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Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted seven men to 84 years imprisonment for illegal and unlawful dealing in 1,459 metric tonnes of petrol. The court sentenced each of the convicts to a jail term of 12 years each starting Friday after they were all found guilty of the five count charge preferred against them. The convicts are; Adedamola Ogungbayi; Olaniran Olabode; Suraju Gasali; Moses Emmanuel; Wilson Bonsi; Okaraodi Uche and Onyeogo Happy. Apart from the jail term, Justice Abang also  ordered the forfeiture of the vessel, ‘MT Good Success’, used by the convicts in stealing the said petroleum product, as well as the recovered petroleum product to the Federal Government. The judge also ordered the forfeiture of the sums of N66.6m and $975,000 which belonged to the convicts’ company, Hepa Global Energy Limited, domiciled with the First City Monument Bank to the Federal Government. The convicts, were arraigned along...

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often warned against tempting fate. When you have a relationship and are getting on fairly comfortably with your partner, it’s almost fatal to the relationship to bring in a third party to live with you under any guise. That is why, no matter how repulsive we find it, male domestics continue to dip into the same pots as their masters and male partners throw caution to the wind and pant after the maids! Love-gone-sour When Musibau came back from the US years back, the first person he got in touch with was Gboye, his friend of several years. I’d known them together even before they travelled abroad and when Musibau called that Gboye was throwing a welcome party for him, I gladly attended. Gboye’s wife, Rita, and the mother of their three  children, was the perfect hostess, she seemed to get on with Musibau, who she hadn’t met until his return. When I asked Musibau what his plans were and where he was staying, Gboye cut in: “The silly man went to stay in the family home until...

The reigning Premier League champions suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to the Reds at Stamford Bridge earlier today thanks to a brace from Philippe Coutinho and a late strike from substitute Christian Benteke. The defeat for Mourinho’s men, which is their eighth in all competitions this season, leaves the Blues languishing in 15th place in the table with 11 points from their first 11 league matches. Mourinho was fumming with the result, which was clouded in controversy, and refused to comment on his side’s latest setback after the full-time whistle. ““I have nothing to say. I have nothing to say. I have nothing to say,” he said when pressed on his thoughts on his game. “I’m so sorry I have nothing to say. When pressed to give a message to the fans, he added: “The fans are not stupid.” When asked to speak about his job in Chelsea, he said ‘I’m not worried’

The reigning Premier League champions suffered an embarrassing 3-1 defeat to the Reds at Stamford Bridge earlier today thanks to a brace from Philippe Coutinho and a late strike from substitute Christian Benteke. The defeat for Mourinho’s men, which is their eighth in all competitions this season, leaves the Blues languishing in 15th place in the table with 11 points from their first 11 league matches. Mourinho was fumming with the result, which was clouded in controversy, and refused to comment on his side’s latest setback after the full-time whistle. ““I have nothing to say. I have nothing to say. I have nothing to say,” he said when pressed on his thoughts on his game. “I’m so sorry I have nothing to say. When pressed to give a message to the fans, he added: “The fans are not stupid.” When asked to speak about his job in Chelsea, he said ‘I’m not worried’

Philippe Coutinho scored twice as Liverpool came from behind to beat Chelsea 3-1 at Stamford Bridge and pile pressure on under-fire manager Jose Mourinho. The Blues have endured a torrid start to the season – winning just three times – and headed into the game with questions persisting over Mourinho’s future, though Ramires opened the scoring with a fourth minute header. The Reds hit back, however, with Coutinho curling a brilliant effort past Asmir Begovic from the edge of the box to level the scores prior to half-time. Coutinho then grabbed his second in the 74th minute, his effort deflecting off John Terry, before Christian Benteke completed the scoring with a low finish from just inside the box 10 minutes later.

Kogalymavia passenger plane carrying 224 people has crashed in Egypt's Sinai penunsula. The airliner took off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheik this morning, and was heading for Russia, according to aviation sources, when it disappeared from radar. It's believed the plane was mainly carrying Russian tourists. The plane was carrying 212 passengers and 7 crew members. 17 of the passengers are children. Airbus A321 left Sharm-El-Sheikh for St. Petersburg with flight number 7K9268. It belongs to airline Metrojet and was 18.5 years old and was descending with about 6000 feet per minute just before signal was lost. The captain told ATC after departure of a technical fault and requested a route change.  Local media says a recovery team is now at the site of the crash.