The Ogun State Police Command says it has dismantled a notorious syndicate of Cameroonian nationals allegedly engaging in human trafficking, luring and kidnapping unsuspecting victims under the guise of visa processing.
The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Omololla Odutola, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Odutola said that on 4th November 2025, at about 10:30hrs, operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Eleweran, intercepted a distress call from a Cameroonian national who narrated how she had been deceived from Cameroon into Nigeria on 29th September 2025 by one Donald, a fellow Cameroonian, who promised to process a Canadian visa for her.
“Shortly after her arrival at Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos, she was received by the supposed ‘agency,’ which provided transportation from Lagos to Mowe, Ogun State, where she and her younger sister, aged 23 years, were held hostage,” she said.
“On the 3rd November 2025, the complainant escaped from captivity and alerted the Police, disclosing that more victims who fell for the same trick were being held in a two-bedroom flat in the Pakuro area of Ogun State.”
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She disclosed that following the report, a tactical team from the Anti-Kidnapping Unit stormed the criminal hideout at Mowe, Ogun State, where Kengne Maeva, a female victim, was rescued unhurt. While the other two suspects — Ndzana Kamga Isidore and Tingue Stephen were arrested at the scene, the principal suspect, Donald, remains at large.
Preliminary investigation, she said, revealed that the victims’ family members in Cameroon had paid a ransom of 3,600,000 CFA into the Cameroonian bank account of the fleeing suspect.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, Lanre Ogunlowo, has ordered continuous monitoring of similar criminal trends across the state as he directed all tactical commanders to engage community stakeholders and Community Development Association chairmen, especially in remote areas, to report suspicious foreign nationals renting apartments directly to the Police Headquarters without delay.”
Former NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown has been extradited from Dubai to the United States to face a charge of second degree attempted murder relating to a shooting incident in May.
The Miami Police department said the former Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Tampa Bay Buccaneers player was “located in Dubai and was apprehended” before being “extradited to Essex County, NJ (New Jersey), by US Marshals”.
The added Brown was being held there prior to being moved to the Miami-Dade County Jail.
Following an investigation into the incident in May, police issued an arrest warrant in June which alleged Brown took a gun from a security guard and fired two shots at a man he had brawled with earlier on.
No arrests were made at the time and no injuries were reported.
Brown had been detained by police at the time of the incident before being released.
“I was jumped by multiple individuals who tried to steal my jewellery and cause physical harm to me,” claimed Brown in a social media post. “Contrary to some video circulating.
“Police temporarily detained me until they received my side of the story and then released me. I went home that night and was not arrested.”
As Black Friday approaches, Victoria Beckham’s eponymous beauty brand is offering an incredible deal for a limited time only
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While Black Friday officially starts on November 28, there’s currently a massive sale happening at Victoria Beckham Beauty. Customers who shop the former pop star’s luxury brand can get a whopping 20% off everything – but only this weekend.
The site-wide sale, which includes bestsellers, allows beauty fans to try out the former Spice Girls singer’s much-loved cosmetics line at a lower price, or stock up Christmas gifts for less. The 20% off saving is automatically applied when shoppers checkout online.
Victoria Beckham Beauty’s 20% off sale includes the much-loved Satin Kajal Liner that’s reduced to just £25.60, down from £32. The makeup product claims to be a smudge-free formula, with 22 shades to pick from.
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The eyeliner is said to have a creamy consistency for easy application, as well as being waterproof, making it ideal for all seasons. From earthy tones to vivid hues, the liner comes in a huge variety of shades. It also includes a blending tool on the other end that lets users create the iconic Posh Spice smoky-eye look.
Its blendable formula has gone down a storm with mature shoppers , and has received rave reviews on the brand’s website, with one person saying: “I gave up on eyeliner until now. I’m 72 and applying makeup as you age is difficult, especially eyeliner, but not anymore.”
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One person said the eyeliner can smudge easily, which was a downside for them. As the kajal formula is soft, those wanting more precise lines instead of a smoky eye may want to opt for a liquid eyeliner instead.
In other early Black Friday sales, Charlotte Tilbury has 50% off its Mystery Boxes, meaning fans can snap one up for £51 instead of £103. There are two colour options available: Pretty Pink and Cheeky Peach. Each mystery item inside promises to ‘unlock your best ever glow’.
Elsewhere, Marks and Spencer has an incredible half-price deal on the this seven-piece Apothecary Heroes Gift Set that’s now £30 down from £60. The pampering bundle features a selection of bath, body and home goodies, each made with essential oils.
Back to the Victoria Beckham Beauty sale, the 20% saving also applies to the brand’s popular BabyBlade Microfine Brow Pencil that’s been praised for covering up grey and thinning eyebrow hair. It usually costs £32, but shoppers can bag it for £25.60.
