Six of the twelve personnel on board a Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter have been confirmed dead after the aircraft crashed into the Maduru Oya reservoir during a training exercise in central Sri Lanka. The Bell 212 helicopter was carrying out a grappling drill connected to a passing-out parade when the incident occurred, according to Reuters. All twelve on board were rescued …

By Halimot Kazem A 29-year-old female lawyer, Ms. Peace Chidinmma Igbo, has been brought before an Ebutta-Metta Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State for failing to produce a suspect she stood bail for. According to a charge sheet,” That you Peace Chidinma Igbo ‘F’ on the 25th day of November 2024 at the Nigeria Police Force CID Annex Alagbon, Lagos did …

The Department of State Services, on Thursday, accused the detained leader of the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, of masterminding a string of violent attacks across the country, including the burning of a Lagos court and the beheading of police officers. Testifying before the Federal High Court in Abuja, the second prosecution witness, codenamed BBB, alleged that Kanu’s …

In it continued effort to stamp out fake products in the country, The National Agency for Drugs  Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has nabbed one Madu Simon for allegedly producing fake popular alcoholic beverages in Lagos State. The  agency said the fake products worth about N114 million have been confiscated. NAFDAC, in a statement on its X page on Thursday, disclosed …