The EFCC on Wednesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that the detained Binance Holdings Limited’s executive, Tigran Gambaryan, rejected the medical intervention by the State House Clinic. Counsel for the EFCC, Ekele Iheanacho, told Justice Emeka Nwite while opposing Gambaryan’s second bail application moved by his lawyer, Mark Mordi SAN. Iheanacho, who drew…
Congolese Interior Minister, Jacquemain Shabani on Tuesday said 129 people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in an attempted prison break. On his X account, Shabani said authorities shot dead 24 inmates of the Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa, while dozens of others were suffocated or trampled to death. According to…
The sentencing of a twelve-year-old rioter in Britain has been postponed because his mother has flown to Ibiza on holiday. The boy appeared before a judge in a Manchester youth court for his involvement in the unrest that erupted across the UK following the tragic killing of three young girls in Southport at the end…
A four-man Nigerian gang member has been jailed for a total of 13 years after forging more than 2,000 marriage certificates that allowed people to live in the UK illegally. According to a UK news platform, Evening Standard, Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54,…
Sri Lanka’s navy arrested eight Indian fishermen for poaching in the country’s territorial waters on Monday, the navy said in a statement on Tuesday. The arrests were made during a special operation to chase away Indian trawlers poaching in the seas North of Mannar, in the country’s Northern Province, the navy said. The navy also…
Afghanistan’s Interior Ministry has announced on Tuesday that the number of registered criminal cases in the war-torn country decreased by 30 per cent from July 2023 to July this year. “Police personnel have made significant strides in combating criminal offenses, leading to a 30 per cent reduction in criminal cases compared to the previous year,”…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that this could be the “last opportunity” to secure a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages held by militants. Blinken spoke at a morning meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog before later holding talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “This is a decisive moment,…
As tensions rise between Hamas and Israel, more than 50 US military planes land in the Middle East within 24 hours. Discover the purpose and implications of this significant deployment. In recent days, the ongoing tensions between Hamas and Israel have reached a critical point. Reports have emerged indicating that over 50 US military planes…
“Discover the legal woes of 18 Nigerian nurses residing in Texas, USA, as they face charges related to fraudulent educational credentials. Explore ‘Operation Nightingale,’ a multi-state crackdown on diploma fraud, and its implications.” Nigerian Nurses in Texas Caught in Fake Certificate Scandal In a significant legal development, a group of 18 Nigerian nurses residing in…
Enrique Tarrio, the former leader of the far-right Proud Boys militia, was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Tuesday for his role in the 2021 attack on the US capital, the stiffest sentence handed out so far. “That day broke our previously unbroken tradition of peacefully transferring power,” US District Judge Timothy Kelly said…
