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    Justice M.G Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced Livinus Imoesi Oshioke, alias Alexander Lutz, to six months imprisonment for internet-related fraud. He was jailed on Thursday after pleading guilty to three-count ...

A Twitter investor is suing Elon Musk and the social media platform over the handling of the billionaire’s $44bn bid for the company. The case alleges he violated California corporate laws in a number of ways. It accuses the Tesla ...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said a former governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, would not have won the presidential ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) if he had chosen to remain in the party. Mr Wike ...

  A Junior Secondary School 2 pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara, Lagos State, Emmanuel Amidu, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere. The victim’s father, Akinola Amidu, claimed that the 12-year-old was flogged by a teacher when ...

A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, on Friday cleared former President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2023 Presidential contest. The development is coming hours to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP presidential primary elections scheduled for Saturday in ...

Senator Aishatu Binani has emerged the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Adamawa State. In a historic victory, she floored five men to clinch the party’s ticket in the just concluded governorship primary election in the State. ...

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a suit by former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dakuku Peterside seeking to set aside N6 billion damages awarded against him for defaming the character of the former Governor ...

Eleven newborn babies have died as a result of a fire outbreak in the neonatal section of a Senegalese hospital. President Macky Sall announced the death toll after a fire at a regional hospital in the town of Tivaouane, around ...

Idris Abiola-Ajimobi, son of late former Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo, has emerged as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Ibadan South-West II State Constituency. The former governor’s son emerged as the consensus candidate at the party’s primary held ...

One of the aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has stated that to lead the country as President, he does not need the strength of a wrestler or that of Christiano Ronaldo. ...

A 66-year-old man suffered from memory loss caused by afternoon sex with his wife, according to a new paper by medics. The report released in the May edition of the Irish Medical Journal, detailed how the 66-year-old man experienced Transient ...

The Plateau State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the abduction of a female aspirant of All Progressives Congress (APC). The female aspirant, Hon. Na’anyil Magdalene Dakogol, was aspiring to represent Qua’an Pan South State Constituency of Plateau in the 2023 ...

  The Federal Government has filed 23-count charges against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late popular gospel artist, Osinachi, who died on April 8 after he allegedly assaulted her. He was charged under sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of ...

A 31-year-old woman, Maria Ali, has been allegedly murdered by her ex-lover, identified only as Ben, in the Federal Capital Territory. Ben, it was gathered, dated Ali for 10 years, during which period they had a child together. Ali was ...

  No fewer than three People’s Democratic Party (PDP) delegates for the gubernatorial primary election in Niger State have been reportedly shot dead by some unknown gunmen. The Chairman of the Electoral Committee and Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, Lawrence ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won the All Progressives Congress’ (APC) governorship primary in Lagos State. Sanwo-Olu emerged winner after two other aspirants – former Commissioner of Energy, Mr Wale Oluwo and former Permanent Secretary from the Ministry of Energy, Mr ...

Tonye Dele Cole has emerged winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship primaries held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday. He beats the other contestants with a wide margin, polling 986 votes. His closest rival, Ojukaye Flag Amachree ...

The gubernatorial primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State has been postponed. The primary election was supposed to hold today (Thursday). It was expected to hold at the Obafemi Awolowo Stadium, Liberty road, Ibadan. Six candidates ...

Prison officials are considering moving suspended police officer Abba Kyari to the custody of the State Security Service (SSS) from the Kuje prison after he nearly got murdered by aggrieved inmates, who accused him of insincerity in bribe-for-release deals when ...

Shehu Sani, a former senator who represented Kaduna Central in the 8th National Assembly, on Wednesday lost in the race to win the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket for Kaduna State. In a tweet on his verified Twitter handle, ...

  Oriyomi Hamzat, the owner of Agidigbo FM, has been arrested by men of the Federal Intelligence Bureau, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force. The radio station confirmed the development via a statement released on Thursday morning. The statement ...

Days after being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), a former Rivers State Accountant-General, Siminialayi Fubara, on Wednesday clinched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket. Mr Fubara, who is wanted by the anti-graft agency over ...

An author based in Obosi community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Mr Odibe Emeka, allegedly duped about $140,000 by a Facebook girlfriend, based in Canada where she claims she runs a media outfit, escaped death by ...

    Following allegations of bribe-for-votes between aspirants of the All Progressives Congress and party delegates in different states, APC National Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, on Wednesday has said there was no evidence to substantiate the claim. Adamu, who debunked ...

  The Anambra State government has confirmed the death of 14 children from measles outbreak in nine local government areas of the state.   Commissioner for Health Dr Afam Obidike announced the figure at a news conference in Awka yesterday. ...