The police in Enugu State, Nigeria’s South-east, say they have arrested 12 kidnappers who separately collected $98 million and N30.5 million ransoms and then killed a female victim in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Bitrus Giwa, disclosed this during a press briefing and parade of the suspects at the State Police…
German collecting society GEMA has launched a music dataset built to train AI tools on copyright-cleared content. The product, called PLAI by GEMA, bundles sound files, metadata, and both composition and master rights from a single source, according to the society. GEMA describes it as the first offering of its kind in Europe. Karlsruhe-based AI…
A federal lawmaker, Mr Afam Ogene has lashed out at the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for imposing N700,000 levy on traders affected by the closure of the Onitsha drug market. Ogene, who is the member representing Ogbaru Federal Constituency, Anambra State, under the Labour Party, described the…
A suspected kidnapper identified as Abdulahi Isah, has been arrested by the Delta State Police Command after he collected ransom before releasing his female victim. Spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, March 17, 2025, said the suspect was arrested in a bush five days after he…
Kidnappers have killed a 10-year-old boy, Tasi’u Abdullahi of Rikkos community of Jos North local government area of Plateau State. He was gruesomely k!lled by his abductors after collecting N150,000 as part payment of the ransom from his parents. It was gathered that the body of the deceased was abandoned in a…
