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Oscar Pistorius Sentenced to 6 Years in Reeva Steenkamp Murder JOHANNESBURG — Oscar Pistorius , the double-amputee sprinter who rose to worldwide fame for overcoming his disability to compete in the 2012 Olympic Games, was sentenced on Wednesday to six years in prison for murdering his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, inside his home in 2013. Mr. Pistorius was taken directly from the courtroom to a prison near Pretoria to start serving his sentence. He will have to serve half of his term before being eligible for parole.

Football: Lionel Messi sentenced to 21 months jail in tax case Barcelona's Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison and fined 2 million euros ($2.2 million) after being found guilty of three counts of tax fraud, although it is unlikely he will serve time.

Panic as Dambazau, Ihejirika, Minimah, Others In Arms Panel Report About To Be Handed Over There is tension and frantic scheming among former army chiefs and other top officers of the Nigerian Army as the Presidential Committee on Defence Equipment Procurement in the Nigerian Armed Forces concludes its task and is set submit its report of President Muhammadu Buhari in the coming days, PREMIUM TIMES has learned.

UBA security guard earning 30k/month returns $10,000 (N2.8m) misplaced by a customer A security guard with the United Bank for Africa, Mohammed Ogbanago, who returned $10,000 (about N2.8m) misplaced by a customer, has said he was ridiculed for the action.  He explained that he returned the money to show that all Nigerians were not corrupt and to set a good example for Nigerian youths.