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President Bola Tinubu has attributed recent food stampedes in Nigeria to poor organisation, emphasizing that such tragedies could be avoided with proper planning.    He made the remarks during his first presidential media chat on Monday, referencing a series of incidents that claimed lives during palliative distribution events across the country.   On December 18, 35 children lost their lives …

Tacha has raised brows after announcing she turns 24 today.  The reality star revealed on her birthday in 2020 that she was born in 1995.  However, for her birthday today, she took to X to claim she turns 24.    Nigerians have now pointed to her old tweet to ask how a woman born in 1995 will turn 24 in …

The Federal Government has lifted the ban on mining activities in Zamfara State, ending a five-year prohibition.   The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, through his representative Segun Tomori, announced the decision during a press briefing on Sunday, December 22.   “The Federal Government has lifted the ban on mining exploration activities in Zamfara State, citing significant improvements …

 Richard Allen, the man convicted in the 2017 k!llings of two teenage girls who disappeared in Delphi, Indiana, has been sentenced to 130 years in prison. Allen was sentenced to 65 years for each de@th, totaling 130 years in prison. His 760 days served since his arrest will count towards his sentence.   An Indiana jury in November convicted Allen in the murders of 14-year-old Liberty “Libby” …

A military court in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, has sentenced an unnamed resident of Ukraine’s Lugansk region to 16 years in prison on charges of “high treason.” The Russian FSB security service alleged the individual had provided information about the Russian armed forces to Ukraine’s security services. The man was also convicted of aiding terrorist activities and illegally handling and transporting explosives. …

A US court has found a Nigerian US-based man, Oluwole Adegboruwa, 54 and his accomplice, Enrique Isong, 49, guilty of masterminding a multi-million dollar dark web drug trafficking operation,  and has sentenced them to a combined 40 years in jail term.  This was revealed in a statement on the website of the United States Attorney’s Office, District of Utah.   While …

A Canadian woman, Andrea Heinz, who is married with three kids, has marked 12 years since she quit prost!tution.   Andrea found herself deep in debt at 22. With limited skills and lack of resources, she turned to s3x trade to make ends meet.   She worked as an escort, a dominatrix and a brothel owner in Edmonton.    “Today …

A brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba has been sentenced to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case.     Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars.     The court also fined Paul Pogba’s brother €20,000 for participating in …

Sergio Perez is to leave Red Bull two years before the end of his contract after reaching a termination agreement with the team. The move comes after a weak season for the Mexican, who failed to win a race and finished on the podium only four times as team-mate Max Verstappen won his fourth world title. Perez, who has essentially …

The mum of a seven-month-old baby boy who drowned in the bath as she played games on her phone has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter.  Seven-month-old Charlie Goodall d!£d in February 2022 after he fell from his newly fitted seat inside the tub.  Mum Danielle Massey, 31, had put Charlie in the tub and said she left him unattended “briefly” …