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The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, continued on Thursday with trial judge Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, threatening to revoke his bail over persistent delay tactics. Mr Maina, a money laundering ex-convict, is standing trial alongside Ann Igwe Olachi on nine counts of receipt of stolen funds to the tune of N738.6 million. Mr Kutigi expressed frustration after Mr Maina’s lawyer presented a hospital referral letter in court and sought an adjournment, even though the document did not indicate any illness. The judge lamented that the…

The trial of former Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, over an alleged N80.2 billion money-laundering scheme resumed on Thursday at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, with a prosecution witness detailing how N46.5 million was transferred to the American International School (AIS). Bello is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a 19-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,088.88. Testifying as Prosecution Witness 8 (PW8), Gabriel Ochoche, a compliance officer with First City Monument Bank (FCMB), told the court that the payments were made from the account of Kunfayakun Global Limited. “Among…

Former Chairman of the Anambra State People’s Democratic Party, Dan Ulasi, has spoken against name calling among party members as the crisis rocking the PDP continues. Speaking during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Thursday, Ulasi, said it was not necessary to call a political colleague a vagabond. DAILY POST recalls that Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, had a few days ago claimed that there was no more a vagabond in the PDP. The statement is said to have sparked reactions from various quarters of the country. Ulasi, who warned that such a language was…

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has impounded 27 commercial and private vehicles during a coordinated enforcement operation targeting widespread violations of loading regulations across major roads in the state. The early-morning exercise formed part of a renewed statewide crackdown on vehicle overloading, a practice authorities say has continued despite repeated warnings and public sensitisation campaigns. Officials said the affected vehicles were found carrying excessive loads far beyond approved limits, with goods stacked inside passenger cabins, crammed into luggage compartments, and dangerously mounted on vehicle roofs. According to LASTMA, such practices severely reduce visibility, affect vehicle balance, and increase the…

Brighton’s Diego Gómez is the current highest goal scorer in the Carabao Cup so far this season. Gómez has scored five goals and he is ahead of Chelsea’s Alejandro Garnacho, who has four goals to his name. This comes following the conclusion of the Carabao Cup semi-final second leg fixture on Wednesday night. Recall that Manchester City defeated Newcastle United 3-1 to qualify for the Carabao Cup final on a 5-1 aggregate win, having won 2-0 in the first leg. Pep Guardiola’s side will now face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final in March. Carabao Cup top scorers so far:…

The Nigeria Immigration Service on Thursday inaugurated 108 Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit desk officers across its formations nationwide, as part of efforts to strengthen integrity and accountability within the service. The Comptroller General of Immigration, Kemi Nandap, who hosted the ceremony at the service headquarters in Abuja, said it marked a deliberate milestone in the collective effort to entrench a proactive, grassroots framework for ethical governance through the deployment of ACTU desk officers across all formations. “We are gathered not merely to inaugurate officers, but to entrench a proactive, grassroots architecture for ethical governance,” Nandap said in her keynote address.…

A UK court has sentenced 40-year-old Adedapo Adegbola to life imprisonment for the murder of his former girlfriend, 23-year-old university student Steph Irons, in Nottingham, England. According to Irish Reports on Thursday, Adegbola was sentenced by Nottingham Crown Court after admitting to killing Irons at her Mapperley home on October 21, 2025, following the breakdown of their short-lived relationship. The court heard that the pair met while working together and briefly dated before parting ways. Prosecutors told the court that Adegbola became obsessed with Irons after their breakup, ordering two knives online and travelling by taxi to her home. He…

Yoruba elders rarely waste words. When they speak, they compress generations of experience into lines sharp enough to cut through confusion. One of such sayings goes: “Iku ti yoo pani b’o ba si ni, ni fila k’ama d’upe.” The death that ought to kill us, if it only knocks off our cap, deserves gratitude. Survival, even bruised, is still survival. And Nigeria has just lived through such a moment. The latest foiled coup attempt did not march tanks onto the streets or interrupting radio transmissions with martial music. It did something quieter, and perhaps more disturbing. It showed us how…

The Federal Government has unveiled fresh measures to strengthen Nigeria’s gas-to-power value chain, describing natural gas as the backbone of electricity supply and a critical enabler of the country’s industrialisation drive. The government disclosed that gas currently fuels more than 70 per cent of Nigeria’s on-grid electricity generation but admitted that structural weaknesses across supply, infrastructure and commercial arrangements have continued to constrain power delivery to homes and industries. Speaking on the government’s strategy during a ministerial address at the National Gas Day session of the 9th Nigeria International Energy Summit 2026, held on Thursday in Abuja, the Minister of…

Former UFC heavyweight champion Andrei Arlovski believes Jake Paul learned a valuable lesson after Anthony Joshua broke his jaw in two places during their December bout, PUNCH Sports Extra reports. Paul suffered a knockout loss to Joshua, losing every round on the scorecards, including a 10-7 fifth round after the British boxer delivered multiple knockdowns. The end came in the sixth after Joshua connected with a brutal right hand that broke Paul’s jaw in two places, ending the fight via knockout. “I didn’t like it, but Jake Paul had great condition for six rounds,” Arlovski said about the fight when…