The multi-tasking pencil comes in six wearable shades and is designed with a mircrofine tip that lets users fill in and shape their brows. The product has a vegan formula that moisturises brow hairs, leaving them nourished.
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Victoria’s Posh Balm is also included in the 20% off sale, bringing its price down to £24 from £30. The nourishing lip balm is available in four shades, including Posh Spice’s favourite Cassis hue (a sheer blackcurrant shade with buildable shine). It promises to provide the lips with a caring finish.
Wales prop Rhys Carre returns to the starting side to face Argentina on Sunday with wing Louis Rees-Zammit and uncapped Leicester number eight Olly Cracknell named as replacements.
Saracens loose-head Carre will start an international for the first time since 2023 with the 27-year-old having been recalled to the first side named under new head coach Steve Tandy.
Bristol wing Rees-Zammit has won his fitness battle and will make his long-awaited Wales return from the bench.
The 24-year-old wing has not played Test rugby for more than two years after switching to American football.
Tandy has made seven changes from the Wales side that beat Japan in July to end a record 18-match losing run.
Carre and fellow prop Keiron Assiratti, locks Adam Beard and Dafydd Jenkins, centre Max Llewellyn and British and Irish Lions duo Jac Morgan and Tomos Williams all return.
The Argentina game is the first of four November internationals, with Japan, New Zealand and South Africa to follow.
“It’s a real privilege to announce my first matchday 23 for Wales,” said Tandy.
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Carre has not played for his country since 2023 and was previously ineligible under the Welsh Rugby Union’s (WRU) selection policy because he has 20 caps, five short of the required number for those playing with clubs outside Wales.
But there are loopholes, as demonstrated when Wales selected Jarrod Evans in the Six Nations earlier this year.
The Harlequins fly-half also has fewer than 25 caps but he was not given a reasonable offer to remain with former club Cardiff.
It seems the same applies to Carre, who left Cardiff last year to join Saracens for a second time.
Carre would have become available for the other home nations in 2026 because it will have been three years since he previously played for Wales.
Tandy says that situation did not contribute to his decision to recall the prop and he has placed his faith in Carre ahead of Nicky Smith, who is named on the bench.
Carre packs down in the front row alongside Ospreys hooker Dewi Lake and Cardiff prop Assiratti.
Locks Beard and Jenkins return in the second row after missing the summer tour of Japan.
After helping the British and Irish Lions win the series against Australia, Wales captain Morgan comes into the back row alongside Cardiff flanker Alex Mann and Dragons number eight Aaron Wainwright.
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Rees-Zammit is back in a Wales matchday squad for the first time since defeat by Argentina in the World Cup quarter-final in Marseille in October 2023.
The wing had spells on the practice squads of the Kansas City Chiefs and the Jacksonville Jaguars, but did not play a competitive game in the NFL and returned to rugby union in August when signing for Bristol.
He has not played since damaging a toe against Saracens on 4 October but has been deemed fit to be in the match 23, with Scarlets duo Blair Murray and Tom Rogers, along with Cardiff wing Josh Adams, forming the starting back three.
After an injury ruled him out of the summer tour, Gloucester centre Llewellyn rekindles his 2025 Six Nations midfield partnership with Cardiff’s Ben Thomas.
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Wales: Murray; Rogers, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Adams; Edwards, T Williams; Carre, Lake, Assiratti, D Jenkins, Beard, Mann, Morgan (capt), Wainwright.
England prop Ellis Genge says rugby’s confrontations and physicality are a key to its appeal now “society has gone quite soft”.
Genge, who will be England’s starting captain against Fiji on Saturday, was at the centre of an injury-time tussle that drew in most of the two teams in last weekend’s win over Australia.
“It was just a bit of a squabbling. We can’t whack anyone anymore. So, yeah, just a bit of argy-bargy,” he told Rugby Union Weekly.
“I enjoy the animosity of rugby. I enjoy that we’re an abrasive sport.
“I think we should relish it as opposed to shy away from it.
“Society nowadays probably enjoys coming to watch us play because I feel that society’s gone quite soft if I’m being honest.”
The view of Genge, who has played with images of legendary heavyweight boxers Mike Tyson and Muhammed Ali painted on his boots in the past, chimes with others in English rugby.
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Genge says he finds one of the hardest things about modern rugby is the demands that it makes on his family life.
After spending six weeks on tour with the British and Irish Lions over the summer, the 30-year-old father of three had mixed feelings about returning to the England camp for the autumn internationals.
“It’s been good, but I’d be lying to you if I said I haven’t struggled,” he said.
“It’s quite daunting really. I don’t like leaving them [family] at home anymore.
