The heir to a pie company fortune who murdered his best friend on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for his crime. Dylan Thomas, k!lled his childhood friend William Bush, 23, at their home in Llandaff, Cardiff, on December 24, 2023. His grandfather, Sir Stanley Thomas, the founder of Peter’s Pies, whose net worth was…
Nigerian entertainer Speed Darlington has alleged that an adversary reached out to his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, to appeal for leniency amid ongoing tensions surrounding his legal troubles. Taking to social media, the singer claimed that despite using the police to detain him in defiance of a court order, his adversary has now sought to…
The Lagos State Government has ordered the closure of the pedestrian bridge located between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 in Oshodi Bus Terminal due to concerns regarding the safety and structural integrity of the bridge. The Commissioner for Transportation, Oluwaseun Osiyemi, in a statement on Friday, Jan. 24, said the order to close down the…
A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan has sentenced a teacher, Adebayo Osayemi, to two years imprisonment with hard labour for stealing his employer’s phone and money, totaling N237,000. In her ruling, Magistrate Mrs. O.O. Latunji stated that the conviction was based on evidence presented by the police and the defendant’s guilty…
Detectives in Kenya have arrested a member of a crime cabal that defrauded a Nigerian national of N150m. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, in a statement on Friday, January 21, 2025, said Stephen Mugambi Colbe and his co-conspirators had approached the victim, pretending that they were in a position to hire a…
Kenya has announced a new policy allowing citizens of nearly all African countries to visit without requiring prior authorization, according to a cabinet directive reported by the BBC. A cabinet statement confirmed that the Electronic Travel Authorization (ETA) requirement will be abolished for all African nations except Somalia and Libya, due to security concerns….
A suspected thief in Ghana met his fate when an attempted theft went awry. According to reports, the man had successfully stolen a mobile phone and was on the verge of escaping when he was apprehended by local residents. In a video making the rounds, the thief is seen surrounded by a crowd…
A South African regional court in Gqeberha has found Kevin Pretorius, the owner of Kliphuis guest house in Kareedouw, guilty of the double murder of an engaged couple who died from carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty gas geyser. The victims, Mari Hoon, 28, and Jean Vosloo, 25, were discovered lifeless in the…
The Trump administration has started deporting illegal immigrants back to their country using military aircraft four days after Donald Trump assumed office as U.S. 47th president. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt shared photos on the social platform X of individuals in handcuffs boarding a military plane. “Deportation flights have begun,” Leavitt said. “President Trump is…
Drake‘s legal battle with Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s diss track, “Not Like Us” could be set to take another dramatic turn as the music label has asked a Texas court to toss out the pre-action petition he filed against them in November. In a motion to dismiss filed in Bexar County on…
