Senator Cory Booker has broken the record for the longest speech ever delivered in the Senate.

The New Jersey Democrat spoke for 25 hours and 5 minutes, according to his office, breaking the record for the longest floor speech in modern history of the chamber as he spoke in protest of  President Donald Trump’s “unconstitutional” actions.

Booker said he would speak for as long as he was physically able as he began his address at around 19:00 local time on Monday evening. He concluded at 20:06 on Tuesday.

Booker, 55, surpassed the late Sen. Strom Thurmond’s speech that lasted 24 hour and 18 minutes in 1957. Booker said that he was speaking “in spite” of the previous record holder’s remarks against the 1957 Civil Rights Act.

“Since I’ve gotten to the Senate, I always felt it was a strange shadow hanging over this institution — that the longest speech, all the issues that have come up, all the noble causes that people have done, or the things that typically try to stop – I just found it strange that he had the record,” Booker told CNN. “And as a guy who grew up with the legends of the Civil Rights Movement, myself, my parents and their friends, it just would seem wrong to me. It always seemed wrong.”

He lashed out at Trump’s radical cost-cutting policies that have seen his top advisor Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, slash entire government programs without consent from Congress.

The senator said Trump’s aggressive seizing of ever-more executive power had put US democracy at risk.

“Unnecessary hardships are being borne by Americans of all backgrounds. And institutions which are special in America, which are precious and which are unique in our country, are being recklessly – and I would say even unconstitutionally – affected, attacked, even shattered,” Booker said.

“In just 71 days the president of the United States has inflicted so much harm on Americans’ safety, financial stability, the core foundations of our democracy,” he said.

Lagos State Police Command has uncovered and smashed internet fraud training facility, commonly referred to as “Yahoo School”, operating in the Iju area of the state.

This was contained in a statement by the command’s spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Tuesday in Lagos.

According to Hundeyin, the police arrested four yahoo experts and six trainees.

“During the successful operations, the police detectives apprehended four yahoo experts, of ages 22, 23, 25, and 26, who were running the notorious school.

“The other six suspects, who are between the ages of 12 and 26, are their criminal trainees, all of whom were undergoing training in cybercrime and fraud.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the principal suspects of the facility recruited their trainees from Anambra, engaged them to commit internet fraud and other related crimes,” he said.

The police image maker said all suspects have been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, for further discreet investigation and prosecution.

He further stated that efforts were on to arrest other accomplices.

A 20-year-old man, Tiamiyu Oluwatobi Samuel, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command for allegedly raping a minor.

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Corps Public Relations Officer, Kehinde Adeleke.

Adeleke explained that Samuel was nabbed on 26th March, 2025 by operatives of NSCDC for having carnal knowledge of a 12-year-old girl unlawfully in Gbongan, Osun State.

In his confessional statement, Samuel said he had known the victim for three years and had asked her to be his girlfriend, but she rejected his proposal.

The State Commandant of the Corps, Igbalawole Sotiyo said, “On Sunday, March 23, 2025, at about 3:00 pm, the victim was passing in front of the suspect’s house when he called her and dragged her into his room with the help of an accomplice.

“The suspect threatened the victim with a cutlass and had carnal knowledge of her.

“Thereafter, the victim started bleeding, and the suspect threatened to kill her if she told anyone. The accomplice is currently at large but will be apprehended to face the consequences of his actions.

“The suspect has admitted the offence and a medical report confirms that the victim’s hymen was broken.”

“I want to assure members of the public that upon the conclusion of our investigation, the suspect will be charged to court. Parents and guardians are enjoined to be vigilant and keep a close watch on their children and wards.”

Sotiyo also issued a strong warning to those individuals engaging in such heinous act to desist as failure to do so will result in severe consequences.