A Mapo Chief Magistrates ‘Court in Ibadan on Thursday sentenced Opeyemi Adeshina to three years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing five cell phones from worshippers. Delivering judgment, magistrate, Mrs O.O. Latunji said that she convicted and sentenced Adeshina based on the evidence made available to her as well as …
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A Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of a 34-year-old man, Theophilus Philip, in a correctional centre for malicious damage. The Chief Magistrate, L.A Aina, gave the order after Philip pleaded guilty to wilful damage of a T4 bus engine, belonging to one Emmanuel Effiong. Philip …
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THE National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) says it has reached an advanced stage in the processing of entry visa for the 2024 intending pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. The Executive Chairman, NAHCON, Malam Jalal Arabi, said this at the Maiden Stakeholders Summit on Nigeria’s Hajj and Umrah Industry on Thursday …
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FORMER Big Brother Naija star, Chioma Ndubueze, aka Chomzy, and her husband, Henry Chinonso, have welcomed their first child, a boy. The reality TV star husband, Chinonso, with a heart of gratitude, took to his Instagram page to announce the birth of their child as he disclosed the gender of …
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IRELAND Government has confirmed there would be no Irish police deployed to the border on the island, the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) said. The Northern Ireland Secretary and the Irish deputy prime minister held a phone call on Wednesday evening amid diplomatic tensions. The tension was after Dublin said there …
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PAKISTAN UN ambassador, Munir Akram has strongly advocated for the Security Council to reconsider and endorse Palestine’s application for full UN membership, aligning with the majority of global opinions. The Pakistani UN mission stated in a press statement that this move “would rectify the historic injustice against the Palestinian people …
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THE Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) on Thursday sealed six telecommunication masts within the state’s metropolis over N5.8 billion unpaid taxes. The telecommunication masts comprised of MTN servers at Tafawa Balewa road, Surami road, Etsu road while GLOBACOM server at Shehu Laminu road, and a general mast (ATC) for …
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THE death toll has risen to 36 following the collapse of a carriageway on a motorway in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. The agency reported that three more vehicles which went down with the collapsed road had been discovered. Chinese media had …
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THE European Commission has promised one billion euros to Lebanon financial aid (1.07 billion U.S. dollars) in order to stop the flow into the European Union of refugees from Syria. The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made the promised in Beirut on Thursday following talks with acting Lebanese …
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One Afeez Aderibigbe, 24, was on Thursday brought before a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ibadan, for allegedly belonging to a confraternity. Aderibigbe, whose address was not provided, was charged with conspiracy and belonging to unlawful society. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Mr Philip Amusan, told …
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