A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo on Tuesday sentenced five persons to five years imprisonment for blackmailing and defrauding the immediate former Speaker of the Osun State House of Assembly, Hon. Timothy Owoye. The defendants in the case, Kazeem Agbabiaka, Femi Oyebode, Babatunde Oluajo, Adebiyi Kehinde Oseni, Oyebanji Oyeniyi and Rasheed Ojonla were arraigned…
The FCT Fire Spokesman, Mr Ibrahim Tauheed, says no casualties were recorded as fire gutted the popular Samsung Headquarters located near Banex Junction in Wuse 2, Abuja. Tauheed made this known in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, “when the fire gutted the building, one Mrs Ngozi, the owner of Mozini Spa,…
A combative Donald Trump clashed repeatedly with the judge on Monday as he took the stand in the New York civil fraud case threatening to cripple his real estate empire. One year out from an election he hopes will return him to the White House, Trump became the first former US president to testify as…
Shortly after an explosion erupted at the Canada High Commission in Abuja, the North American country says it is probing the incident. Canada also joined the United States and the United Kingdom in issuing a warning against nonessential travel to Nigeria. On Monday, the High Commission witnessed a fire outbreak that killed two persons and…
An Irish chef Alan Fisher is now the record holder for the longest cooking hours after he clocked in a time of 119 hours and 57 minutes. His feat is 24 hours more than that of the previous record held by Nigeria’s Hilda Baci. “Alan Fisher (Ireland), an owner and chef of a restaurant in…
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency FEMA has explained the circumstances which led to the death of two Nigerians on Monday at the Canadian Embassy in Abuja. Spokesman of the agency, Nkechi Isa in a terse statement confirmed that a diesel tank explosion was responsible for the fire which gutted a section of the…
After winning a seventh Paris Masters at the weekend Serbian superstar Novak Djokovic extended his lead in the world ATP rankings over Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Monday. The 36-year-old Djokovic won his 40th Masters 1000 title and stretched his winning run to 18 matches to top the rankings on 11,445 points with 20-year-old Alcaraz on…
The Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, on Sunday, said that at least 9,770 people had been killed in the Palestinian territory since the war with Israel erupted last month. The ministry said at least 4,800 children were among those killed since Israel began striking the Gaza Strip in retaliation to the October…
President Bola Tinubu is expected to unveil an electronic Civil Registration and Vital Statistics System and Geospatial Data Repository on Wednesday. The Chairman, National Population Commission, Nasir Kwarra, made this known on Monday at a pre-launch briefing in Abuja. According to Kwarra, the launch of the e-CRVS by Tinubu marks, “The commitment of the current…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has slashed state-regulated bus and rail transport fare by 25%. The Lagos State Metropolitan Area Transport Authority made this known in a statement on its X page on Monday. The statement titled, ‘Lagos approves 25% fare rebate for regulated bus and rail transport’, was signed by the LAMATA…
