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A Nigerian man, Quadri Yakubu, has recalled how some of his late father’s relatives took over his house a few months after his d3ath.   “Few months after my Father’s d3ath, some of my Father’s relatives took my father’s house from us, I was angry and I wanted to fight back but my mother told me to forget it that …

Tyrell Malacia ended 17 months of injury woe as he returned to action in Manchester United Under-21 side’s EFL Trophy tie with Huddersfield Town. Left-back Malacia has been sidelined since coming on as substitute in the Netherlands’ Nations League final defeat by Croatia in June 2023. Since then, the 25-year-old has had two lots of knee surgery as an injury …

British supermodel Georgina Cooper has tragically d!ed at the age of 46 on a Greek island just months after she married.  The mother-of-one was with her new husband Nigel on Kos when she fell ill. She was initially taken to the island’s main hospital but her condition was so serious doctors arranged for an air ambulance to fly her to …

A 41-year-old Nigerian national, Alex Ogunshakin, has been sentenced in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States for stealing more than $6 million in a wire fraud scheme that victimized two businesses.   United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Senior US District John M. Gerrard sentenced Ogunshakin to a total of 45 months’ imprisonment on October 31, 2024 …

    Electricity Distribution Companies, DisCos, have announced a rise in the price of various electricity meter models, making it the second price hike in four months.   According to the DisCos, the cost of a single-phase meter has risen from N117,000 to as much as N149,800, an increase of 28.03 per cent or N32,800, depending on the distribution company …

A Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Zone 2, Abuja, has sentenced Jide Josiah Jisos to six months in prison for impersonation during the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The ruling, delivered on October 24, 2024, by Chief Magistrate Hon. Justice Folashade Oyekan, also offered the option of a N100,000 fine.   Jisos was apprehended by officials of the Joint …

Swansea City and Wales midfielder Ollie Cooper is facing three months out because of a stress fracture in his foot. Cooper has been a regular for Swansea this season and has also made an impression in Craig Bellamy’s new-look Wales side. But the 24-year-old will be sidelined until 2025 after a scan revealed the injury issue. Cooper will miss Wales’ …

A photo has emerged of Kaduna doctor, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola and her nephew who regained freedom after 10 months in bandits’ captivity.  Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted alongside her husband, Nurudeen Popoola, who is a Squadron leader, and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy, on December 27, 2023.   After …

A key manufacturing index in China turned positive in October after months of contraction ADVERTISEMENT A closely watched survey on manufacturing in China has edged into positive territory after months of contraction, the government statistics agency said Thursday. The Purchasing Managers’ Index rose to 50.1. A reading above 50 indicates an improvement over the previous month. It was the first …

Abducted Kaduna-based medical doctor, Dr. Ganiyat Popoola, has regained freedom after 10 months in captivity.   Popoola, a registrar in the Department of Ophthalmology at the National Eye Centre, Kaduna State, was abducted on December 27, 2023, along with her husband, Nurudeen Popoola, who is a Squadron leader, and her nephew, Folaranmi Abdul-Mugniy, who stays with them.   After several …