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Unknown gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the younger sister to wife of Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, in Asaba, the state capital.   Elizabeth, younger sister to Dame Edith, was allegedly accosted by a gang of young men at Temple Clinic ...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, has disclosed that the agency is collating comprehensive data on the Nigerians indicted in the recently busted money laundering and cyber crime offences in the United States. ...

The automatic employment recently granted to 14 choristers by Delta Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to celebrate the 28th anniversary of the state’s creation, has triggered crisis among some sacked workers.   Over 3,000 sacked workers, including the 650 Delta Line Transport ...

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde was dragged into Instagram bants by a nosy follower querying her marital status.   Commenting on a photo of the ace Nollywood actress and some business leaders, the follower asked if the mother of four is still married ...

A gang of three Nigerian women have gone on trial after being accused of luring a man to their apartment, beating him up and stealing Dh57,000.   The 45-year-old Iraqi victim arrived in Dubai in January 2019, and got to ...

The abducted Permanent Secretary in Enugu State Ministry of Lands, Mr Augustine Udeh, has regained freedom.   Recall that gunmen abducted Mr Udeh on Sunday evening, between Isuawa and the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla, along the Enugu-Port ...

A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has granted an interim order restraining the All Progressives Congress from adopting direct primary for the rescheduled August 31st governorship primary.   Justice E. G. Omukoro granted the order upon hearing a ...

Pastor Mike Bamiloye, the President of Mount Zion Drama Ministry and Mount Zion Television took a walk back memory lane as he recounted what pushed him into production of Christian movies.   Revealing that he was angry at secular movies and foreign Christian movies shown in churches and crusade ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to grant the motion filed by Omoyele Sowore challenging his detention for 45 days by the Department of State Security.   Justice Nkeonye Maya, who declined all applications by Counsel to Sowore, Mr Femi ...

A 68-year-old glamour model has shown that she still looks as good as she did in her 20s by wearing a bikini she wore decades ago.   Suzy Monty, who is one of Britain’s oldest glamour models, decided to create a photoshoot ...

Gunmen believed to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) killed 11 casual workers of a telecom firm in Borno state yesterday Tuesday August 27th.   Confirming the incident, members of the state civilian Joint Task Force and some ...

A man is wanted by police after he took revenge on another man who bullied him when they were both students over 50 years ago.   Thanapat Anakesri, 69, a pensioner, shot dead Suthat Kosayamat, 69, during their school reunion. He accused ...

Julius Maada Bio, the president of Sierra Leone, has terminated the appointment of his chief of protocol (SCOP), Fatmata Kargbo, after she went to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) owned by Nigerian clergyman, TB Joshua, to testify of how ...

A 39-year-old tenant identified as Tunmise Abraham, has been arrested and paraded by the Ekiti state police command for allegedly raping and killing his landlady, Mrs Bukola Olanrewaju in the state’s capital Ado Ekiti.   The murder suspect admitted hitting the 38-year-old tailor and ...

A woman was caught and paraded in chains after she allegedly stole some items including noodles, from an orphanage owned by a church in a community in Anambra State. “The woman in chains stole some items meant for the Motherless ...

A Harvard University student has sued Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni for blocking him on Twitter. Mr Hillary Innocent Seguya Taylor, a Ugandan, also sued government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo and the police Chief Political Commissar Asan Kasingye, saying they too have ...

  One of the victims of paedophile billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has rubbished Prince Andrew’s claim that he was not aware of his friend Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring.   Prince Andrew spoke out for the first time over the weekend to ...

A reprisal attack was launched against foreigners by South Africans, following the murder of a Taxi driver by suspected drug dealers in Pretoria CBD on Tuesday August 27.   The cabbie was shot dead after he alongside other Taxi drivers confronted suspected drug ...

The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), an Islamic human rights organisation has again attacked Governor Nyesom Wike and his administration over the alleged demolition of the Trans-Amadi mosque in Port Harcourt, the Rivers state capital.   In a statement released by ...

A Mexican college student survived an 80-foot fall after slipping from her balcony.   Alexa Terrazas, 23, was doing an extreme yoga pose over the edge of her sixth-floor apartment balcony when she slipped and landed on the driveway of ...

The arrested convener of  #RevolutionNow protests, Omoyele Sowore has denied claims of being in contact with “foreign collaborators” in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries to destabilize President Buhari’s government..   Sowore who also denied visiting Dubai or any UAE ...

The female student of Federal University of Technology Akure Ondo State, left with grievous injuries by policemen, has revealed that she was assaulted for refusing to have sex with the security operatives.   The student identified as Sheba Ogbu, said ...

A man has warned women not to leave their husbands because he cheated.   According to Facebook user Damian Egbuna, “Most divorced women regret their actions. He added, “Never leave your husband because he cheats.”   Check out the witty ...

Ebonyi Catholic parishioners gifted one of the Reverend Fathers in the state, Very Rev. Fr Dr Abraham Nwali, this stature to celebrate his 25th priestly anniversary recently.   Nigerians are amused at the ”seeming” resemblance between the clergy and the ...

Meek Mill’s 12-year long case has ended after he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanour gun charge in a plea deal.   The US rapper was granted a new trial in July because judges ruled that his original trial in 2008 ...