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U.S. prosecutors want Changpeng Zhao, the founder and former chief executive of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, to serve three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to violating laws against money laundering.    Prosecutors made the request on Tuesday, April 23, in a court filing in Seattle federal …

In a proposed legislation, the National Assembly is seeking to make the tenure of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor a six-year non-renewable term.   The Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 27, passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Act to provide for …

A mechanic identified as Anayor Ugo has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine by a Magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State for defiling and impregnating a 12-year-old girl.   Punch reports that the convict who is a generator mechanic had in 2021 visited …

Recall that during the build-up to the 2023 presidential election, the G5 group comprising five sitting governors rejected Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of their party. The group members, four of whom are now ex-governors include Nyesom Wike (Rivers), Seyi Makinde (Oyo), Samuel Ortom (Benue), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia) and Ifeanyi …

  South African former professional sprinter and convicted murderer, Oscar Pistorius is now a free man today after being smuggled out of prison  after serving half his 13-year jail term The Blade Runner was escorted out of Atteridgeville Correctional Centre and taken to his new home on the estate of …

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has warned randy lecturers that sexual harassment attracts seven years imprisonment.    Secretary to the commission, Mr. Clifford Oparaodu, gave the warning during a one-day sensitization workshop on Sexual Harassment in Tertiary Education Institutions held at the ICPC’s headquarters on …

Taiwo Oyebanjo, the ex-wife of OAP Dotun Kayode and younger sister of singer Dapo “D’Banj” Oyebanjo, has been found guilty of contempt of court and may be committed to prison, in a divorce suit she filed in Abuja.     A high court sitting in Dukpa, Abuja, on Monday, Oct. …

The Mole Resort, North Devon In the heart of the Devon countryside sits an Arts and Crafts manor house and 58 lodges with private hot tubs. Rolling hills and 125 acres of parkland provide the ideal setting for families (and their dogs). Dive into the indoor pool then try your …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. A former rebel chief, Kagame became president in April 2000 but has been regarded as the country’s de facto leader since the end of the 1994 genocide. He …

If President Biden wins a second term, his climate policies would take aim at steel and cement plants, factories and oil refineries — heavily polluting industries that have never before had to rein in their heat-trapping greenhouse gases. New controls on industrial facilities, which his advisers have begun to map …