A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has convicted and sentenced one Laminu Ahmed, 36, to life imprisonment for the r3pe of a seven-year-old girl   Justice Modupe Osho-Adebiyi sentenced the defendant on Thursday, November 14, 2024   The Office of Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), in a statement on Friday, said …

Getty Images You may have seen the word “Bluesky” popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about. It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk’s X and in terms of its colour and logo, it looks quite similar. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups a …

Residents of Kobi Street near Wunti Gate in Bauchi were thrown into shock on Friday morning when the lifeless body of a day-old baby was discovered in a refuse dump in their area.   Eyewitnesses revealed that the infant was wrapped in two black leather bags and abandoned behind a local shop. A community leader, Musa Jibrin, said a search …

Gazprom Export has announced that it will be halting gas supplies to Austria, following the latter’s biggest state-owned fossil fuel company, OMV, winning an arbitral award against it. ADVERTISEMENT Gazprom Export has revealed that it would be stopping gas supplies to Austria after over 50 years, from 16 November. This follows Austria’s biggest fossil-fuel company, state-owned OMV, recently bagging an …

A TikTok user has sparked a heated online debate after posting a video addressing her boyfriend’s complaints about her receiving money from her admirers, whom she refers to as “toasters.”   In the video, she openly expressed frustration, saying, “You’re not giving me enough money, and you’re saying taking money from my toasters is cheating. If I slap you.”   …

Scores of people were injured, vehicles and buildings damaged when a truck conveying gas cylinders exploded in Magama community, Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina State,    It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday, November 15, at a filling station ‘Walidan,’ where products suspected to be smuggled into the country from Niger Republic were kept.    “The tragedy …

The European Union has fined Meta nearly €800 million for violating antitrust laws by automatically granting Facebook users access to its classified ads service, Facebook Marketplace. The European Commission accused Meta of abusing its dominant position by imposing unfair trading conditions on rival classified ad providers who advertise on its platforms.   “This is illegal under EU antitrust rules. Meta …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred the national honor of Commander of the Federal Republic (CFR) posthumously on the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Taoreed Lagbaja. The award was presented during his funeral ceremony held at the National Cemetery in Mogadishu, Abuja, on Friday, November 15.   In his tribute, President Tinubu described the late COAS as a …

A former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mike Ejiofor, has disclosed that the insurgent group Lakurawa, which has recently gained notoriety for attacks in Nigeria’s North-West, has existed for years.   Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, Ejiofor refuted claims that the group is new, tracing its roots to Niger Republic and Mali. This comes after the …

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) says its officials have demolished 138 shanties illegally erected along Ajao estate canal.The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources announced the development in a post on his X page on Friday, November 15.   “In continuation of concerted measures to reduce the scourge of environmental infractions and illegal encampment in public spaces, …