darryl Johnson (21, Atlanta), Contaiovus Howard (24, Union City), Jude Morgan (24, Atlanta), Montavious Goodwin (22, Union City) and Azhanee Scott (22, Atlanta). The lone suspect not in custody is Caldwell. He is wanted for conspiracy to commit, home invasion, aggravated assault, false imprisonment, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony and theft by taking. There is a $10,000 reward being offered.

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has displayed the contents of the phone seized from music artiste, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley. When the defendant’s trial resumed on Wednesday at the Federal High Court in Lagos, the EFCC through the virtual projection of a Compact Disc (CD) with 51,933 pages showed the contents and analysis of the phone. The commission did this while leading in evidence, its second witness, Mr Augustine Anosike, a mobile forensic expert. Picking up from where he left off on Tuesday, the witness, again reiterated portions of his earlier testimonies and pointed out the corresponding visual spots of those testimonies on the screen of the projected CD. For instance, the witness showed visual displays of the credit card numbers, chats, as well as incoming and outgoing Short Message Services (SMS) that were analysed from the defendant’s iPhone. After the CD was displayed for about 45 minutes, the prosecutor then asked the witness t...

  General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan The African Union said on Wednesday it had suspended Sudan until civilian rule in the country is restored, saying it rejected the military takeover as an “unconstitutional” seizure of power. AU said it “strongly condemns the seizure of power” and was suspending Sudan from all AU activities “until the effective restoration of the civilian-led transitional authority”. Sudanese General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on Monday ordered the dissolution of the government and declared a state of emergency, sparking widespread international condemnation. Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok was placed under military arrest, along with his ministers and civilian members of Sudan’s ruling council, sparking angry protests on the streets of Khartoum. Hamdok was later released under close guard, but other ministers and civilian leaders remain in detention. Security forces arrested some anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, in a bid to end three days of demonstrations against...

  A woman invited 23 members of her family on her blind date to test the generosity of the man she was prepared to dine with and it backfired. The woman was meeting with a man known as Mr. Lui, 29, at a restaurant in eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang according to local paper Taizhou Evening News. Without telling her date in advance, the Chinese woman allegedly showed up with 23 family members and turned their candle-light dinner into a rowdy banquet. In a hope to impress his date.  However, seeing the number of people the woman brought, the man abandoned her with the hefty $2,300 bill, refusing to pay for her family member’s meal. The woman explained to local media that she had wanted to test her date’s generosity before committing to a relationship.

The Board of Directors of Ken Saro-Wiwa Foundation (KSWF) says they will not accept the proposal by President Muhammadu Buhari to grant pardon to Saro-Wiwa and eight Ogoni activists executed by the late military dictator, Sani Abacha, in 1995. In a statement signed on behalf of the board of directors by Dr. Owen Wiwa, the KSWF asked President Buhari to grant their earlier request for the exoneration of Saro-Wiwa and eight others made by the family of the late activist. “Ken Saro-Wiwa and the other eight Ogonis were not criminals. They were innocent activists unjustly murdered for fighting for a just cause on behalf of their oppressed community. “The path to true peace in the region begins with justice. The cleaning up of the environment for which they campaigned and died for is a first good step. “The exoneration of Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni activists, judicially murdered on November 10 1995 is another step towards peace. “The family of Ken Saro-Wiwa have made a request for the e...

          Image Credit- NBA.com A pair of trainers worn by the US basketball star Michael Jordan have sold for a record $1.47m (£1.1m) at auction. Jordan used the pair of red and white Nike Air Ships during his first season with the Chicago Bulls in 1984. Also, Michael and Nike activated their partnership  in the same year to create his signature brand of clothes and shoes. Jordan,  the first billionaire player in NBA history  and the best player in the history of basketball  retired in 2003. "This record-breaking result for the Jordan Nike Air Ships affirms the place of Michael Jordan and the Air Jordan franchise at the pinnacle of the sneaker market," said Sotheby's Brahm Wachter after Sunday's auction in Las Vegas. The signed trainers were bought by Nick Fiorella, a well-known collector.

A 50-year-old pastor in Maryland is facing federal charges for allegedly scheming to arrange marriages between what prosecutors say were often poor Americans and foreign nationals, according to the Department of Justice.  He is accused of  coordinating   immigration fraud involving sham marriages, fraudulent residency applications, bogus reference letters and fake rental agreements.   Olatokunbo Joshua Shonubi, was indicted on charges of conspiring to commit marriage fraud and visa fraud, as well as submitting false documents to a government agency, federal prosecutors in Maryland said Thursday in a news release. The indictment was initially filed under seal on Wednesday, court filings show.  Shonubi, who is from Bowie, Maryland, is the pastor at NewLife City Church in nearby Hyattsville, prosecutors said.  According to the indictment, the alleged fraud lasted from 2014 until this year. During that time, prosecutors said Shonubi received “thousands of ...

    A South Georgia  pastor, mortician, restaurateur, and tax preparer has been indicted on COVID-19 recovery assistance fraud by a federal grand jury in the Southern District of Georgia. Mack Devon Knight , 45, of Kingsland, Ga., is charged in a five-count indictment that accuses Knight of lying to the Small Business Administration (SBA) in connection with applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs), according to David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. The charges carry a statutory penalty upon conviction of up to 30 years in prison, along with substantial financial penalties, followed by a period of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system. “Funding from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Security (CARES) Act was provided to help small businesses survive pandemic-related losses,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Estes. “In coordination with our law enforcement partners, we will hold accountable those unscrupulous ...

  Detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has pleaded not guilty to the seven amended charges preferred against him by the Federal Government. Kanu, who was re-arraigned at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, said he was innocent of all the allegations levelled against him. When the charges were read to him, he pleaded not guilty. The court refused his application for transfer to Kuje Correctional Center. However, the trial judge, Justice Binta Nyako, allowed three persons of his choice to visit him at the DSS facility. The judge then adjourned the case to November 10 to hear his application, challenging the competence of the charges. The Federal Government recently amended the charges against him raising them to seven counts as against the five counts he was previously being tried for. The new charges border on treasonable felony and terrorism.

  ABUJA – In receipt of reports from judicial panels regarding EndSARS protests set up in 28 States across the country and in the FCT, the National Economic Council have resolved that payment of compensation to victims should proceed with each State, in collaboration with the Federal Government, establishing the modalities for the settlement of all monetary compensations awarded by the panels. According to a release e-signed and made available to StarTrend Int’l & online –  by ‘Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity, Office of the Vice President, equally, NEC, which is composed of all State Governors in the Federation and representatives of the FG, Chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, also unanimously resolved on Friday, October 15, 2021, to ensure the prosecution of persons indicted by the panels. The Council specifically directed States “to immediately forward copies of final reports of the panels to their Attorneys-Gene...

      Credit - Securityaffairs.co The  U.S. Navy declared  Thursday that it is preparing to kick out sailors who refuse  vaccination  for  COVID-19  as mandated by the  Pentagon , and the  service members  who get the boot over their noncompliance  might lose some  veterans' benefits. The Navy sent out a press release noting that Nov. 14 is the deadline for active-duty sailors to get either their second shot of a two-dose vaccine or the single shot of a one-dose vaccine. Reservists have until Dec. 14. Sailors who do not have a pending or approved exemption by the deadlines set will face administrative actions and "those separated only for vaccine refusal will receive no lower than a general discharge under honorable conditions" the Navy's statement read, adding, "This type of discharge could result in the loss of some veterans’ benefits." The Navy said it "may also seek recoupment of applicable bonuses, special and in...

Former popular United States Secretary of State, Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications. He gave up the ghost  on Monday at the age of 84, his family announced. The first African-American secretary of state in 2001 under Republican President George W Bush  was fully vaccinated.  “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family said in a statement, thanking the staff at the Walter Reid Medical Center “for their caring treatment”. Obituary: Colin Powell George W Bush was among the first to pay tribute to “a great public servant” as well as “a family man and a friend” who “was such a favourite of presidents that he earned the Presidential Medal of Freedom – twice”. Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair – who worked closely with Powell during the early years of the Iraq War – said he was someone of “immense capability and integrity” who was “a great companion, with a lovely and self-deprecating sense of humour”. Mr Po...

  A Russian film crew returned to Earth today after shooting the first-ever movie in space. The filmmakers spent 12 days filming Challenge at the International Space Station after rocketing up on October 5.Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko landed as scheduled on Kazakhstan’s steppe at 0436 GMT, according to footage broadcast live by the Russian space agency. They were ferried back to terra firma by cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky, who had been on the space station for the past six months. “The descent vehicle of the crewed spacecraft Soyuz MS-18 is standing upright and is secure. The crew are feeling good!” Russian space agency Roscosmos tweeted. The filmmakers had blasted off from the Russia-leased Baikonur Cosmodrome in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan earlier this month, travelling to the ISS with veteran cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov to film scenes for “The Challenge”. If the project stays on track, the Russian crew will beat a Hollywood project announced last year by “Mission Impossible” star Tom Cru...

The United States announced Friday that it will allow entry to foreign travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, by both land and air, starting November 8. "The US' new travel policy that requires vaccination for foreign national travelers to the United States will begin on Nov 8," said Kevin Munoz, White House assistant press secretary, on Twitter. "This announcement and date applies to both international air travel and land travel.  This policy is guided by public health, stringent, and consistent." Under the new policy that was outlined last month, vaccinated travelers will still need to undergo testing and contact tracing to enter the United States.

Said I remember when we use to sit In the government yard in Trench Town. And then Georgie would make the fire light, it was logwood burnin' through the night. Then we would cook cornmeal porridge Of which I'll share with you... — Bob Marley George Headley “Georgie”  Robison  died on Wednesday night.  , aged 84. "...Said I remember when we used to sit, in the government yard in Trenchtown. And then, Georgie, would make the fire light, as it was, log wood burning through the night...” Georgie lived in Trench Town which was an expanse of wooden shacks in the 1950s when Marley moved there with his mother from rural St. Ann parish. On Thursday Ziggy Marley posted a video and wrote: “Have to pay my respects to him.  He really use to do exactly what Bob said.  Man we enjoyed his cornmeal and sweet potato puddings, his porridge and boil eggs, his stories and yes he always had a fire blazing as youths coming up we gathered around it and ate some good food,” Ziggy wro...

  Southwest Airlines canceled hundreds more flights Monday saying  that it had experienced weather challenges in its Florida airports at the beginning of the weekend and  unexpected air traffic control issues in the same region. Those issues sparked delays and caused cancellations for the airlines beginning Friday evening.   The airline canceled more than 1,000 flights in total, or 29% of its schedule, as of 7 p.m. ET Sunday,  According to Flightaware, the carrier has cancelled 348 flights Monday and delayed another 303 flights. At least 30 Southwest flights scheduled to take off or land at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport have been canceled today. At least 42 flights set to take off from Hartsfield were delayed and another 30 set to land at Hartsfield were also delayed.