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Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro is arrested in Palermo after 30 years on the run.  Matteo Messina Denaro is thought to be the leader of the notorious Cosa Nostra organized crime group. He was apprehended at a medical clinic in the Sicilian capital, Palermo. He was sentenced to life in prison for dozens of murders including his involvement in the assassinations of Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. As he was taken away in a black SUV, people on the street in Palermo cheered and clapped. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said in a statement that the arrest was “a great victory for the state that shows it never gives up in the face of the Mafia.” Gen. Pasquale Angelosanto, who leads the Carabinieri’s special operations squad, said Messina Denaro was arrested at a private clinic in Palermo where he was being treated for an unspecified medical issue. A picture released by police early Monday showed Messina Denaro in a police car — visibly older than in his 1990s ...

POLICE ARREST NINE PERSONS OVER VANDALIZATION OF ELECTRICITY MAST, RECOVER TWO SUSPECTED STOLEN/ABANDONED VEHICLES On 15/1/2023 by 3:am, Police Operatives in conjunction with the Vigilante group and acting on credible information at New Site, Ikpo Urueze Land, Oba, Idemili south, arrested nine persons: Amara Nneji ‘f' 39 years, Kinsley Iwuozo 'm' 50 yrs, Romanus Dim 'm' 40 yrs, Abuchi Onuoha 'm' 29 yrs, Chukwudi Eke 'm' 39 yrs, Ikechukwu Eze 'm' 44 yrs, Ukpe Monday 'm' 40 yrs, Bartholomew Anugwueje 'm' 45 yrs, Ikenna Christopher 'm' 28 yrs recovered a truck containing, seven welding machines, some irons, and other sophisticated equipment after they vandalize the Electricity Power line mast in the above-mentioned location. They all confessed to the level of their involvement in the act. They shall be charged to court, on the conclusion of the investigations. In a similar development, operatives while on patrol recover t...

P&ID Scam: Court Grants Ex-Lagos Attorney-General, Shasore’s Application to Travel Abroad, Adjourns Till Feb.21 Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, January 16, 2022, granted an application filed by a former Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Lagos State, Oladipo Shasore, SAN, seeking to travel abroad for medical treatment. Justice Aneke granted the permission, following a motion filed and argued by Shasore’s team of counsel led by Paul Usoro, SAN, a former President, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, and Olawale Akoni, SAN. According to the defence team, Shasore was diagnosed with lattice retinal degeneration to both the left and right eyes as well as chronic rhegmatogenous retinal detachment to the right eye. The diagnosis reports, issued by Prof. Tom H. Williamson, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at The London Claremont Clinic of St. Thomas Hospital London, were attached as Exhibit SS3. In response, the prosecution couns...

PRESS RELEASE FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY CONFERS HONORARY DOCTORATE DEGREE ON AIR MARSHAL AMAO The Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State has conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Public Administration on the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao for effectively steering the affairs of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The CAS was among the four eminent personalities that received the honorary doctorate award during the Institution’s 12th Convocation ceremony held recently. Speaking at the Convocation ceremony, the VC stated that the conferment of honorary doctorate degree on Air Marshal Amao, was in recognition of his performance and achievements since assumption of office in 2021. “We (Fountain University) have followed with keen admiration the leadership quality of your Excellency which motivated us to enter partnership with the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), Kaduna since 2021,” the VC noted. He described Air Marshal Amao as a team leader and player whose visi...

On 16th January 2023 Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida, one of the biggest stars of European cinema in the 1950s and '60s, has died at the age of 95. Often described as "the most beautiful woman in the world", her films included Beat the Devil, the Hunchback of Notre Dame and Crossed Swords. She co-starred alongside the likes of Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra, Rock Hudson and Errol Flynn. It was reported last year that her son tried to take all her fortune's. "I feel humiliated, I don't want to see him anymore". At 95, Gina Lollobrigida just wants to rest and enjoy her enormous fortune. But she never imagined that it would be her own son who would try to steal all her money and that he would do it in the most perverse way possible. Watch video below and more photos below.

BARBING SALOON OWNER ELECTROCUTED WHILE VANDALIZING TRANSFORMER IN NSUKKA 16th January, 2023 The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, said a barbing saloon operator, identified as Tochukwu Onah, was electrocuted while vandalizing a transformer at the weekend. The incident occurred on Saturday at Ede-Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, where the deceased’s body was found within the premises of EEDC’s transformer. The deceased, Onah, aka Toshiba, was an indigene of Ede-Oballa, who operated a barbing saloon until the tragic incident. Relaying this development to journalists in Enugu on Sunday, the Head of Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr Emeka Ezeh, described the incident as very unfortunate, one that has cut the young man’s life short. Ezeh recalled the numerous cases of vandalism recorded by the company last year, which negatively impacted, not only the quality of service to its customers but also its revenue. Ezeh recounted an experience sometime in November...

Nigerian student ,  Zaynab Bilyamin, from the Federal University Dutse (FUD) , converts sachet water waste to kerosene and diesel . FUD student converts ‘pure water’ sachets to kerosene, diesel Zainab Bilyamin, a final year student of the Department of Chemistry Federal University Dutse has converted sachet water waste to hybrid fuel (kerosene and diesel) as her final year project. Her research project is titled “Conversion of low-density polyethylene and mixed low-density polyethylene with polyethylene terephthalate into fuel”. According to FUD Newsletter, the final result shows that the hybrid fuel produced from the pure water waste products has similar properties as normal kerosene and diesel as it was used to light up a kerosene lamp and power a pumping machine successfully. More photos below.   

PRESIDENT BUHARI TO BE HONOURED BY ABU DHABI PEACE FORUM IN NOUAKCHOTT   President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, receive “African Award for Strengthening Peace’’ in Nouakchott, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, for his leadership role in promoting peace on the continent, through regular interventions, counsels and conciliatory position.    The award will be presented to President Buhari by the Abu Dhabi Peace Forum, which is an assembly of leaders established in 2014 to pursue new ways to embrace inclusive citizenship, promote lasting peace, and work towards a safer and more sustainable world for everyone.   Before the international recognition for serving Nigeria, and the larger interest of peace in Africa, the President will participate in the Programme of the Third Forum of the African Conference for Peace, where he will deliver a speech on milestones and gains in the African peace process.   President Buhari will depart for Nouakchott on ...

CBN, NOT INVADED BY DSS The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to the false news making the round that its operatives invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria and arrested its Governor, today 16/1/23. This is fake news and quite misleading.  Peter Afunanya PhD,  fsi  Public Relations Officer  Department of State Services  National Headquarters  Abuja 16th January, 2023 Earlier report: SSS Invades CBN, Takes Over Emefiele’s office The operatives of the State Security Service, SSS, have invaded the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, taking over the office of the embattled governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele. The secret service had earlier sought a court order to arrest Mr Emefiele but has been out of the country for his annual leave which is expiring tomorrow, January 17. But the FCT High Court had in December barred the SSS from arresting, inviting, or detaining Mr Emefiele. Arriving at the CBN headquarters Mo...

"This morning, we held the swearing-in ceremony of the Acting Chief Judge of Oyo State, Hon Justice Iyabo Yerima, in accordance with Section 271(4) of the Constitution of the FRN 1999 (as amended). We will also follow the due process for appointing a substantive Chief Judge. In my remarks at the event, I congratulated Hon Justice Yerima on this laudable achievement and pledged to support her and the Judiciary as they dispense justice in our dear state. I also restated that our campaigns would not affect the wheels of governance in Oyo State."- Gov. Seyi Makinde.  More photos below.