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A 13-year-old child bride has been forced to marry a 48-year-old man in a sickening wedding ceremony in the Philippines.   Chilling photos show the man cradling the teen in the town of Mamasapano in Maguindanao province on October 22. ...

Tributes have been paid to a ‘happy-go-lucky’ barmaid who was found dead in bed.   Jane Hamilton passed away at the home in Biddulph, Staffordshire, she shared with her partner on November 9. Her grief-stricken family who are yet to ...

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Monday broke its silence on recent hike in fuel price by the Federal Government, rejecting the move and called for immediate reversal.   The Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian ...

The United Arab Emirates said Sunday it will grant all doctors and infectious disease experts living in the country a 10-year visa, who are helping to combat the coronavirus pandemic.   Foreigners in the UAE, like most Gulf countries, are ...

A racing pigeon has sold at auction for more than £1.4 million to a mystery Chinese buyer. The three-year-old hen called New Kim was sold by Belgian auctioneers Pigeon Paradise (PIPA) in an online auction for 1.6 million euros on Sunday. ...

Three men have been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command during a robbery operation in the Iju area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area. According to the police, the suspects are “members of a robbery gang who have ...

                      Julie Loving has given birth to her granddaughter after daughter Breanna Lockwood asked Loving to serve as her surrogate.   Lockwood had learned from her doctors that she would ...

Former United States President Barack Obama has urged the incumbent Donald Trump to concede to Joe Biden.   He gave the counsel in his interview with CBS News programme, 60 Minutes. In the Sunday night broadcast, Obama told Trump to ...

Davido, has bragged about his wealth in a trending video.   Davido was captured in the video storming a jewelry store in the US while on a diamond shopping spree with his second daughter, Hailey told the shop attendant to ...

A Federal High Court, Abuja, will today begin hearing in the certificate forgery suit instituted against Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki by the All Progressives Congress (APC).   The APC is praying to the court to quash his nomination by ...

A lecturer with the University Calabar, Samuel Odey, on Monday said many lecturers have now resorted to begging due to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.   Odey also claimed that some lecturers have started ...

Mrs Walida Isa, the Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said five prospective corps members have tested positive for COVID -19.   Isa made the disclosure at the swearing-in of the 2020 Batch `B’ Stream 1 ...

Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo arrived in Lagos on Sunday.   The vice-president’s visit was to launch the State govt’s Rebuilding efforts after the damages that followed the recent EndSARS protests. He, however, paid courtesy calls to the Oba of ...

North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, reportedly appeared in public for the first time in 25 days, South Korean news agency Yonhap said on Monday, amid continued speculation over his health.   KCNA state news agency said Kim on Sunday ...

  President Donald Trump has accused the mainstream American media of taking sides and not reflecting on his side of the story, asking as to why does the “Fake News Media” continuously assume that President-elect Joe Biden will ascend to the ...

Residents of Olusoga, Daniel, Awawu streets and environs in Mushin, Lagos had a sleepless night on Sunday as hoodlums came in large number to terrorise the area.   In the process, over 20 vehicles and 50 shops were vandalised. It ...

Twenty new cases of leprosy have been recorded in Kogi State according to the Kogi state program officer, Leprosy Mission Nigeria (LMN).   Briefing newsmen in Lokoja on Monday at the COVID-19 response palliatives distribution for communities of persons affected ...

An Islamic scholar and security expert, Malam Lawal Gusau, has reported a group, Feminist Coalition, to the Department of State Services for the role the coalition played in the #EndSARS protests.   Gusau also lodged a complaint against a member ...

A Nigerian man based in Canada, Bayo Adedosu, has offered cash reward to anyone who  can give evidence of casualties at the October 20th Lekki Shooting, where the Nigerian Army allegedly shot at protesters. Bayo is saying the person must ...

  A middle-aged Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officer in Embu County on Friday night shot and killed his wife before fatally turning the gun on himself.   It remains unclear why Justine Mutwiri, who was attached to Njukiri Forest in ...

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Sunday described the EndSARS protest as a noble course, saying It was supported in Ekiti not because of those involved, but for the reason behind the action.   Fayemi, who disclosed ...

A 16-year-old girl, Bahijja Gombe, living with a family as a maid on Zoo Road Housing Estate, Kano State, has allegedly committed suicide.   Bahijja, an indigene of Gombe State, was said to have hanged herself without leaving a suicide ...

Shayla Angeline Boniello, a Texas transgender woman previously known as Shawn Vincent Boniello, got slapped with life in prison for murdering the toddler granddaughter of her boyfriend two years ago.   There will be no chance for parole for Shayla Angeline ...

Former President Barack Obama has ruled out taking on any formal position in President-elect Joe Biden’s administration — quipping that wife Michelle would leave him.   “I will help him in any ways that I can. But now, you know, ...

Peru’s President Manuel Merino resigned Sunday, just five days after taking office, sparking celebrations in the capital Lima following street protests against him and the ousting of his popular predecessor.   Merino, 59, stepped down shortly after a crisis session ...