11:26:00
Troops carrying out clearance operations on suspected Boko Haram terrorists hideouts in Talala and Ajigin, southern part of Borno State, were ambushed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Ugundiri village, Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State, while returning to base after clearance operations yesterday.
Unfortunately, 5 soldiers, 3 vigilantes and 1 Civilian JTF lost their lives during the ambush, while 19 soldiers and 1 Civilian JTF sustained various degrees of injuries. The bodies of the late soldiers and civilians have been evacuated to Maiduguri while the injured are receiving commensurate medical care and are in stable condition.

12:41:00
 
A 29 year old mother, Kerry Askin, whose 3 year old son had been diagnosed with lung cancer was forced to make the heartbreaking decision no parent should ever be faced with.

The mum had been warned that her son, Dylan, who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, would not survive the rare form of cancer. The cancer had left him critically ill with bacterial pneumonia and caused his major organs to fail.

17:29:00
In a rescue operation coordinated by the Italian Red Cross and the Migrant Offshore and Station (MOAS) 352 people were rescued yesterday, October 25th.

Those rescued include migrants from Nigeria, Syria, Togo, Niger and Pakistan, among them 34 women and 3 children. They were transferred safely, and are now being cared for as they head back north to Sicily for disembarkation.

16:55:00
A Lebanese man resident in Apapa was arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos on a two-count charge of felony.

Khodor Jichi, 38 was arrested by operatives of the Interpol section of the Nigerian Police, Alagbon close, Ikoyi, Lagos for allegedly obtaining 30,000 Euro (N13,800,000) under false pretence from one Alhaji Abdul Kareem Musa.

16:48:00
Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho has labeled his stay in the Lowry Hotel in Manchester for the last 5 months 'a disaster', saying he would prefer to be close to his family who already have a settled life in London.

Mourinho admitted that he will like to have a house in Manchester if it'll mean avoiding photographers who normally disturb him for photos but that he wouldn't want to uproot his family from London.

16:44:00
 
British Nigerian Tech guru and founder of the trailblazing African Science Academy, Tom Ilube was yesterday, October 25, named the most influential black person on the UK, many years after he was rejected for a graduate trainee scheme at McDonald's for "not being good enough"

The 53-year-old philanthropist topped Powerlist 2017, the annual list of the 100 most powerful people of African and African Caribbean heritage in Britain.

16:40:00
 
The police in Enugu state has reportedly shot dead an armed robber and arrested his accomplice in Inyi community, Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State.

According to the Police spokesperson for the state, Ebere Amarizu, the criminals were dressed in camouflage and armed to the teeth, and the officers swung into action after receiving a distressed call from the indigenes of the area.

16:34:00
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a driver, Chinwoke Onyedinazu before Justice M. A. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for duping a Briton, Paul H., the sum of £182, 064.99. He was docked on a nine- count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretense.

17:04:00
A 19-year-old man, Felix Gbadebo has been arrested by the Ogun state police for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl little girl (whose name was not released due to her age). In a statement by State Police Command image-maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta on Sunday, the suspect called the little girl into his room on the pretext that he wanted to send her on an errand then raped her as soon as she entered his room.

12:28:00

The rumour that Tristan Thompson and Khloe Kardashian are engaged may be true because she has finally reached a divorce settlement with her estranged husband, Lamar Odom. According to TMZ reports, a property settlement has been agreed to and the paperwork was signed on Friday.
All that's left now to make their divorce official is a judge's signature, which is expected to happen next month.

15:28:00
A judge, Judge John McKeon, who sentenced a father who repeatedly raped his 12 year old daughter to jail for only 60 days is catching all kinds of heat for his terrible judgement.
As at Thursday morning, there were about 38,000 signed petition on a Change.org petition calling for his impeachment for the 60-day sentence he gave the Glasgow, Montana father who pleaded guilty to repeatedly raping his  daughter.

11:10:00
The Chief Security Officer of Ondo State Governor, Olusegun Mimiko, Idowu Oyewole was shot dead by three gunmen at his home at Owo/Akure Express road yesterday October 20th. According to reports, Oyewole had retired home after the days work and was having dinner with his Family when the gunmen believed to be armed robbers attacked the home of his neighbor.
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