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Ex-Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has been cleared of raping a woman and attempting to r*pe another. The 28-year-old was accused of attacking a 24-year-old woman at his £4m mansion in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire in October 2020. Mr Mendy was also accused of the attempted r*pe of another woman, …

In the first quarter of 2023, the Federal Government obtained a loan of N1.83tn from the Central Bank of Nigeria through the utilization of Ways and Means Advances. As a result, the borrowing from the CBN by the Federal Government increased from N23.53tn in December 2022 to N25.36tn in March …

Naira drops against Dollar, exchanges at N803.90 at official windowThe Naira on Friday depreciated against the dollar, exchanging at N803.90 at the investors and exporters window. According to Financial statistics, the Naira decreased by 7.72 per cent when compared with N746.28 for which it exchanged for the dollar on Thursday, …

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams has warned Simon Ekpa, factional leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to stop plans to stage the sit-at-home protest in Lagos State. Ekpa had said the sit-at-home protest currently being enforced in the South East will be done in …

The suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor Godwin Emefiele is likely to face charges of illegal possession of gun and live ammunition, Channels Television reported last night. His trial is scheduled for Lagos next week. The Department of State Services (DSS) had said on Thursday that it had charged …

Britain’s richest, divorcee and songwriter, Kirsty Bertarelli has unveiled her new boyfriend two years after she received £350million in a settlement when she divorced her Swiss tycoon billionaire ex-husband. The 52-year-old became Britain’s richest divorcee in 2021 when her billionaire husband, Ernesto Bertarelli, agreed to a £350 million settlement. She …

Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister, says the surcharge paid for the state-funded national health service (NHS) by visa applicants from around the world will “increase significantly”. Sunak, who spoke on Thursday during a Downing Street press conference, said migrants will also pay more for visa applications. The development is …

Eleven prisoners from the Enugu Custodial Special Study Centre have graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in its 2022/2023 Academic Year, while 50 fresh students matriculated at a ceremony in Enugu. In an address on Thursday at the 12th Convocation and Matriculation Ceremony at the centre, the …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), has arrested Yusuf Ismael Isah, a 32-year-old man from Okene, Kogi State, for attacking the convoy of fiery cleric, Apostle Johnson Suleman. The cleric, who is the founder of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Auchi, was attacked on October 21, 2022 on Benin-Auchi Road, wherein six …

Yul Edochie has described his union with his second wife, Judy Austin as ‘’Peace”. He shared the photo above of he and Judy on his Instagram page this afternoon and captioned it ‘’Peace”. ‘’Peace. THANK YOU LORD. @judyaustin1 Ijele Odogwu.” he wrote