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 Fire captain, wife, 3 sons found dead after flash flood in U.S Five family members who set out for a day of hiking were killed after a flash flood swept through canyons of southern Utah on Friday, July 17, law enforcement officials said. The victims were a captain in the Provo, Utah, fire department, his wife and their sons Reid, Thayne and Gage. A daughter who was not on the trip survived. The family arrived Friday at Sunglow Campground in a red rock canyon near Bicknell, Utah for their day excursion, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office said. "It is believed the family fell victim to flooding caused by heavy rains," the sheriff's office said in a news release. Although the sheriff's office did not identify the victims, the Provo Fire Department confirmed in a social media post that a fire captain, Spencer Long, and his family members were killed.  "We are absolutely heartbroken by the death of Captain Spencer Long and his family. Our thoughts are with his fam...

 Court Sentences Man to One Year Imprisonment for Illegal Foreign Exchange Transactions in Lagos Justice Yellim Bogoro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, July 20, 2026, convicted and sentenced one Basiru Hassan to one year imprisonment for engaging in foreign exchange transactions outside the official foreign exchange market. Hassan was arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge bordering on engaging in foreign exchange transactions other than through the official foreign exchange market, contrary to Section 11(1)(a) and punishable under Section 11(2)(a) of the National Economic Intelligence Committee (Establishment, etc.) Act, 1994. The charge reads: "That you, BASIRU HASSAN, sometime in July 2026 at Lagos, within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court, engaged in foreign exchange transactions other than through the official foreign exchange market and thereby committed...

Embatttled Fake Agency Boss Claims He Lobbied Budget Office for ₦1.3bn Allocation in 2026 Budget Prince Adeyemi Matthew Adeniyi, Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, has alleged that he personally lobbied officials at the Budget Office to secure the inclusion of the agency in the 2026 Federal Government budget. Adeniyi made the claims during a recent interview with popular social media influencer Martins Vincent Otse, better known as VeryDarkMan. The interview was released on Sunday via Instagram following Adeniyi’s arrest. The alleged fake agency was allocated approximately ₦1.3 billion in the 2026 Appropriation Act, despite ongoing investigations into its legitimacy. In the interview, Adeniyi absolved the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, of any involvement, insisting he never met him physically. He claimed his late associate, Dolapo Tanimola, handled all related matters. According to Adeniyi, he first approached...

 Ringim Boat Mishap Claims Six Lives, 25 Missing, 9 Rescued, 4 Buried In Jigawa State Grief has enveloped Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State following a tragic boat mishap that has claimed six lives and twenty five others declared missing. Governor Umar Namadi who led a funeral prayers for four of the six victims assured residents of decisive government action to prevent a recurrence. On Sunday a boat conveying about forty passengers capsized while crossing the less than thirty metre-wide Malamawa River in Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The tragic incident occurred Sunday afternoon.  Residents said that nine passengers were rescued alive, while six bodies have so far been recovered. Search and rescue operations are continuing.  Speaking during a condolence visit, Governor Umar Namadi sympathized with the Emir of Ringim, the bereaved families, and the entire people of the area over the unfortunate incident. The Governor assured them that the Jigawa...

      127 Sacked Michael Okpara University Workers Appeal to Tinubu for Reinstatement, Accuse School Mgnt of Substituting Names One hundred and twenty-seven newly recruited staff of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, have appealed to President Bola Tinubu to intervene and compel the institution’s management to reinstate them as duly employed workers. The affected workers, who claimed they were unlawfully sacked and replaced with other candidates, made the appeal on Monday when they visited the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Secretariat in Umuahia to seek public support. Speaking on behalf of the disengaged colleagues, Mr. Eze Ejike and Mrs. Gospel Nwaike said the Federal Government had employed 553 new workers, whose names were duly captured on the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS) by officials from the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation in Abuja. “Despite being issued official appointment lette...

Sinaloa cartel leader El Mayo Zambada sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges A federal judge sentenced Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada García, the longtime leader and strategist of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel, to life in prison Monday after he pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges. Zambada, 76, was one of the cartel’s longest-serving figures and admitted to participating in drug trafficking operations for more than five decades. Prosecutors said he oversaw a massive criminal network responsible for moving large quantities of narcotics while also being linked to violent acts including murders and kidnappings. His sentence was subject to a mandatory life term because of the scale of the drug operation, which included the trafficking of at least 1.5 million kilograms of cocaine. As part of his plea agreement, Zambada also agreed to a $15 billion forfeiture order. Zambada pleaded guilty in July 2025 after prosecutors agreed not to pursue the death ...