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The court subsequently sentenced Orya to 10 years’ imprisonment on each of the 49 counts, amounting to 490 years. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld the conviction of former Managing Director of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM Bank), Robert Orya, on all 49 counts of fraud brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). …

New York — The trade war between the United States and Canada has entered a new chapter — and it could quickly get even uglier. At 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday, Canada imposed 15% to 50% duties on roughly $20 billion worth of American goods, matching the tariffs President Donald Trump imposed on Canadian goods last month. Paper products, construction …

The Edo State Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability, Hon. Nosa Adams, Esq., has pledged closer collaboration with the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, Edo State Command to strengthen environmental sanitation, enforcement and monitoring across the state. Hon. Adams made the commitment when he received the Controller of Corrections, Edo State Command, CCS Julius Osemwengie, and his team on a courtesy visit …

The first road bridge linking Russia and North Korea has opened, allowing the two countries to more easily move cargo and passengers between their border across the Tumen river. Pyongyang state media said the bridge will be used for “personnel exchanges, tourism and trade”. But Ukrainian OSINT group Truth Hounds said the bridge is intended “primarily to establish a covert …

The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) says successful operations by Nigeria’s security agencies in July and August, highlight an increasingly coordinated, intelligence-driven approach to tackling terrorism, banditry, kidnapping, arms trafficking and other emerging security threats. This is contained in a third-quarter national security update by Chido Onumah, Special Adviser to the National Security Adviser on Strategic Communication and …

The Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential candidate, Prince Adewole Adebayo, says the party will end poverty and insecurity in the country if it wins the 2027 presidential election. Adebayo stated this while featuring on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Personality Interview Series on Sunday in Abuja. He expressed his gratitude to SDP for entrusting him with the responsibility of …

Half salary payment to Academic Staff of the University of Benin for the month of August is generating tension among Academic Staff Union of the University, ASUU. Non-Academic staff of the University were, however, paid their full salary for August. It was learnt that the payment of the August half salary to the Academic staff was made without payment for …

A new executive of the Edo National Association Worldwide (ENAW) was constituted on Sunday September 6, 2026, at the 33rd annual convention of the premier Edo organization in the Diaspora which took place in Dallas Texas, the United States of America. Among those sworn into the various offices, in a ceremony that was performed by the immediate past Chairman of …

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, on Monday, signed registration documents for the proposed initial public offering of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, with the billionaire businessman saying drivers, cooks, traders, servants and managers will have an opportunity to own shares in the refinery. Dangote stated this at the signing ceremony held in Lagos, describing the transaction as …

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Mathew Davis, who lives in a homeless shelter in Austin, Texas, would love an apartment of his own. But with the little money he makes donating blood plasma, even a $450-a-month tiny home with no running water and a communal bathroom would be a stretch. Meanwhile, over 4,500 units the city classifies as affordable — nearly …