The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has arrested six suspected pipeline vandals accused of puncturing Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) pipelines and stealing Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Gwagwalada Area Council. The suspects were arrested at Pagada I, Dobi Ward, where security operatives said they caught them allegedly…
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil Rights Division asked a federal judge Wednesday to block the Virgin Islands from enforcing its recently enacted ban on modern semiautomatic firearms. The Virgin Islands has come under scrutiny over its firearms laws during the second Trump administration, with the DOJ initially filing suit against the Caribbean territory in…
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Media Experts Limited (MEL) as the preferred media rights representative for the commercialisation and distribution of the Sub-Saharan Africa free-to-air broadcast rights for the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) Morocco 2026. The appointment, announced on Tuesday in London, gives the international sports and entertainment…
Chelsea are close to agreeing a deal with Crystal Palace to sign Maxence Lacroix. The two Premier League clubs have been locked in negotiations over a permanent transfer for the France defender. Sky Sports News reports that Palace want more than the £55m fee that Tottenham paid for Jan Paul van Hecke from Brighton to…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Alhaji Muhammad Talake before the Borno State High Court in Maiduguri over an alleged N3.8 million property fraud. Talake appeared before Justice Aisha Kumaliya on Thursday on a two-count charge of obtaining by false pretence and criminal misappropriation. According to the EFCC, the defendant allegedly collected…
Bipartisan hospital price transparency legislation cleared a key hurdle in the Senate Wednesday, but some big hospital groups are pushing back. The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, led by Republican Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall and Democratic Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper, would require U.S. hospitals and health insurers to publicly disclose medical care prices, according to…
