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DONALD TRUMP FOUND GUILTY OF HUSH-MONEY PLOT TO INFLUENCE 2016 ELECTION
Donald Trump has been found guilty of all 34 counts of falsifying business records in a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election. The verdict came after a jury deliberated for less than twelve hours in the unprecedented first criminal trial against a US president. It marks a perilous political moment for…
POLICE COUPLE SHARED FOOTAGE FROM MURDER PROBE
A constable and his police colleague wife have been jailed after they shared video footage taken at the crime scene of a murder inquiry. Cameron Lee Hanson, 33, was a serving officer at Lancashire Constabulary when he attended an address in October 2021 and found the body of 45-year-old James O’Hara. Hanson recorded the discovery…
FATHER ARRESTED FOR SELLING SIX BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN IN SOKOTO
No fewer than 20 children rescued by the Nigerian Police Force, Sokoto State Command, have been handed over to the state orphanage home for proper care. The state Commissioner of Police, Ali Kaigama, stated this while addressing newsmen at the command headquarters in the state capital on Thursday. He said the command arrested 10 suspects…
IFA PRIEST, ELEBUIBON, WANTS SANGO, OGUN DEITIES USED FOR POLITICAL OFFICE HOLDERS’ OATH-TAKING
A popular Ifa priest and Araba of Osogbo land, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon on Thursday recommended the use of traditional deities by all political officeholders in the country while taking their oath of office to reduce the spate of corruption and other nefarious activism. The traditionalist, who made the recommendation while featuring at the Osun state…
FEDERAL COMPETITION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION TO PROBE FOOD PRICES
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has commenced a comprehensive nationwide investigation into the persistent surge in food prices. The FCCPC, during the kickoff of the fact-finding mission in markets in Lagos yesterday, engaged directly with traders’ associations, marketers and consumers to collect information and identify the underlying causes of the continuous hike…
EUROPE ON HIGH ALERT AFTER SUSPECTED MOSCOW-LINKED ARSON AND SABOTAGE
Security services around Europe are on alert to a potential new weapon of Russia’s war – arson and sabotage – after a spate of mystery fires and attacks on infrastructure in the Baltics, Germany and the UK. When a fire broke out in Ikea in Vilnius in Lithuania this month, few passed any remarks until the Polish prime minister,…
ISREAL EXTENDS CONTROL OF GAZA’S ENTIRE LAND BORDER
Israel’s military has said it has taken control of the strategically important buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border known as the Philadelphi Corridor, meaning it now controls Gaza’s entire land border. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza had been found within…
TWO CLIMBERS SUFFERING FROM HYPOTHERMIA AWAIT RESCUE OFF DENALI, NORTH AMERICA’S TALLEST MOUNTAIN
Two climbers awaited rescue near the peak of North America’s tallest mountain on Wednesday, a day after they and a third climber in their team requested help after summiting Denali during the busiest time of the mountaineering season, officials at Denali National Park and Preserve said. Their condition was not immediately known. The third climber…
TINUBU TO PRESENT 2024 SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET TO NASS
President Bola Tinubu will soon present the 2024 Supplementary Budget to the National Assembly (NASS). “I submitted the last budget to you,” the President said when he addressed a joint sitting of the National Assembly on Wednesday. “You expeditiously passed it. We are walking the talk. I will soon bring the Year 2024 (Supplementary) Appropriation…
NOMINATE DEPUTIES IN ACTING POSITIONS, NUC DIRECTS OUTGOING VICE-CHANCELLORS
The National University Commission (NUC) has directed outgoing vice-chancellors in federal universities to nominate their deputies to temporarily serve as acting vice-chancellors. The directive was conveyed in a circular to the outgoing vice-chancellors on May 28. The commission, in a letter signed by Chris Maiyaki, the acting executive secretary of NUC, said outgoing VCs are expected…