“I said to Joe Marler [former England prop who retired from international rugby at the age of 28 to spend more time with his family before returning to the Test scene] the other day, ‘I actually understand why you packed it in a few times, because it’s difficult, packing up and leaving, packing up and leaving’.
“It’s been tough, but in the same breath, I always say to my missus, if I’m here, I’m all in. You’ve got to be unapologetically committed to the situation.”
With usual captain Maro Itoje on the bench, the meeting with Fiji will mark Genge’s third time leading England.
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“Yeah, record-breaker,” Genge joked when his games as captain were brought up.
“I think the team grew, not that we did it on purpose. But the moments that we had in those horrible times, like the defeat by France at Twickenham, actually was a bit of a leapfrog for us.”
Genge, whose teamtalks were a feature of the behind-the-scenes footage from the Lions tour, says he focuses on motivating his team-mates through both words and action.
“I’m not much of a tactician. I appreciate that side of the game, but you wouldn’t ask monkeys to swim and fish to climb trees,” he said.
“So I’m not going to sit there with a whiteboard and tell everyone how to play the game. I’m good at the emotional and the physical side of the game. So I’ll stick to that.”
England coach Steve Borthwick says there are few better in that regard.
“Ellis has an unbelievable ability to give a message worth a thousand words with just a facial expression or with a look,” said Borthwick.
Caroline Flack heartbreakingly admitted that she ‘couldn’t see any way out’ before she took her own life, according to final voice notes and text messages that have now come to light
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Caroline Flack heartbreakingly admitted that she ‘couldn’t see any way out’ before she took her own life(Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images for JW Marriott Grosvenor House London)
Caroline Flack said she ‘couldn’t see any way out’ in heartbreaking texts and voicenotes sent before her death.
The former Love Island presenter took her own life in February 2020 at the age of 40 as she was awaiting trial for the alleged assault of her boyfriend.
A coroner determined that her mental health had worsened following her arrest, with an inquest hearing that the presenter had been “hounded” by sections of the media. Now the star’s desperate final messages have been shared – with the permission of her family – in a brand new documentary.
The TV presenter’s mother Christine retraces her daughter’s steps before her tragic death as part of new Disney+ documentary Caroline Flack: The Search for the Truth. In the trailer, Caroline can be heard saying: “I’m just really going all over the place, my head doesn’t know what to think at any point.”
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Mum Christine says the phone messages Caroline left behind tell the ‘real story.’ A new trailer for the documentary shows a message sent by the late Love Island presenter which reads: “I feel the lowest I’ve ever felt, I don’t see any way out of this.”
Revealing why she has decided to share the untold side of her daughter’s story, Christine admits: “I’ve got nothing to lose. The worst thing in the world has happened. My daughter has died. As a parent, we think our children are always gonna be there. I want justice for my daughter.”
And in the very last moment of the documentary trailer, the former Strictly Come Dancing star is heard saying: “I think I should make a documentary about all this! What do you think?” as she reflects on the trauma of her looming court case. Caroline was also replaced on her Love Island hosting job as she waited for her court trial.
Caroline was accused of assaulting her boyfriend, Lewis Burton following a row at her flat.
In 2023, the Metropolitan Police apologised to Flack’s family for not keeping a record about why they charged her with assault.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) had recommended the former Love Island presenter receive a caution following an incident with her boyfriend but this was overturned after an appeal from the Met Police who instead charged her with assault by beating.
A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said the force was ordered to apologise to Flack’s family following a review by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) which found there was not a “record of rationale” to appeal against the CPS decision.
Split into two parts, Caroline Flack: Search for the Truth will see mum Christine revisit the events that occurred prior to Caroline taking her own life in 2020. Both episodes will be released on the streaming platform on November 10.
Ahead of the release date, Disney+ shared an emotional scene from the documentary in which Christine visits her daughter’s grave with family as they discuss her mission to expose those who contributed to her daughter’s spiralling mental health. She later addresses the camera directly, saying: “I think Caroline would be pleased with what I’m doing. I wish I’d done it then, before she took her own life – and that’s my biggest regret, that I wasn’t shouting like this, then.”
She continues: “But now, I’ve got nothing to lose. The worst thing in the world happened with losing Carrie.”
A synopsis for the upcoming Disney+ documentary states: “After her arrest in 2019, she became the target of a relentless media storm. Vilified in the press and online, her world spiralled – ending in tragedy when she took her own life.
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“This powerful two-part Disney+ documentary follows Caroline’s mother, Christine, as she investigates the truth about her daughter’s final months – uncovering new shocking details, asking difficult questions, and exposing the misrepresentations, pressures, and failures from institutions and decision makers that shaped Caroline’s final days.”
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