A New York-licensed pain management doctor has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for his participation in a scheme to obtain fraudulent insurance reimbursements and other compensation from fraudulent trip-and-fall accidents. Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced the sentencing of Sady Ribeiro by U.S. District Judge Sidney…
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has praised the Super Eagles for their third-place finish at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament held in Morocco. In a statement released on Sunday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Eseme Eyiboh, Akpabio applauded the national team for securing the bronze medal…
Nigeria has received a one million-dollar cash grant from China to help communities devastated by recent flooding, in a gesture both governments described as a reflection of their deepening strategic ties. At a ceremony in Abuja on Wednesday, Chinese Ambassador Yu Dunhai signed an agreement with Nigeria’s Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning to formalise…
The Senate, on Wednesday, moved swiftly to dispel rumours about an alleged move to impeach its President, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, describing the reports as baseless and misleading. Speaking on the floor of the Senate, Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele said the claims had been “quoted out of context” and that there had never been any discussion…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Abia State, Apostle Chuks Alozie, has congratulated the newly elected executives of the party across the state following the successful conduct of the APC congresses. Alozie, in a statement on Thursday, said the peaceful emergence of party leaders at the ward, local government and state levels showed…
The Los Angeles County has declared a community-wide outbreak of hepatitis A, citing a sustained rise in clinical cases and elevated levels of the virus detected in local wastewater. A total of 165 hepatitis A cases in Los Angeles County have been reported since 2024, more than triple the number of cases reported in 2023,…
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Tuesday exchanged congratulatory messages on the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. Xi noted that over the past 60 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, China-Zambia ties have withstood the test of changes in the international landscape. He said the two…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and South African firebrand politician, Julius Malema, are expected in Enugu State on Sunday for the 2025 Annual General Conference (AGC) of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the conference, scheduled to hold at the International Conference Centre, Enugu, from Aug. 25 to Aug….
A Federal High Court (FHC) in Abuja, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Nnamdi Kanu, Leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), indefinitely. Justice Binta Nyako, gave the order after Kanu and his counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, insisted that the trial judge no longer had jurisdiction to preside over the case following her earlier…
The Gwallameji community in Bauchi metropolis has developed a databank for residents in a renewed campaign to combat ritual killings and criminal activities in the area. The community has set up a committee and distributed registration forms for bio data capture to old and new residents of the area. The District Head of Gwallameji, Ahmed…
