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A French man, identified as Dominique P, is accused of drugging his wife and filming at least 83 men raping her over the course of a ten-year period. According to Dailymail on Thursday, Dominique found the men on a website ‘Without Her Knowing’, where members talk about conducting sex acts on unconscious partners and saving the proof in a file named “ABUSES” on a USB stick. Investigators said they discovered 92 incidences of rape between 2011 and 2020, and 51 individuals, ranging in age from 26 to 73, have been identified and accused of raping his wife of 50…

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Crown Uzama, a popular TikTok musician, and five other people were found guilty by Justice A.A. Isiaka of violating Sections 142 (1), 57, and 308 of the Kaduna Penal Code Law, 2017, as well as Section 309 of the same Law. The convictions were obtained by the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, or EFCC. Uzama (aka Shalli Popi and Miller Maxwell) was convicted alongside Joel Kator (aka Alfred Hudson), AbdulAzeez Suleiman Temidayo (aka Miss Katie Official), Favour Chidiogo Emmanuel (aka Kate Banks), John Joseph (aka Avail Hollywood) and Bethel Makuochukwu ( aka Violetqmartinez). Makuochukwu…

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Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State, on Friday, failed to appear before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal. The Tribunal had on Thursday, ordered a substituted service of a subpoena on Mbah through his lawyer. This was following an application by counsel to the People’s Redemption Party, PRP, Barr Alex Amujiogo. The subpoena was immediately served on Mbah’s lawyer by Amujiogo. However, when the case came up today, Friday, the PRP counsel told the Tribunal that Mbah did not honour the summons. Amujiogo said, “This Honourable Tribunal had on June 22, 2023 made an order that the subpoena be served…

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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, Chief Tony Okocha has said the party is “ready to receive” the immediate past governor of the state, Nyesom Wike when he decides to defect to the ruling party. This is coming amid speculations that Wike who apparently worked to ensure the victory of President Bola Tinubu during the February 25 presidential election, is getting set to dump the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Wike and some of his loyalists in the opposition party had been accused of lobbying for ministerial positions in Tinubu’s government. The former governor had also…

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The Presidential Election Petitions Court has admitted certified copies of academic and work records of President Bola Tinubu tendered by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. The documents include a B.Sc certificate from the Chicago State University, NYSC Discharge Certificate, and Mobil Nigeria Oil Plc certificate of service. The PDP had brought the documents through their subpoenaed witness, Mike Enahoro Ebah Esq, who noted that the documents were “purportedly” obtained by Tinubu but bore the name ‘Bola Adekunle Tinubu’. Led in evidence by PDP counsel, Chris Uche (SAN), the witness also tendered forms EC13 and EC9…

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Lagos is classified as the fourth worst city in the world to live in according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2023 Global Liveability study. In order to compile its findings, the research examined 173 cities and considered 30 qualitative and quantitative variables under the headings of stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education, and infrastructure. Lagos came in first place, ahead of the capitals of Tripoli, Libya, Algiers, Algeria, and Syria’s war-torn Damascus. EIU said Lagos moved up the ranks after seeing improvements in healthcare and education but added that corruption is still a problem. In 2022, Lagos was the second…

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A lawyer named Temidayo Eseyin was charged on Wednesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s Ilorin Zonal Command with robbing the Landmark University in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, of N19.3 million. Eseyin was charged with four counts of dishonest misappropriation of university funds by Justice Funsho Lawal of the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin. Eseyin was a former member of the Disciplinary Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association, Ilorin Branch. In a petition to the EFCC, Eseyin, whilst being a counsel to the university had access to its property, title documents and funds and had allegedly been cheating, defrauding,…

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The US Coast Guard authorities have revealed that the debris found during the search for the submersible that went missing during a tourist expedition was “consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel”. Authorities made this known during a press briefing on Thursday. According to OceanGate, the vessel’s operator, its pilot, and chief executive Stockton Rush, along with passengers Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman Dawood, Hamish Harding, and Paul-Henri Nargeolet “have sadly been lost”. US Coast Guard Rear Admiral John Mauger disclosed during the press conference that the wreckage of the submersible was discovered on Thursday morning by…

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More witnesses were called on Thursday in support of the Labour Party’s case at the Presidential Election case Court, which is run by Peter Obi, the party’s presidential candidate. The petitioners are protesting the outcome of the last presidential elections wherein the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Bola Tinubu as the elected president. Tinubu contested under the platform of the All Progressives Congress. During the resumed hearing in the matter, Ugwuoke who was led in evidence by the petitioners’ counsel, Patrick Ikweato, SAN, insinuated that the Amazon Web Service could not have shut down as it was the responsibility of…

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The United States Coast Guard on Thursday said that a “debris field” has been discovered in the Titanic wreck search area. According to BBC, the US Coast Guard said, “Experts within the unified command are evaluating the information.” Fears of the oxygen supply on the vessel running out have led rescuers to conduct a frantic international search for the missing tourist submersible. The search for the submersible, which went missing Sunday after embarking on a mission to survey the wreckage of the Titanic, has been focused on an area where Canadian aircraft detected “underwater noises.” U.S. Coast Guard officials…

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Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has become the first African music artiste to hit one billion streams on Audiomack. Burna Boy made the great feat as the global streaming platform announced it via a Twitter post on Thursday. Audiomack tweeted, “CONGRATULATIONS #BURNABOY ON BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN ARTIST TO HIT 1 BILLION AUDIOMACK STREAMS!” CONGRATULATIONS #BURNABOY ON BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN ARTIST TO HIT 1 BILLION AUDIOMACK STREAMS! ???????????? pic.twitter.com/vvUaIGxAY6 — Audiomack (@audiomack) June 22, 2023 The ‘Last Last’ crooner achieved the feat with the combined streams of his last…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized a total of 999.33 kilogrammes of drugs between June 2022 and June 2023, in Jigawa. The Jigawa state Commandant of the Agency, Mr Mu’azu Aliyu, made this known on Thursday at a Press conference to commemorate the World Drug Day 2023. He said that the command also arrested a total of 422 suspected drug traffickers comprised of 409 males and 13 females within the period. Aliyu further said that the command secured 94 convictions and counselled 186 drug addicts. The commandant said that while 15 persons were rehabilitated, four were still under…

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