An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court on Thursday sentenced 25-year-old Balogun Mujaid to three years in prison with hard labor for stealing an Itel A50 phone worth N98,000. Chief Magistrate Dolamu Babalogbon also ordered Mujaid to pay N130,000 in restitution to the primary complainant. Mujaid received additional sentences for two other offenses: three years in…
Borussia Dortmund has appointed former Bayern Munich manager Niko Kovac as their new head coach. The Bundesliga club parted ways with Nuri Sahin last week following their 4-0 defeat to Bologna in the Champions League, marking their fourth consecutive loss across all competitions. Kovac, 53, has signed an 18-month contract and will take over after…
An American Airlines regional jet crashed into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.’s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday night. Authorities now say no survivors are expected due to the extremely cold and windy conditions. The regional jet, a PSA Airlines Bombardier CRJ700, was carrying…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted bail to activist and former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, with the bail set at N10 million and one surety in like sum. In his ruling, Justice Musa Liman specified that the surety must be a responsible individual with landed property valued…
A dramatic incident in Mbare has attracted widespread attention after a commercial sex worker seized a coffin from a hardware shop as compensation for an unpaid US$5. The confrontation involved a man, identified as King Joshua, who allegedly lured the woman to Ozei Hardware, claiming to be the shop’s manager. After completing the transaction, he…
Five individuals were arraigned on Thursday before a Magistrate Court in Ago-Iwoye, located in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State, for allegedly assaulting a secondary school teacher, Mr. Akeem Soyingbe, of Mamu Community Comprehensive High School, Ago-Iwoye. The defendants—Sunday Matthew (19), Salisu Sulaiman (32), Ojenugba Philips (34), Sunday Abu (45), and Joel Sunday…
The youth shows their utmost displeasure over the pledge made by senator YAYI to support the Ogun state Youth Summit & empowerment program , which the pledge has disappear into thin air. The Senator representing Ogun West, Adeola Olamilekan, has refused to keep to his promise of ₦50 million donation announced during the…
A Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa has sentenced four men to death by hanging for conspiracy and kidnapping. The convicts—Manager Etonzor, Daniel Derietiedei, Inimotimi Rufus, and Tari Firstman—were found guilty by Justice Patience Diri on Wednesday, January 29, under Section 2(1) of the Bayelsa State Law 2013, in case number YHC/43c/2021. According to the…
Global health officials have raised alarms after a new outbreak of the ‘eye-bleeding’ Marburg virus has claimed the lives of nine people in Tanzania. The highly lethal virus, which is similar to Ebola, has infected ten individuals in the Kagera region of Tanzania since the outbreak was officially announced last week. The death toll reflects…
President Donald Trump has issued an order to deport foreign students who participated in pro-Hamas protests on U.S. college campuses. The new executive order targets resident aliens, including students with visas, who broke laws during demonstrations after the October 7, 2023, attacks in Israel. Trump directed the Justice Department to “aggressively prosecute terroristic threats, arson,…
