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A 20-year-old California man has been sentenced to six and a half years in federal prison for his role in a crypto theft ring that defrauded victims of more than $250 million.Marlon Ferro, of Santa Ana, known online as “GothFerrari,” was sentenced to 78 months in prison alongside three years of supervised release and $2.5 million in restitution, the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said Wednesday. Ferro pleaded guilty in October 2025 to participating in a Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) conspiracy.“Marlon Ferro served as the criminal enterprise’s instrument of last resort,” US Attorney Jeanine Ferris…

Spencer Pratt is saying goodbye to reality TV and hello to politics. Exactly one year after a wildfire burned down his family’s home in Pacific Palisades, California, Pratt announced that he was running for mayor of Los Angeles. “The system in Los Angeles isn’t struggling; it’s fundamentally broken,” Pratt said at the “They Let Us Burn” public demonstration on January 7, 2026. “It is a machine designed to protect the people at the top and the friends they exchange favors with, while the rest of us drown in toxic smoke and ash. Business as usual is a death sentence for…

Dozens of weary Malian soldiers sat in rows under armed guard as separatist fighters filmed them in northern Mali following last month’s coordinated assaults across the country. Many of the soldiers were captured after the military position in Kidal was taken over by a joint force of separatists and jihadists. In another footage, Al Jazeera’s Nicolas Haque reported that several captives identified themselves as members of the Malian army, police and paramilitary forces. The situation gave the clearest signs yet of the scale of the security crisis confronting Mali’s military junta after simultaneous attacks by armed groups killed dozens of…

DAAR Communications Plc has denied reports dismissing alleged manipulation of its shareholding records on the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) portal after a cyber attack, insisting the discrepancies do not align with the company’s records. In a statement posted on NGX Group on Wednesday and signed by the company secretary, Jennifer Egbaran, which responds to a publication by Nairametrics on 29 April titled “CAC denies manipulation of DAAR Communications records after cyber attack,” the company said it neither authorised nor contributed to the report. The chairman of DAAR Communications Plc, Raymond Dokpesi Jr., earlier alleged a “grave” manipulation of the company’s…

The National Park Service, NPS, has deployed 42 additional volunteer community rangers to strengthen security and conservation efforts at the Gashaka Gumti National Park located across Taraba and Adamawa states. Speaking during the passing-out parade of the rangers in Serti, headquarters of Gashaka Local Government Area of Taraba state on Tuesday, the Conservator-General of the NPS, Ibrahim Goni, reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to partnerships aimed at promoting biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods across the country. Represented by George Kagon, Goni said the recruitment initiative was designed to address manpower shortages caused by retirements and other operational losses within the park…

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that he will embark on consultations over possible participation in the forthcoming 2027 presidential election. Jonathan stated this on Thursday in Abuja. The development comes after a group supporters marched to his office calling on him to contest the presidential election. “It’s only patriotic citizens that build their nations. Unpatriotic citizens will destroy their nation, take the money to anywhere to enjoy their life. So you must be patriotic. And things are very, very clear. “The key thing we need in this country is peace. So as young people, for most of you here,…

Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in close coordination with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, Lagos Country Office, and law enforcement partners from Switzerland, France, and Greece, have successfully dismantled a transnational criminal organization involved in drug money laundering operations running into hundreds of billions of naira across Europe and Nigeria. The multi-country investigation into the drug money laundering operations culminated in the simultaneous arrest of a billionaire drug baron, Amadi Simon, in Switzerland and his co-conspirators – 34-year-old Jecinta Amara Ikechi, in Anambra State, and 28-year-old Blessing Ngozi Amadi…

Nigeria’s Falconets have arrived in Lilongwe for the second leg of their 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying fixture against Malawi, DAILY POST reports. Moses Aduku’s side defeated the Young Scorchers 2-0 in the first leg at the Remo Stars Stadium, Ikenne last weekend. The reverse fixture will hold at the Bingu National Stadium on Saturday. The Falconets have won their two away games so far in the qualifiers. Nigeria defeated Rwanda 1-0 on the road in the first round, and edged out Senegal 2-1 in the second round. The overall winners of the clash between the Falconets, and…

The top US diplomat, Marco Rubio, went to the Vatican on Thursday for talks with the first US pope, Leo XIV, against the backdrop of sharp tensions between the White House and the Vatican. The US secretary of state’s visit comes after Trump’s extraordinary criticism of Leo, the head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, over his anti-war stance. AFP reporters saw Rubio’s motorcade driving up Via della Conciliazione — the grand avenue leading up to St Peter’s Basilica — before entering the Vatican. Rubio, a devout Catholic, has sought to play down the rift ahead of the private audience,…

The family of Michael Adeniyi has demanded justice over his continued detention, alleging that the teenager has spent about three years in custody after being arrested as a minor. PUNCH Metro gathered that Adeniyi was arrested in 2023 by officers attached to Area F Command, Ikeja, when he was 14 years old. His sister, Tosin, told our correspondent on Wednesday that others arrested alongside him were released the same day after allegedly paying for their freedom, while Adeniyi remained in custody due to his family’s inability to raise the required funds. Despite being a minor at the time, he was…