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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has been convicted of defrauding investors after a months-long landmark trial in California. Prosecutors said Holmes knowingly lied about technology she said could detect diseases with a few drops of blood. Jurors found Holmes guilty of four charges, including conspiracy to commit fraud against investors and three counts of wire fraud. She denied the charges, which carry a maximum prison term of 20 years each. Holmes was not taken into custody, with no date confirmed yet for sentencing and a further hearing scheduled next week. She faced 11 charges in total and was found not guilty…

UNIOSUN Appoints Adebooye as 4th Substantive VC The Osun State University has announced the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor. He is Odunayo Clement Adebooye, a professor of Plant Phyisiologu. The 55 year old don becomes the university’s 4th substantive Vic-Chancellor. This was sequel to the approval by the Governing Council of the institution under the chairmanship of Chancellor, Mallam Yusuff Olaolu Alli (SAN). According to a statement released by the University’s Public Relations Officer, Ademola Adesoji, the newly appointed substantive Vice-Chancellor who was born on 18th December 1966. His appointment, according to the release, followed the due process of…

While FC Barcelona’s new signing Ferran Torres is raring to get started after completing his move from Manchester City, he may have to wait a little more. This is as a result of news that he returned a positive coronavirus test hours after his unveiling. The 21-year-old Spain international has signed a five-and-a-half-year contract, which is understood to be worth an initial 46.7 million pounds, and a further 8.5 million pounds in potential add-ons. Barca have set a one billion euro (841 million pounds) buy-out clause into the deal. Torres had hoped to be back in action for the Spanish…

Kylian Mbappe scored a second-half hat-trick as Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) breezed through to the Coupe de France last 16 with a 4-0 win over Vannes. Presnel Kimpembe was also on target for the defending champions, who remain unbeaten in 90 minutes in the competition since 2014. The skipper headed the runaway Ligue 1 leaders in front after 28 minutes at Stade de la Rabine. Mbappe then took centre stage after the break, striking three times to put the fourth-tier side to the sword. Unbeaten against lower-league opposition in the Coupe de France since 2010, a much-changed PSG quickly imposed their…

The Director-General of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Dr. Salihu Lukman, has described the call for the postponement of the All Progressives Congress National Convention by some persons from February to a later date as illogical. Lukman said this in a letter to APC leaders on Monday in Abuja while reacting to the development. Lukman was reacting to reports that Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu had on December 13, 2021, written a letter to the Chairman, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning (CECPC) Gov. Mai Mala Buni, calling for the postponement of the convention. Lukman, however, warned that postponing the APC national…

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Sudan, Volker Perthes, on Monday expressed regret over Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok’s decision to step down. According to news agencies, Hamdok resigned after another day of mass protests that rocked the capital of the country, Khartoum. After being detained during the Oct. 25 military takeover, along with senior officials and political activists, the Prime Minister had been reinstated when a deal was reached to share power with the army. Prior to the crisis, military and civilian leaders were sharing power in a government spearheading Sudan’s transition to democracy, following the April 2019 ouster…

Under-20: Danjuma Invites Demehin, Monle, Amoo, 23 Other Female Players to Camp Coach Christopher Danjuma has called up 26 players to Nigeria’s Under-20 female team camp, ahead of this month’s FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup qualifying cracker against Cameroon’s Junior Lionesses. A statement by the Nigeria Football Federation on Monday shows that the list includes defender and captain Oluwatosin Demehin, goalkeeper Omini Monle, midfielders Basirat Amoo and Esther Onyenezide, and forward Flourish Sebastine, amongst others A 15-goal haul in their last three matches has taken the two-time World Cup finalists to the penultimate round of the African qualifying series for…

Six persons died while 12 sustained injuries on Monday in an accident involving a Mistubishi canter and a Mazda bus, around Lala/Kere area of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. Mr. Ahmed Umar, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), while confirming the incident said that the accident occurred at 2:10pm, with the likely cause being dangerous driving. “A total of 38 people were involved in the accident which comprised 20 men, 13 women, three male children and two female children. “Twelve people were injured, eight men, three women and one female child. “A total of six deaths were recorded from the…

President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the passing of one-time Presidential Candidate in a two-horse race, Bashir Tofa, ”a politician of note, who was also a promoter of Islamic culture and civilization’.’ The president made his feelings known in a tribute to the deceased which was released by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, on Monday in Abuja. President Buhari described the late Tofa as a true nationalist that would be difficult to replace. The president said: ”The late Tofa was noted for his untiring commitment to public enlightenment and was unafraid to speak…

The Police Command in Katsina State said that it recovered no less than 109 Anti-Aircraft Ammunition (AA) and other items from bandits between January and December 2021 in the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Gambo Isa, said that 999 suspects were arrested across the state, while 109 anti-aircraft ammunition and four GPMG were recovered during the period under review. “Also, 44 AK-47 rifles, one LAR rifle, one G3 rifle, 20 locally-made guns and 689 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition used by AK-47 rifle, 1,243 domestic animals which consist of 867 cows, 352 sheep, 24 goats and one donkey were equally recovered…