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Senator Andy Uba, the Senator representing Anambra South, has debunked story making the rounds that a Federal High Court in FCT Abuja issued an order of arrest against him. According to a statement obtained from his media team, the news is described as a mischievous and malicious propaganda sponsored by Uba’s former counsel Victor Uwajeh. “Uwajeh has the selfish aim of tarnishing the reputable image of Senator Uba,” the statement said. Uba gave a true picture of the development in the statement describing the news of his arrest as misleading. “The court under Justice Binta Nyako, declined jurisdiction of the…

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cancelled scheduled events on Saturday on the second day of a visit to Kenya because “he is not feeling well”, a State Department spokesman said. “The secretary is not feeling well after a long couple days working on major issues back home such as North Korea and has canceled his events for the day,” spokesman Steve Goldstein said. Tillerson arrived Kenya on Friday after visiting Ethiopia and Djibouti. After talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday, he told newsmen he had shared his concerns with Kenyatta about the importance of democracy and said the…

Martin Shkreli, the former drug firm executive found guilty of defrauding investors, has been sentenced to seven years in prison. The 34-year-old wept at a hearing as a federal court judge in Brooklyn, New York, handed down the prison term. Shkreli was convicted last year of sending fake account statements to investors while concealing huge losses from two hedge funds he ran. He first became notorious in 2015 for hiking the price of a lifesaving drug. His lawyers had asked the judge to impose a sentence of 12 to 18 months, while prosecutors were seeking at least 15 years. “I’ve…

Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has launched an investigation after two of its staff members were arrested on suspicion of trying to traffick girls out of the country, it said on Friday. Thousands of girls are each year taken illegally out of Africa’s most populous country, where 70 per cent of the 190 million inhabitants live on less than two dollars a day. A large proportion of them arrive in Europe. “We received information that two of our officers were arrested yesterday at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while trying to facilitate the trafficking of some underaged girls out of the…

Manchester United are not getting the best out of Alexis Sanchez, says manager Jose Mourinho. Chile international Sanchez, 29, joined in January from Arsenal on a four-and-half-year contract in a swap deal with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. But the forward has scored only once in eight appearances since arriving at Old Trafford. “He is learning how to play with us and we are learning how to get the best out of him,” said Mourinho. The difficulties of integrating a player midway through the season mean Mourinho is not a fan of the January transfer market. “What is wrong is that he…

Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Africa’s only female head of state, is to quit over a financial row. She has been accused of using a bank card provided by a charity to make personal purchases worth tens of thousands of dollars. She is to step down after ceremonies to mark the 50th anniversary of the island’s independence next week. Denying wrongdoing, she said she had refunded all the money, Reuters news agency reports. READ: Adewale Aderounmu, 55, jailed for cannabis parcel delivery scheme in London Ms Gurib-Fakim is a renowned scientist and in 2015 became the first woman to be appointed…

A postman has been jailed for his role in a cannabis supply operation which saw packages worth £1.2 million sent to fake addresses on his delivery route. Veteran Parcelforce Worldwide driver Adewale Aderounmu would intercept the bogus parcels and hand them to accomplices in the drug ring, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. The sophisticated scheme was smashed when Border Force officers noticed a suspicious number of the cannabis parcels it had seized were bound for NW1 0 or NW1 1 in north-west London – his route. The 55-year-old, of south London, was sentenced at the Old Bailey to seven-and-a-half…

…DStv Explora decoder, dish kit plus one-month premium subscription now N38,300 Pay TV giant, MultiChoice Nigeria, has announced a special price offer to ring in Easter celebrations this year. The new price offer, tagged the Easter Explora Slash, will see subscribers enjoy up to a 64% reduction on the Explora decoder and subscription bundle. This offer is valid from March 9 to 31, 2018 and is open to new and existing subscribers. Subscribers can now purchase their DStv Explora decoders under this new price regimen in the Easter Explora Slash – the Explora decoder plus one-month Premium subscription now costs…

The Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that some miscreants on Tuesday hauled stones on the Abuja-Kaduna train. The corporation denied however, the story that the train was attacked by robbers. Mr Yakub Mahmood, the Deputy Director, Public Relations of NRC, said there was no gunmen attack on the train, “but an act of stoning by miscreants”. “There was an incidence of miscreants along Abuja-Kaduna railway corridor who engaged in an unwholesome act of stoning our passengers’ trains, as against the unsubstantiated and purported media report of attack by gunmen. READ: Ojudu launches guber campaign, vows to probe Fayose’s ‘useless…

Senator Babafemi Ojudu has promised to probe the ‘useless government’ of Ayo Fayose, if he is elected the governor of the state on 14 July 2018. Ojudu, who is the Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, made his intentions known at a rally held at Ado Ekiti, the State Capital, during which he formally declared his interest in the governorship race. Senator Ojudu will be contesting under the auspices of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party. The colourful occasion, which was witnessed by a mammoth crowd, had juju maestro, Saheed Osupa and Small Doctor on the bandstand…