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After two years in detention and trial, the US District Judge Otis D. Wright has finally sentenced an internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas popular known on his social media account as “Hushpuppi” to 11 years in US Federal Prison. Back in June 2020, he was arrested in Dubai, UAE by the Dubai Police for internet fraud. The FBI accused him of defrauding a lot of U.S citizens millions of dollars. The UAE government deported to a third country and was picked up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F...

An American Rapper, Takeoff was shot and killed. He was killed in the early morning on Tuesday, November 1, 2022, in Houston, Texas USA. The Houston Police received a call about a shooting around 2:30am morning at a bowling and pool hall in Houston, Texas USA. Takeoff died at the age of 28. Takeoff was a member of a rapper group called Migos which was formed in 2008. His real name is Kirshnik Khari Ball. Takeoff was born on June 18, 1994, in Lawrenceville, Georgia, U.S. One of his hit so...

  According to Punch Newspaper, Afro Beat Singer, Davido's Son, Ifeanyi is dead. He drowned in a swimming pool at Davido's house in Banana Island, Lagos, Nigeria. He died at the age of three. ...

The leader of terrorist group al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in a drone strike. CNN just reported it and some sources in the US also confirmed it. He was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 31, 2022.  Ayman al-Zawahiri took over from the founder of terrorist group al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden after he (bin Laden) was killed in 2011 by the U.S Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Bin Laden and al-Zawahiri was the master mind of terrorist attack on United States soil on Septem...

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar wins the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Primary. The presidential primary was held in Abuja, the Nigeria capital. He polled 371 votes to beat his rivalry Nyesom Wike, the current governor of Rivers State who got 237 votes, and Bukola Saraki, former governor of Kwara State who got 70 votes.  There were other constants who participated in the presidential primary. Some of the constants are Governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed...

He was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Lagos Nigeria. The arrest took place the same day he handed over to now Governor, Charles Soludo of Anambra State on March 16, 2022. Willie Obiano was arrested while try to board a flight from Lagos Airport to Houston, Texas USA. There has been a rumor going on snice last year 2021 that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has placed him on a watchlist for month...

Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Fmr. CBN Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo as the winner of the 2021 Anambra Governorship Election. . Prof. Soludo ran on the platform of All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA). According to INEC, Prof. Charles Soludo scored 112,229 votes to secure the victory. ...

Alex Trebek, the long-time host of American television quiz show Jeopardy, has died at the age of 80. Mr Trebek announced he had been diagnosed with stage-four pancreatic cancer in March 2019. The Jeopardy! Twitter account said on Sunday he had "passed away peacefully at home" surrounded by family and friends. ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has dissolved the infamous subunit of the force, the Special Anti-robbery Squad (SARS). Adamu made the announcement of the dissolution on Sunday, October 11, 2020, days after widespread protests demanding scrapping of the unit over allegations of brutality and human rights violations. “The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police, otherwise known as SARS, is hereby dissolved across all formations, the 36 state police command and the...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in Edo State. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, announced the total result of the election. He said APC polled 223,619 votes, while PDP got 307,955 votes. ...

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an iconic champion of women's rights, has died of cancer at the age of 87, the court has said. Ginsburg died on Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded by her family, the statement said. Earlier this year, Ginsburg said she was undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer. She was a prominent feminist who became a figurehead for liberals in the US. ...

A Slovenian woman has been found guilty of deliberately sawing off her own hand as part of an insurance scam.   A court in the capital Ljubljana found that Julija Adlesic, 22, had taken out five insurance policies in the year before her injury. She had claimed it happened as she cut branches. ...