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 LAWMA Waste Surveillance, Investigation & Enforcement team has apprehended an environmental defaulter, Daniel Olofo, for indiscriminate refuse disposal at Ifako, Gbagada, today, March 26, 2026. The offender has been taken to the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) headquarters in Oshodi for further investigation and prosecution. This serves as a strong reminder that illegal dumping will not be tolerated. Residents are urged to dispose of waste responsibly and patronize only assigned PSP operators.

 France 'disinvites' South Africa's Ramaphosa from G7 Summit South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been disinvited by France to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June because of US pressure, the South African presidency told AFP Thursday. South Africa has faced months of pressure from US President Donald Trump on issues from trade to race relations. "We've learnt that due to sustained pressure, France has had to withdraw its invitation to South Africa to attend the G7 meeting," Vincent Magwenya, spokesperson to the president, told AFP. "We are told that the Americans threatened to boycott the G7 if South Africa was invited," he said. Trump has clashed repeatedly with the South African government, hitting the country with high tariffs, making discredited claims of a "white genocide" in that country and boycotting a G20 summit in Johannesburg in November. Trump slapped 30-percent tariffs last year on most South African export...

 Police in Kenya exhume at least 33 bodies from a mass grave Authorities in western Kenya said on Thursday they have exhumed at least 33 bodies from a mass grave, and the remains were believed to have been transferred there from a hospital morgue. Homicide detectives exhumed the remains of eight adults and 25 children as well as dismembered body parts packed in gunny sacks from a mass grave at a church-owned cemetery in the town of Kericho, according to authorities. “We were able to establish that these were bodies transferred from Nyamira District Hospital to a private cemetery in Kericho," Mohamed Amin, the head of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, told reporters. Amin said detectives want to find out whether the bodies were disposed legally after being removed from a morgue. Two people arrested Under Kenyan law, hospitals and morgues are required to dispose bodies that are unclaimed for more than 14 days. The process requires authorisation by court order. Government p...

 Child abuse: Lagos Govt rescues 11-year-old boy tortured by his biological mother The Lagos State Government has rescued an 11-year-old boy who was tortured by his biological mother.  According to a statement issued by the Lagos State Bureau of Public Defender (BPD) on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, the child suffered repeated physical abuse involving electric cables and other harmful objects, leaving him with multiple injuries. Upon receiving a report about the abuse, the Bureau reported the case to the police.  Following an investigation by the Nigeria Police Force at the Igbogbo Division, the mother was arrested and charged to court. “The Bureau of Public Defender (BPD) received a case involving an 11-year-old minor (name withheld) who was subjected to severe physical abuse by his biological mother,” the statement read. “The abuse reportedly involved the repeated use of electric cables and other harmful objects, resulting in multiple injuries of varying degrees. “The Bure...

 Five members of the same family have d!ed in a tragic road accident along the Damaturu–Maiduguri highway in Yobe State. The incident occurred on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. The deceased identified as Hajjagana Dahiru Zayi, Ibrahim Dahiru Zayi, Muhammad Dahiru Zayi, Hauwa Dahiru Zayi, and another family member, were residents of Potiskum Local Government Area.  A relative of the victims, Dahiru Musa Talba, who confirmed the development in a Facebook post said three other relatives sustained varying degrees of injuries. Talba said the injured victims were rushed to the General Hospital, Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, where they are currently receiving treatment. The spokesperson for the Yobe State Police Command, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, said persons were confirmed dead in the accident, while others sustained injuries. He added that an investigation is currently ongoing to ascertain the cause of the accident. “The accident involved members of the same family. Five persons were c...

 Man flogged to death for allegedly raping minor in Bayela A 47-year-old man, identified as Emi Sigah, accused of sleeping with a minor, has d!ed after he was flogged to death by a mob in Ekowe community, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on Wednesday, March 26. The deceased was said to have collapsed after receiving about 40 strokes of cane which is part of a customary punishment that prescribes up to 120 strokes for individuals accused of rape in the community. Residents said the practice is an age-long tradition in Ekowe, where each of the 12 families administers 10 strokes of the cane, amounting to a total of 120 strokes, as a deterrent against sexual offences, which are considered as sacrilegious act in the community. The residents of the community allege that the rape victim (name withheld) had accompanied her aunty to a nearby farm to pluck okra, when she was allegedly ambushed by the culprit while her unsuspecting aunty was leading the way from the farm. ...