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Anthony Joshua cut a lean, powerful figure as he weighed in at 17st 2lbs (109kg) for Saturday’s world heavyweight title defence against Oleksandr Usyk. The three-belt champion tipped the scales almost 20lb (9kg) heavier than Usyk’s 15st 11lbs (100kg) and at the same weight as his last fight. Joshua, 31, has shed the pounds in recent years, leaving fans asking if the British heavyweight is deliberately slimming down. Does he know his best weight, or is he tailoring his weight with a particular opponent in mind? When Joshua weighed in for his first pro fight against Emanuele Leo in 2013,…

Justice S.Y. Abubakar of Gombe State High Court, Gombe has convicted and sentenced one Abubakar Mohammed to four years imprisonment on a four count charge for attempt to commit theft, personation, possession and use of false document. The defendant who was prosecuted by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, was convicted on September 23, 2021 after pleading guilty to the charges which are punishable under Sections 287,132 and 364 of the Penal Code Law. He was said to have on 24th February, 2016 attempted to use false identity to transfer the sum of N6,000,000…

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today Friday, September 24, 2021, arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters. Seventeen (17) of the suspects were arrested in Awka, Anambra State while 11 others were arrested in Enugu, Enugu State, following actionable intelligence on their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The suspects are: Afam Onu, Frank Offiah, Christopher Anakudo, Steven Ofodili, Sochima Theophilus, Jude Chibuzo, David Ebubechukwu, Victor Okechukwu, Nwazaku Ifeanyi, Ogbonna Amarachi, Nwachukwu Ugochukwu, Ebube Sunday, Chidiebere Eze, Nwakoye Emmanuel, Francis Alexander, Nwoba Nnanna and Nwazaku Kelechi. Others include Chimdindu Nwakanma, Daniel Onyekachukwu, Peter Nnopuechi, Collins Chukwuma,…

-Says LASG Will Continue to Make Lagos Investment Destination, 21st Century Economy Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday received the Guinness World Record certificate as holder of the world’s largest anniversary logo made with cupcakes mosaic. The record was in respect of Lagos State Government’s celebration of the 60th independence anniversary of Nigeria with 60,011 cupcakes mosaic anniversary logo in the world, on October 1, 2020. The initiative had placed Nigeria and Lagos in the Guinness World Records as holder of the world’s largest anniversary logo made with cupcakes mosaic. The Certificate of the Guinness World Records for the Largest Cupcakes…

China’s most powerful regulators on Friday intensified the country’s crackdown on cryptocurrency with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks. Ten agencies, including the central bank as well as banking, securities and foreign exchange regulators, vowed to work together to root out “illegal” cryptocurrency activity, the first time the Beijing-based agencies have joined forces to explicitly ban all cryptocurrency-related activity. China in May banned financial institutions and payment companies from providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions, and issued similar bans in 2013 and 2017. The repeated…

The Nigeria Police Force has been dismissed the sergeant who shot Monsurat Ojuade dead in her home. The policeman, Samuel Phillips, was part of a team from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, who had traced an armed robbery suspect to late Miss Ojuade’s residence. Sergeant Phillips’ dismissal was announced in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu on Friday. “The suspect will be charged to court for murder”, the spokesman noted, recalling CP Hakeem Odumosu’s assurance of justice. Police arrest officer who killed 18-year-old admission-seeker in Lagos The officer was sacked after an orderly room trial which…

The Federal Government of Nigeria has prohibited students who have not been promoted to Senior Secondary School three class from writing the external West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE; the National Examination Council, NECO; and National Business and Technical Examinations Board, NABTEB. The embargo seeks to stop SS1 and SS2 students from writing the certificate examinations. The latest development was announced in a circular by the Federal Ministry of Education to principals of Federal Unity schools on Friday. The circular was signed by the ministry’s Director, Senior Secondary Education, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, and confirmed by the Director of Press…

President Muhammadu Buhari addressed world leaders the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA76) on Friday. Buhari, who spoke at the UN Headquarters in New York, reiterated his administration’s resolve in the fight against insurgency, COVID-19, climate change and the improvement of the economy. Read his full speech below: Address by his Excellency, Muhammadu Buhari, President of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria at the general debate of the 76th session of United Nations General Assembly Friday, 24th September, 2021 New York, USA. Buhari asks Senate to amend Petroleum Indutry Act Mr. President, Let me, on behalf of the…

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 23, 2021 arraigned a prominent Ilorin-based businessman based, Chukwudubem Ezenwa, for offences bordering on fraud before Justice Muhammed Sanni of the Federal High Court, Ilorin. Chukwudubem, who is the Managing Director of Chukwudubemapple Tech Limited, Ilorin was arraigned alongside one Adeleke Damilola on five counts of conspiracy and internet fraud contrary to Section 27 and 33 of the Cybercrime Prohibition, Prevention, Etc Act, 2015. Count one of the charge reads: “That you, ADELEKE DAMILOLA, CHUKWUDUBEEM EZENWA between the month of August and November 2020 in…

Embedded in the security awareness handbook of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), is a clause that advises corps members to alert family, friends and colleagues before travelling to have ransom on-hand to pay kidnappers if one is abducted on the road. The 72-page handbook which is issued to every corps member, noted the Abuja-Kaduna, Abuja-Lokoja-Okene and Aba-Port Harcourt roads as high risk areas. NYSC advised corps members to “establish a personal relationship with the kidnappers as early as possible and also be friendly to them by all means.” The handbook also warned that in the event of a kidnapping,…