South Africa’s ex-Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has been released from jail on parole after almost 11 years after he shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a crime that gripped the world. Having served more than half his sentence, the double-amputee was quietly whisked out from prison on the outskirts of the capital Pretoria, avoiding…

Nigerian striker, Victor Osimhen, has agreed to leave Serie A champions, Napoli, for a move to Chelsea in the summer. The 25-year-old, who has a release clause of around £112m, will not be moving this month but is willing to sign a pre-agreement in January before making the switch to Chelsea official at the end…

Angry Protesters have burned down the palace of the District Head of Bokkos during demonstrations over what they tagged as the indiscriminate arrests in the area following recent killings in the community. They were expressing their displeasure over the arrest of some community members in connection to the assaults in the area. The protesters, mostly…

A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has frowned at the level of insecurity in the country. Speaking on a television programme, he said the situation the country is in at the moment has gone beyond playing politics, adding that President Tinubu has a lot of work to do. “The state…

Information posted on the website of the ministry of interior says more than 1,400 fleeing inmates from the Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State and the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, have yet to be recaptured after the jailbreaks. Two years after the attack on the Owerri custodial centre, 864…

The US Supreme Court has said it will hear a historic case to determine if Donald Trump can run for president. The justices agreed to take up Mr Trump’s appeal against a decision by Colorado to remove him from the 2024 ballot in that state. The case will be heard in February and the ruling…

The Nigerian government has released a list of at least 37 illegal universities operating in the country. Acting Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, Chris Maiyaki, who said this, said that some arrests have been made. Maiyaki stressed that the Department of State Services was involved in the clampdown on illegal institutions. He therefore…

The All Progressives Congress has laughed off reports that Peoples Democratic Party presidential candidate in the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, will contest the 2027 election. The APC Director of Publicity, Bala Ibrahim on Wednesday, described Atiku’s 2027 ambition as the most laughable news of 2024. He said the former vice-president would be defeated again. The…

A former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, on Wednesday, failed to appear at the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Jabi, Abuja, to answer questions over an alleged N37.1 billion fraud. A top EFCC source told newsmen that the ex-minister did not only shun the…

Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said the sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. Speaking on a live television programme Minister of Education Tahir Mamman said government will extend the dragnet to countries like Uganda,…