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Man sentenced to 105 years for ‘execution’ of 14-year-old girl
A Chicago man was sentenced to 105 years in prison for the murder of a 14-year-old girl who was found with her hands bound in a dirty alleyway in Gary, Indiana, a judge ruled on Thursday. Deonlashawn Simmons, 36, will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing Takaylah Tribitt in
JUST IN: Bauchi Speaker dumps APC for PDP
The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Sulaiman, has dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)in the state. Sulaiman was elected as lawmaker to represent Ningi Constituency in 2019 under the APC platform. Sulaiman, who is also the Chairman, Conference of Speakers
Ukraine Conflict: Russia sets deadline for troops in Mariupol to surrender
Russia’s defence ministry has told the Ukrainian forces still fighting in the besieged southern port of Mariupol to lay down their arms starting 6 a.m. Moscow time (0300 GMT) on Sunday to save their lives. Russia’s earlier claim that its troops had cleared the urban area of Mariupol, scene of the war’s heaviest fighting
12 injured in shooting at US shopping mall
Twelve people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in a shooting that erupted on Saturday inside a shopping mall in Columbia, South Carolina, and three people were taken into custody, police said. Columbia Police Chief William Holbrook said the shooting at the Columbiana Centre mall was not believed to have been a random
Eyeing green vote, Macron vows to exit oil, coal and gas
President Emmanuel Macron promised on Saturday to make France the “first great nation” to stop using oil, coal and gas as energy sources, in a pitch to young and green voters he fears could abstain in next week’s election runoff. In a rally in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, which voted massively for left-wing
EPL: Arteta rues missed opportunities as Arsenal falter in top-four race
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta said his team paid for their profligacy in the final third in their loss to Southampton on Saturday and expressed concerns about their recent slump in form after they fell to a third straight Premier League defeat. Jan Bednarek’s first-half goal proved enough for Southampton to secure a victory at
CAF League: Azulao stars as Petro upset Sundowns; Esperance, Entente draw
Captain Tiago Azulao scored and created another goal as Angolan club Petro Luanda upset South African visitors Mamelodi Sundowns 2-1 on Saturday in the CAF Champions League. The quarterfinal first leg result at the National Stadium in Luanda leaves the tie wide open with the return match scheduled for Johannesburg next Saturday. Lyle Lakay
JUST IN: Ganduje issues Monday deadline for political appointees eyeing offices to resign
Muhammad Kabir, Kano Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano State has directed all political appointees eyeing elective offices in the forthcoming 2023 general elections to resign from their respective positions. The directive said: “They are given between now to Monday 18th April, 2022, to resign.” This is in order for them to comply with
2023: I’ll clear Nigeria’s debt within six months –SDP presidential candidate, Adebayo
A presidential aspirant under the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Prince Adewole Adewola, at the weekend, said that he would ensure that Nigeria’s debt are paid within six months of assuming office if he is given an opportunity to become president in 2023, saying that corruption and incompetence are the bane of the country’s present precarious
Wanted: Issue-based primaries
As the major political parties brace up for their primaries, BIYI ADEGOROYE articulates issues that should dominate discourse in the on going leadership recruitment efforts in order to save the country from the precipice With the June 4 deadline for all political parties to submit the names of their candidates for various positions in
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