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  A  Lagos court has sentenced Chukwuemeka Udezuka to 12 years in prison for stealing a total of ₦64,060,000 from four victims who had engaged him to help convert naira to the U.S. dollars at the official Central Bank of Nigeria exchange rate. Justice Rahman Oshodi of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja delivered the judgment on Friday, June 5, 2026, after finding Udezuka and his company, Mezu Connection Investment Limited, guilty on all four counts of stealing filed by the EFCC's Lagos Zonal Directorate 1. According to the prosecution, the defendant collected funds from the victims in 2022 under the pretense of facilitating foreign exchange transactions at the official CBN rate, before disappearing and cutting off all contact, leaving the victims with no means of recovering their money. Among the specific counts, Udezuka was found to have dishonestly converted ₦28,000,000 belonging to one Chizoba Benson Chiegwu and ₦17,360,000 belonging to Hojoli Augustine Okechukwu, among ot...

  Worried by the continued forceful detention of the schoolchildren and their teachers abducted from Ahoro-Esinele in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State, scores of female traditional worshippers from across Egbaland, on Friday, staged spiritual procession around major streets of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital in a bid to secure the release of the victims. Clad in their traditional white worship atire with paraphernalia of worship, the half-naked traditionalists visited sacred sites of traditional worship in Abeokuta metropolis where they invoked spirits of the deities for a spiritual intervention in the efforts towards safe release of the victims within the next seven days. The procession was led by Yeye Olokun Agbaye and Olori of Ilawo Kingdom, Her Royal Majesty, Omolara Fashola-MacGregor, who described the initiative as a sacred appeal and appeacements to the deities and revered ancestral spirits to ward off evils away from Yorubaland in general. Among the sites visited w...

  Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has ordered the restriction of motorcycle operation between 10:30 PM and 5:30 AM to curb insecurity in the state. The  governor issued an Executive Order on the restriction, on Friday, stating that the state government would not relent until the kidnapped teachers and school children return home safely.  According to him, every day the victims remain in captivity is a painful day for their families and the entire state. He  assured Oyo residents that efforts were ongoing around the clock, stressing that the safe return of those abducted remains a tough conversation for his administration.  Makinde added that the victims have not been forgotten and they have not been abandoned. “ We may not be able to disclose every step being taken because of the sensitive nature of the operations involved, but I ask our people not to mistake our silence for inaction. A great deal of work is being done behind the scenes,” he stated.

  The  Chairman of the National Election Commission (NEC) in South Korea, Roh Tae-ak, has resigned following widespread criticism over ballot paper shortages that disrupted voting in several districts during Wednesday’s local elections. Roh announced his resignation on Friday, saying he was stepping down to take responsibility for what he described as an election management failure that undermined public confidence in the country’s democratic process. It was gathered that Roh acknowledged that there was “no excuse” for the shortcomings that prevented some voters from casting their ballots smoothly and raised concerns about the integrity of the electoral process. The outgoing NEC chairman also disclosed that an independent panel of external experts would be set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the disruption, adding that he would accept the outcome of the probe. The crisis erupted after ballot papers ran out at about 50 polling stations across the country, forcin...

  FIFA has announced the launch of FIFA World Cup: Launch Edition, a new football video game developed in partnership with Netflix Games, ahead of the start of the FIFA World Cup 2026. The game will be released exclusively on Netflix Games on Thursday, 11th of June, 2026, coinciding with the opening day of the expanded 48-team tournament, and will be available to Netflix subscribers at no additional cost. According to FIFA, the game has been designed to capture the excitement and emotion of the world’s biggest football competition while offering an accessible gaming experience for players of all skill levels. Fans will be able to represent any of the 48 participating nations, compete in all 16 World Cup stadiums and control more than 1,200 players expected to feature at the tournament. One of the game’s standout features is its innovative control system, which allows users to play on a television while using their mobile phones as controllers. Players simply launch the game on a sm...

A uthorities in Tanzania have concluded their investigation into the tragic passing of American social media influencer Ashlee Jenae, revealing that she died by suicide following severe mental distress. The 31-year-old New Jersey native, whose real name was Ashly Robinson, was found dead on April 9 at the luxury Zuri Zanzibar resort in Tanzania. The tragedy occurred just six days after she got engaged to her crypto mogul fiancé, Joe McCann, during a safari vacation, and hours after hotel staff witnessed the couple having a volatile argument. Speaking at a press conference in Zanzibar, the Deputy Director of Criminal Investigations, Zuberi Chembera, stated that text messages retrieved from the deceased’s mobile devices showed repeated complaints regarding her life circumstances. “Through witness statements and analysis of communication devices belonging to the deceased and her fiancé, we established that she had been experiencing mental distress,” Chembera said. He added that SMS exchan...