A Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, TBS, has sentenced Andrew Ominikoron, a driver of Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, to death by hanging for killing Bamise Ayanwola, a 22-year-old fashion designer. The trial Judge, Sherifat Sonaike, gave the judgment on Friday. In March 2022, Ominikoron, 47, was arraigned by the Lagos State Government on four counts …
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CNN — Many Americans might not have felt major effects from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs — until now. That’s because a major shipping loophole expired at one minute past midnight on Friday. The de minimis exemption, as it’s known, allowed shipments of goods worth $800 or less to come into the United States duty-free, often more or less skipping time-consuming inspections …
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President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio has insisted that convicted Prof. Peter Ogban did not manipulate the results of Senatorial election in his favour. Akpabio through his former media aide, Aniete Ekong, stated this in a statement. Ogban was convicted for manipulating the results of Akwa Ibom Northwest in the 2019 general elections. Ekong however maintained that the claim that …
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A witness of the Federal Government on Friday, admitted before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, that no weapon of terrorism or violence was recovered from Nnamdi Kanu, when he was arrest on October 15, 2015 in Lagos. The witness, who is an operative of the Department of the State Services (DSS) and code named PWAAA, …
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A group, South-South Professionals & Transparency Initiative (SSPTI), has berated Governor Monday Okpebholo, of Edo state, over the demolition of the multi-purpose Secretariat complex built at an estimated N1.2B belonging to the Neo-Black Movement (NBM) of Africa in Benin over alleged war against criminal elements in the state. The body who took a swipe at the action of Governor Okpebholo, …
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The Duke of Sussex has told the BBC he “would love a reconciliation” with the Royal Family, in an emotional interview in which he said he was “devastated” at losing a legal challenge over his security in the UK. Prince Harry said the King “won’t speak to me because of this security stuff”, but that he did not want to …
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CNN — US Vice President JD Vance said the war in Ukraine is “not going to end any time soon,” just hours after Washington and Kyiv signed a key minerals agreement that has peace in Ukraine among its goals. Speaking to Fox News on Thursday, Vance poured some cold water on earlier statements from the White House, while also claiming that US President Donald …
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By Idahosa Musa An Edo State High Court sitting in Igarra, AKoko-Edo Local Government Council on Wednesday declared the impeachment of the elected Chairman of the local government, Hon Tajudeen Alade, illegal and ordered his immediate reinstatement. In his ruling, the presiding Judge, Justice E. A. Okoh, directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to provide Alade with the …
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By Idahosa Moses Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has increased the minimum wage for workers in the State from N70, 000 to N75,000 to further improve their standard of living. Governor Okpebholo made the announcement while delivering his May Day speech at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium on Thursday in Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria. Okpebholo, while appreciating the …
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an agreement granting American access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalizing a deal months in the making that could enable continued military aid to Kyiv amid concerns that President Donald Trump might scale back support in ongoing peace negotiations with Russia. The two sides offered only barebone details about the …
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