Amirhossein Maleki, 20, and Amirhossein Ebrahimi, 19, were executed after being convicted over events in a square in the central city of Isfahan during the protests that authorities say caused the deaths of four members of the security forces, Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) said. “The scale of torture and violations of due process in this case is appalling,” IHR director Mahmood Amiry Moghaddam told AFP.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — Two police officers were seriously injured after a gang of motorcycle-riding assailants attacked them while on beat duties in Ruai, Nairobi, and stole two loaded AK-47 rifles in an incident that has triggered a security alert. According to a police incident report filed at Ruai Police Station, members of the public reported the attack before rushing the injured officers to Reale Hospital in Utawala for treatment.
The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a suspected indoor cannabis cultivation operation in a residential property in the Apapa area of the state. Commenting on the development, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, described the discovery as another breakthrough in the Command’s fight against drug abuse and trafficking.
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 – The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has urged the High Court in Mombasa to sentence controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie to death over his role in the Shakahola massacre, in which 191 people, including 190 children, died. Mackenzie and 28 co-accused were convicted of 191 counts of murder arising from deaths at Shakahola Forest in Malindi Sub-County, Kilifi County, between January 2021 and September 2023.
Sudan demands UN accountability after devastating drone attacks expose a complex regional crisis.
… as seven escape By Golok Nanmwa, Jos Gunmen have abducted two visually impaired persons along Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State while they were returning to Jos from Benue State, with their abductors demanding N50 million ransom for their release. Chairman of the Plateau State chapter of the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Shindol Aaron, who confirmed the incident, said the victims were abducted around 8pm in Riyom LGA.
Mr Oloyede was dethroned following his conviction by a US court over a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fund fraud.
Justice N. Sathish Kumar says there were no materials before the court to suspect that there was any bargain for withdrawal
Nigeria and the United States have strengthened cooperation against cybercrime, with 41 extraditions facilitated through collaboration between the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 2022. The statement by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria disclosed that the 41 extraditions facilitated through the FBI Legal Attaché Office at the US Embassy in Abuja and the EFCC since 2022 include five completed in 2026.
Justices A.D. Jagadish Chandira and B. Karthikeyan order medical examination of four recaptured prisoners by a team of three government doctors.
By Adeola Badru IBADAN — A 25-year-old amateur boxer, identified simply as Kehinde and popularly known as KBlaq, has been stabbed to death by a commercial motorcyclist following a dispute over transport fare at Olodo Garage, Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State. Confirming the incident in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Ayanlade Olayinka, said the matter was under investigation.
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced an 18-year-old man, Hassan Usman Olamilekan, for money laundering involving $800 obtained through a lottery scam. Olamilekan was among 21 suspected internet fraudsters arrested by EFCC operatives during a sting operation at Applewood Estate, Orchid Road, Lekki, Lagos State, on October 26, 2026.
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced an 18-year-old man, Hassan Usman Olamilekan, for money laundering involving $800 obtained through a lottery scam. Olamilekan was among 21 suspected internet fraudsters arrested by EFCC operatives during a sting operation at Applewood Estate, Orchid Road, Lekki, Lagos State, on October 26, 2026.
A helicopter carrying tourists and one carrying cargo collide while attempting to land near Mount Everest's South Base Camp.
Goa to move Supreme Court against High Court order stalling the process. The Panaji Bench of the HC had last week restrained the Census Commissioner from notifying ST population estimates, observing that such figures could not be determined on any basis other than the first official Census conducted after 2026
By Chinedu Adonu The 2027 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in Ebonyi State, Chief Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii, has condemned reported reprisal killings involving residents of Ebonyi and Anambra states, offering to pay the medical bills of victims and provide food assistance to affected families. Odii described Anambra and Ebonyi as sister states with longstanding cultural, commercial and family ties, warning against allowing the actions of individuals to undermine their relationship.
A private plane headed to the Bahamas from Texas crashed in Palm Beach county and exploded on impact Sunday Investigators are searching for the cause of a plane crash in a heavily populated area of Palm Beach county, Florida, that killed all nine people onboard. The private Learjet 60, with the tail number N722BD, was en route from Austin-Bergstrom international airport in Texas to North Eleuthera airport in the Bahamas on Sunday when it suddenly plummeted out of the sky.
Parents of teenager stabbed in Southampton last year hit out at political ‘game’ played with son’s murder Henry Nowak’s family said he “would have hated” the riots that followed his death as they accused some politicians of playing a “game” with their son’s murder. Nowak, who was fatally stabbed by Vickrum Digwa last year, was handcuffed by police as he lay dying when his attacker falsely accused him of racial abuse.
In Niger State, a joint security team comprising police, military personnel, Department of State Services operatives, special hunters and vigilantes rescued six farmers abducted at Mahangi village, near Pandogari in Rafi Local Government Area. The police said a medical examination conducted at General Hospital, Naka, confirmed penetration, while efforts were ongoing to apprehend the principal suspect, who was still at large.
The Nigerian Army says troops destroyed a suspected kidnappers’ camp in Kogi State and recovered 1,000 rounds of ammunition and six motorcycles.
The victims were reportedly seized while harvesting maize in Rafi LGA, amid renewed attacks on farming communities in the state.
Kumaraswamy accuses Shivakumar of conspiring to distribute ‘sleaze’ videos of Prajwal Revanna; he accuses the Bengaluru Police Commissioner of acting at the behest of the Chief Minister and questions the objectivity of the probe in the sting video case
NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov 3 — Five people have been arrested and 1,300 litres of illicit Kangara seized during a police operation in Soweto, Nairobi, targeting the production of unregulated alcoholic brews. The public can report incidents through emergency numbers 999 and 911, the DCI’s Fichua Kwa DCI hotline on 0800 722 203, or WhatsApp on 0709 570 000.
The deceased seafarer was identified as Gandhar Nahim Ajij from Gujarat; India reiterates call for immediate de-escalation of tensions in the region