An arrest has been made in Las Vegas in connection with the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a law enforcement source tells CNN. The source, who has knowledge of the investigation, confirms the man arrested Friday morning is Duane Keith Davis, aka “Keffe D,” whose wife’s Henderson home was searched in July as part of the ongoing investigation into the shooting. Las Vegas Metro Police Department officials are planning to hold a news conference later Friday, the source said. Shakur was shot and killed while leaving a boxing match on the Las Vegas Strip. His untimely death – the…
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The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has called on the Edo State government to compel Coca Cola Company, Seven Up Bottling Company and other producers of plastic to engage in Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) by taking responsibility for the plastic waste they produce. The Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, Chima Williams, made the call at an event tagged, “Return-To-Sender Action” organised by ERA/FoEN and other groups on Thursday the 28th of September 2023 in Benin. Williams who was represented by Babawale Obayanju stated that the flooding experienced in Benin and its environs is aggravated by the plastic waste…
A Kano Federal High Court Friday ordered Kano State Government to pay the Incorporated Trustees of Massallacin Eid Shop Owners the sum N30 billion as compensation for unlawful demolition of their shops without following due processes laid down by law. TheHintsNews reports the state Governor, Abba Yusuf had embarked on demolition exercise worth billions of Naira immediately after he assumed office. The governor also said there was no regret over demolition of property in the state. Based on this, a private firm, Lamash Property Limited, had threatened to sue the Kano state government demanding N10 billion compensation over the demolition…
The Special Task Force Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) has paraded eight criminal suspects in connection with the murder of one Mrs Dorathy Jonathan. The suspects were also accused of gunrunning, gun manufacturing, attack and burning of Saint Raphael Catholic Church at Fadan Kamantan village, Zango Kataf LGA and the killing of a herder at Gora town all in Kaduna State. The Media Information Officer OPSH, Captain Oya James, while parading the suspects on Friday before journalists at the Headquarters of Operation Safe Haven in Jos, said two of the suspects were arrested for the gruesome murder of Mrs Dorathy Jonathan…
The governorship candidate All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, says he has directed his legal team to immediately proceed with an appeal against Friday’s judgment of the Election Petitions Tribunal that upheld the election of Sheriff Oborevwori as the governor of the state. TheHintsNews reports that Justice C.H. Ahuchaogu-led three-member tribunal panel affirmed the return of Oborevwori as the winner of the March 18, 2023 gubernatorial election in the state. However, Omo-Agege in a statement issued Friday by his Media Adviser, Sunny Areh, after the judgement said the tribunal failed to reckon with the fundamental flaws…
Save the Children International (SCI), says Nigeria has recorded a staggering 7,202 cases of diphtheria and 430 deaths since the outbreak started in May 2022. Diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease that has largely been eradicated across the world, although periodic outbreaks happen in places where large groups of children have missed this routine vaccination, such as the disruptions to vaccinations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, diphtheria is a highly contagious bacterial infection that can be fatal without treatment. SCI in a statement issued Friday by its Interim Country Director, Faton Krasniqi, said prior to the pandemic, Nigeria already had…
Ahead of November 11 Bayelsa governorship election, about fifty thousands members, as well as aides to governor Douye Diri and members of other political parties have decamped to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. The decampees were received at the party secretariat in Yenagua by the party’s National Chairman of APC, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje who was represented by the Deputy National Chairman, North, Ali Delore. Some of the decampees are members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Labour Party (LP), among others. Among those that defected were two former Commissioners, Chief Saviour Ibegu (from Ogbia Local Government…
A foundation, Ezennia Rosemary Azuka (ERA), has awarded scholarships to Nigerian students across the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria, from secondary school to university levels. Their names include: Gwakaa Jemimah North-Central Benue State, Sylvia Obisanya South-West Ogun State, Jonathan Joseph North-West Kaduna State, Chidinma Esther Kelechi South-East Imo State, Uwana-Abasi Ime Stephen South-South Akwa Ibom State,Egbosi Afomachukwu Esther South-East Anambra State. In a statement issued by the Managing Director of ERA Foundation, Mrs Atakulu Chidilim stated that the foundation is known for its commitment for providing educational opportunities to the less privilege and empowerment, noting that it opened the call…
A group, Progressives Foundational Movement (PFM) accused the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) led government in Kano state of engaging in a smear campaign against the judiciary. The group in a statement issued Thursday by its National Coordinator, Aganaba Johnson alleged that the NNPP government in Kano is engaging in the smear campaign through a series of false stories, manipulated analysis and paid propaganda. It alleged that some of the fake CSOs engaged have already swung into action as the smear campaign has kick started with damning condemnation of the judiciary with a slogan “Justice for Kano…” It said: “The…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 elections, Atiku Abubakar, has said thatPresident Bola Tinubu cannot use the excuse of privacy law to stop the release of his academic records from the Chicago State University (CSU). TheHintsNews reports that Tinubu had, amongst other grounds, for the denial of Atiku’s request submitted that Judge Jeffrey Gilbert erred in directing the CSU to release documents bordering on Tinubu’s Diploma certificate, transcripts and admission letter amongst others. Atiku in his reply to Tinubu’s objection to the order of Magistrate Gilbert, on Wednesday maintained that Tinubu’s objection was incompetent…