A company based in Dorset has suffered a ‘major loss’ after purchasing 18,000 T-shirts sporting the message: “England, World Cup winners 2022”. England were eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday after suffering a 2-1 defeat to France in the quarter-finals – and this came after Karl Baxter had purchased …
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A middle-aged man simply identified as Mr Sunday is now cooling off in police custody in Anambra state for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old house help. The incident, according to the source, came to the limelight when the teenage girl who hails from Akwa Ibom state delivered a baby at a …
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A Singaporean man has been jailed for selling nearly $1 million worth of strawberry milk and coffee to North Korea, following other sanctions-busting trades from the city-state that have included sending wine, whisky and perfume to Pyongyang. North Korea has been hit with a barrage of sanctions, including from the …
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Nigerian singer, Adesina Adeleke, popularly known as Sina Rambo, has refuted accusations of domestic abuse brought against him by his estranged wife, Korth. Korth accused her estranged husband of violence on Monday, the same day she announced the end of their marriage. Sina has, however, responded to the claims, saying …
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American entrepreneur and founder of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in Bahamas. According to BBC News, in the nation’s capital, Nassau, a magistrates court, he is expected to make an appearance on Tuesday. Last month, FTX filed for bankruptcy in the US, leaving many users …
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An Ado-Ekiti High Court, on Monday sentenced four persons, Ojo Ajayi 22, Matthew Osalade 23, Adebisi Ogundare 23 and Busayo Adeniyi 23, to death by hanging for armed robbery and other offences. The defendants were arraigned before Justice Bamidele Omotoso on Aug 24, 2020, on a seven-count charge bordering on …
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The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, yesterday in Lafia, Nasarawa state, pledged to ensure that the state is linked to road networks in the North central zone of the country. He also pledged to ensure that there is a gainful employment for the huge …
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Point of Sale terminal operators and Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, have said they will sue the Central Bank of Nigeria if it fails to withdraw the new cash withdrawal policy limiting over-the-counter cash withdrawals by individuals and companies to N100,000 and N500,000, respectively, per week. The CBN …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, closed its case, in the trial-within-trial, against Abubakar Peters and his company, Nadabo Energy Limited, who are being prosecuted for alleged offences bordering on obtaining money under false pretence, diversion of federal government funds and forgery to the tune of N761,628,993.84 before …
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Monday seized unregistered/expired aphrodisiacs, and other drugs worth N20m in Kaduna State. The agency made the seizures during a raid in 26 shops at the Sabon Gari market in Zaria LGA of the state. The seizures were …
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