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A 42-year-old man, Nwoko Eric, yesterday, revealed how his former boss allegedly deceived him into donating one of his kidneys to his younger brother, only to abandon him after the transplant was done. According to the Vanguard, the man who spoke with journalists yesterday, in Gbagada Estate, phase 1, Lagos the indigene of Abia State worked for the Managing Director …

Atlanta (AP) — Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a felony charge over efforts to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Georgia, tearfully telling the judge she looks back on that time with “deep remorse,” the Associated Press reports. Ellis, the fourth defendant in the case to enter into a plea deal …

Washington (AP) — Republicans picked Rep. Tom Emmer as their nominee for House speaker Tuesday as they try again to fill the top position, but the choice quickly ran into familiar resistance from hard-liners and allies of Donald Trump leaving no guarantee the latest hopeful can win the gavel. Three weeks after Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy in a historic first, …

The National Bureau of Statistics, on Monday, said a total of N1.93 trillion was generated across the 36 states in Nigeria, including the Federal Capital Territory in 2022 Internally Generated Revenue. The data stated Lagos, Rivers and FCT top the list with N651.15 billion, N172.89 billion, and N124.4 billion, respectively while the least states on the list are Kebbi (N9.1 …

The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Doctor Olufemi Olaleye Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl. …

•Court reserves judgment on Obi, LP’s appeal, dismisses APM’s case •Atiku insists on CSU evidence, ex-VP’s disposition invalid, says Tinubu The Chairman of the Supreme Court panel hearing the appeals against the election of President Bola Tinubu, Justice John Okoro, said on Monday that the Peoples Democratic Party standard bearer in the February presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, must prove the …

Yocheved Lifshitz, who was released by Hamas on Monday, told reporters on Tuesday that she “went through hell” in Gaza. Yocheved Lifshitz speaks to members of the media in Tel Aviv, Israel, on October 24. Janis Laizans/Reuters Lifschitz, an 85-year-old grandmother, was held captive in Gaza for more than two weeks before being released and returned to Israel late Monday evening. …

The Nigerian Association of Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers has accused terminal operators of incessantly increasing the price of gas, exploiting and limiting its availability to Nigerians. FILE PHOTO: Gas plant The marketers, led by the association’s president, Oladapo Olatunbosun. on Monday, told the Senate that the Nigeria Natural Liquefied Gas has been consistent with its supply but the cabals have …

Michael Cohen was once one of Donald Trump’s most loyal allies But after going to jail for tax crimes and lying to Congress, Cohen, Trump’s former lawyer and “fixer,” became a star witness against his former boss, testifying before Congress about the hush-money payments he made to women claiming affairs with Trump and writing books highly critical of the former president. Tuesday, Trump and Cohen are expected …

BY MIKE OSAROGIAGBON Edo State Police Command said it has arrested the trigger-happy vigilante alleged to have accidentally shot to death, at a funeral in Benin City last weekend, his colleague who was ready to fly to United Kingdom after securing a five-year work visa. The command also stated that the locally made single barrel gun and the expended cartridge …