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Justice Candide-Johnson presiding over a Lagos High Court, south west Nigeria, has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc and CRC Credit Bureau Limited to jointly pay the sum of N50 billion as general damages, to one of its customers, Longterm Global Capital Limited, for false, malicious and injurious falsehood publication against it. Apart from the judgement sum, the judge also ordered the bank and CRC Credit Bureau Ltd who is a joint defendant in the suit filed by Longterm Global Capital Limited, to publish forthwith and not less than seven days, a retraction and apology to the claimant in the cover…

Anthony Joshua plans to show Kubrat Pulev he is the undisputed ‘king of the ring’ when the two come face to face in Cardiff on October 28 in Cardiff. Joshua will defend his WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles against the IBF manadatory challenger Pulev at the Principality stadium and the British heavyweight champion is eager to put on a show for the Welsh fight fans. British boxing’s brightest star told Sky Sports News: “I think he’s very very talented. He’s an Olympic bronze medalist which shows his pedigree. He’s a star in his own country, he’s like a king…

The Police Command in Osun State on Tuesday said it arrested three male suspects, with two human heads and hands in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Fimihan Adeoye, told newsmen in Osogbo that the suspects were arrested on Aug. 29 during a police stop and search operation. “On Aug. 29 at about 1;02 p.m, a police patrol team on a stop and search operation on Ogbomosho/Oyo Road, at Agboro Area, stopped a motorcycle with two persons on it. “The persons on the motorcycle were searched and two severed human hands with gloves and a human head were found with…

The Nigeria Farmers Group and Cooperative Society, on Tuesday urged the federal government to set a time line to ban the importation of maize into the country. The group’s National Coordinator, Redson Tedheke, said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the suspension of the import would protect local farmers and encourage massive production of the commodity. According to him, unchecked importation of maize remains a major threat to local production and President Muhammadu Buhari’s agricultural revolution drive. He said local farmers must be protected to invest more, so that Nigeria would become self-sufficient in…

A mother who allegedly tricked a Nigerian teen into flying to the UK to be her family’s slave under the pretence of a better life has claimed she was ‘part of the family’. Job Centre worker Afolake Adeniji, 50, arranged for Iyabo Prosper to relocate to London from her home in Nigeria back in 2003, when she was just 13, Southwark Crown Court heard. Promised a better life and free education, she agreed to come and live with Adeniji – first in Beckton, east London, and then Chelmsford, Essex. But the teenager was forced to wake up at 5.30am each…

Three footballer brothers helped launder cash from an £80,000 international fraud, a court heard. Retired Premier League player Sam Sodje – who appeared for a number of clubs including Reading and Charlton Athletic, and represented Nigeria at international level – along with siblings Efe and Akpo, were allegedly involved in channelling proceeds from the scam which targeted firms in Colombia, India, Italy and Abu Dhabi. Sam and Efe Sodje are on trial at the Old Bailey along with two other men, Emmanuel Ehikhamen and Andrew Oruma. Akpo Sodje now lives in Dubai and has declined to return to Britain to…

Britain’s Foreign Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday called on the international community to impose further sanctions on North Korea following the country’s latest nuclear test. “We are now pressing the Security Council to pass a new resolution as swiftly as possible, imposing further sanctions and showing the unity and determination of the international community,” Johnson told parliament in London. He said North Korea’s ambassador to Britain had been summoned to the Foreign Office “to receive a formal protest”. North Korea on Sunday triggered global alarm with by far its most powerful atomic test to date, claiming it was a hydrogen…

Cape Verde recorded back-to-back victories against South Africa when winning 2-1 in Durban to top Group D of African World Cup qualifying. Galatasaray winger Garry Rodrigues scored both Cape Verde goals to lift his side to six points, having been bottom of the group before kick-off. Rodrigues’ first came from a free-kick while his second, after 67 minutes, was a bending strike from outside the box. Andile Jali reduced the deficit two minutes from time. READ: Diego Simeone sign Atletico Madrid contract extension Prior to last week, Cape Verde had not scored a goal in the group but successive 2-1…

The weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting will not hold tomorrow. This is official. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said the meeting will not hold because the Eid el-Kabir holiday deprived the ministers adequate time to prepare the documents for the meeting. In a statement issued in Kano on Tuesday, the Minister said the two-day public holidays declared for the Eid-el-Kabir celebrations left little or no time to prepare for the weekly meeting. Last week when the meeting held, the Federal Government approved the Mambilla hydro project that will be handled by a consortium of Chinese companies…

Renowned musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface, has donated assorted relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Makurdi. Idibia, accompanied by his wife, Mrs Anne Idibia and his friends, made the donation on Tuesday. He said that his prompt response to the plight of the displaced persons was to let them know that he, his family and friends were solidly behind them. “The gesture is aimed at giving hope to the displaced persons and to ameliorate their hardship,” he said. He assured the displaced persons that he and his friends would send more relief materials to them to…