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A hospital patient will become the first person in the world to have a 3D-printed prosthetic eye. Steve Varze, from Hackney, east London, will receive the eye on Thursday at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. It is hoped the eye will be more realistic than a traditional acrylic prosthetic eye. It will also cut the time it takes for patients to be fitted with their prosthetics in half, from six weeks to three. “I’ve needed a prosthetic since I was 20, and I’ve always felt self-conscious about it,” said Mr Varze, who is in his 40s. ‘Looks fantastic’ “When I…

Court Convicts Another in Benin Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State, on Tuesday, November 23, 2021, convicted and sentenced one Efosa Desmond to two years imprisonment for fraudulent impersonation. Desmond was arraigned on one count charge by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendant had sometime in February 2021 impersonated the identities of James Riches and Jeffery Owen with the intent to defraud one Susan Roggenbuck in contravention of Section 22(2)(b)(i) and (ii) of the Cybercrimes ( Prohibition Prevention, Etc) Act 2015 and punishable under same Act.…

Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike known as Evans the kidnapper has not been sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court on Thursday. Chronicle NG reports that claims that he was sentenced at an Igbosere High Court in Lagos are false. According to our reporter who was at the court on Thursday, Evans who is charged for attempting to kidnap the chairman of the Young Shall Grow Motors, Mr Vincent Obianodo, was not sentenced. Evans is undergoing trial on 52 charges of multiple murders, armed robberies, kidnappings, unlawful possession of firearms, unlawful possession of ammunition, conspiracy, among other charges. Specifically, he is being…

A general from the United Arab Emirates who has been accused of complicity in torture has been elected as president of the global police agency Interpol. Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi, inspector general of the UAE’s interior ministry, will serve a four-year term in the part-time and unpaid role. Human rights groups had lobbied against his candidacy, accusing him of failing to investigate credible complaints of torture against UAE security forces. Gen Raisi rejects the allegations. The UAE’s foreign ministry said he “strongly believes that the abuse or mistreatment by police is abhorrent and intolerable”. Gen Raisi was elected Interpol’s president after…

The fraud trial of Nicholas Mutu Ebomo, former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, continued on Wednesday, November 24, 2021, before Justice F. Giwa Ogunbanjo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, with the fourth prosecution witness, Adamu Yusuf, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, continuing his examination-in-chief. Ebomo is being prosecuted alongside, Airworld Technologies Ltd, for allegedly receiving gratification for influencing an NDDC contract for the collection of statutory levies from oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta. Under cross-examination by the defence counsel, E.I Ikwueto and J.O…

Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court in Ilorin on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 convicted a 25-year-old staff of the Ekiti State Water Corporation, Opeyemi Akinluyi, for offences bordering on cyber fraud. Akinluyi, a native of Ijan-Ekiti in Ekiti State was convicted alongside Ajibade Timileyin Emmanuel and Ezekiel Oluwaseun Temitope from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Also convicted were Abbas Olatayo Ojo from Igbeti, Oyo State and one Kareem Quadri. The convicts were prosecuted on separate charges by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC before different Justices of both the Federal High Court and Kwara…

Senator Solomon Adeola, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, has revealed that the monthly N5,000 transportation stipend for 40 million Nigerians designed to cushion the effect of the anticipated fuel subsidy reduction is not included in the 2022 budget. Senator Adeola told journalists after submitting his Committee’s budget for 2022 on Wednesday that before the administration may engage in such intervention, the idea must first be approved by the National Assembly. He explained that there is no way the executive would take a unilateral decision on a programme that is expected to gulp N2.4 trillion without getting the…

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected a planned increase in petrol prices in the country, as well as the Federal Government’s proposal to give Nigerians N5000 per month as a palliative payment. In a statement released on Wednesday, NLC President Ayuba Wabba called the Federal Government’s plan a “penny wise, pound foolish” bet. Mele Kyari, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said on Wednesday that petrol might cost as much as N340 starting in February 2022, according to him. Wabba bemoaned the fact that no talks between labor and the federal government are now…

A number of Boko Haram fighters have surrendered and renounced their allegiance to the deadly sect on Wednesday in Borno. It was gathered that the fighters surrendered their weapons and ammunition to security operatives in the Gwoza axis while the leaders and footsoldiers had escaped Jaje within the Sambisa Forest. Troops attached to Operation Hadin Kai of 192 Battalion stationed on the Gwoza-Limankara road, apprehended the terrorists. A resident opined that many fighters are forcefully conscripted into the deadly sect at a very young age. ISWAP, Boko Haram plan establish camps in Niger state – Govt “Despite ISWAP efforts to…

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta says he wants to bring former Gunners manager Arsene Wenger back to the club in some capacity and has already spoken to him about a possible return. Wenger, 72, guided Arsenal to three Premier League titles and won the FA Cup on seven occasions in his 22 years in charge of the north London side. Arteta spent five years playing under Wenger at the Gunners. “We would be delighted to have him much closer,” Arteta said. “I think he would have a great time just seeing the environment that he can create around him when he’s…