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  A Spanish court on Wednesday sentenced former Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to a year in jail for tax fraud committed in 2014, a punishment that will not oblige the Brazil coach to serve prison time.   Prosecutors alleged the Italian created a system of shell companies to hide ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that it will open its portal for online Continuous Voter Registration in Akwa Ibom State on August 18, 2025, ahead of the 2027 general elections.   The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Obo Effanga, made this known on Wednesday during his ...

  Panic gripped residents of Ekwulobia and Oko communities in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State on Wednesday after armed hoodlums invaded the area, killing at least four people and setting vehicles ablaze.   The attack, which began around 8 am, saw the gunmen shoot indiscriminately while mounting positions ...

  Billionaire Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok was under fire again Wednesday, for antisemitic comments, praising Hitler and insulting Islam in separate posts on the X platform.   One series of comments, which included insults directed at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, led a court there to ban the ...

  The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, Dr. Olusola Odumosu, on Wednesday, warned newly trained officers against misconduct or irresponsible use of weapons.   Addressing the 200 personnel who completed the Corps’ basic arms training at the command headquarters in Abuja, Odumosu ...

  The Anambra State Government has called on residents to participate fully in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration exercise which kicked off across the state on July 8.   According to the Independent Electoral Commission, the CVR exercise will end on July 17.   INEC added that it provided an ...

  A former secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, has said that some governors and top members of the All Progressives Congress are quietly supporting an opposition coalition ahead of the 2027 elections.   Lawal, who served under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari during his first term, revealed this ...

  The Special Military Task Force in charge of maintaining peace in Plateau State otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven has confirmed that eight vigilantes were killed in last Sunday’s ambush by bandits in Kanam Local Government Area of the state.   The spokesman for the taskforce, Major Samson Zhakom, ...

  The Nigerian Railway Corporation says the Federal Government has begun reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Eastern railway corridor.   The Railway District Manager, Eastern District, Enugu, Mr Victor Adamu, stated this while responding to a national survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria, on abandonment of railway lines ...

  President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has publicly hailed President Bola Tinubu’s administration for its “visionary leadership” in infrastructure development and flood control initiatives.   In an open letter, Dangote expressed appreciation for the President’s efforts, particularly highlighting the transformative Bar Beach Land Reclamation project (Eko Atlantic City) and ...