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Farrah Fawcett’s son, Redmond O’Neal, has been ordered to stay in custody at a state hospital following his 2018 arrest for attempted murder. Us Weekly can confirm a Los Angeles court commissioner ruled on Thursday, June 25, that there is sufficient cause to believe a crime had been committed based on the evidence. As a result, the case against O’Neal, 38, will move forward. After multiple witnesses testified, L.A. County Superior Court Commissioner James P. Cooper, who presided over the preliminary hearing that started in December 2025, concluded that the 13 felony and misdemeanor charges still stand against Redmond, whom…
Two people were killed on Thursday in Imo State when a bomb explosion occurred inside a large drainage channel in the state. The police spokesperson in Imo State, Henry Okoye, said in a statement on Friday that the incident happened at about 9:15 p.m. in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state. Mr Okoye, a deputy superintendent of police, identified the slain victims as Hyginus Akalonu, 32, of Umulumu, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, and Victor Egwu, 22, of Agba, Ishielu Local Government Area, Ebonyi State. “Preliminary investigation indicates that the two suspects (victims), who were…
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Musa Aliyu (SAN), has said Nigeria cannot defeat corruption through arrests and prosecutions alone, stressing that the country’s anti-corruption campaign must begin in classrooms, where values and professional ethics are formed. Aliyu made the remarks on Friday at the ICPC and Nigerian Law School Kano Zonal Workshop on Integrating Anti-Corruption Education into Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Law School. He said corruption continues to impose enormous costs on ordinary Nigerians by weakening institutions, undermining justice, slowing development and eroding public trust. “The public pays for corruption,” he said,…
A 43-year-old non-teaching staff member of a public primary school in Ilorin, Amuda Olubukola, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command, for allegedly defiling a 14-year-old pupil. PUNCH Online gathered that the suspect allegedly transformed his school office into a crime scene, subjecting the Primary 4 pupil to repeated sexual abuse until a resulting pregnancy exposed the illicit acts. Confirming the development in a statement issued on Friday, the NSCDC spokesperson, Ayoola Micheal, disclosed that the operative’s Gender Unit swung into action immediately after receiving a formal complaint. He said, “The…
Two persons said to be members of the Accord Party were reportedly abducted in Ilesa, Osun State, by suspected hoodlums, leading to tension in the community. Videos of one of the abductions went viral on Friday, showing a man pleading with his abductors, who intermittently fired gunshots into the air, before he was forcefully bundled into a vehicle bearing the inscription “AMBO,” the acronym of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Oyebamiji. In another video, an elderly woman, a resident of Ilesa, stormed the palace of the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adesuyi Haastrup, to protest the…
A group of 17 Democratic US senators is pressing leadership in a key committee to address the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) using federal funds in lawsuits against state-level authorities cracking down on prediction markets.In a Wednesday letter to the chair and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, Senator Richard Blumenthal, Senator Jeff Merkley and 15 other Democrats urged the committee leadership to block the CFTC from using federal funds in Chair Michael Selig’s legal fights against state gaming authorities. Selig has defended the agency’s position that the CFTC has “exclusive jurisdiction” over…
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The Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) Caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned a Federal High Court ruling that nullified the party’s registration, describing the judgment as “judicial coup” and an attempt to undermine Nigeria’s democratic system ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued on Friday and signed by the caucus leader, Afam Ogene, the lawmakers accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of orchestrating what they called a deliberate effort to weaken opposition parties through the courts rather than through electoral competition. The caucus was reacting to a judgment delivered by the Federal High Court in Lokoja,…
President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of the National Health Technology and Data Analytics Office (NHTDAO) and appointed Obi Adigwe as its pioneer National Coordinator. The agency will be domiciled in the Office of the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare. The NHTDAO will serve as a meta-level national platform for coordinating the country’s digital health agenda. It will reinforce, not replace, the existing statutory functions of relevant departments and agencies. It will also harmonise and empower the public and private institutions across the health system, set the standards that connect them, and operationalise the National Digital Health…
The Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria in Benue State, Ardo Muhammad, and one other person identified as Yakubu Isah have been killed by gunmen in Otukpo Local Government Area, triggering tension in parts of Otukpo and neighbouring Ohinmini Local Government Area. It was gathered that the MACBAN chairman had attended a peace meeting allegedly convened by the Divisional Police Officer of Ohinmini with leaders of Ayunne community in Ohinmini Local Government Area of the state on Friday. However, as the chairman and his companion were travelling back, gunmen reportedly ambushed their vehicle at a village…
