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A sick gymnastics coach who had s-x with an underage girl “once a week” has been jailed. Taylor Farrell, 27, met the victim, then 12, while working as a gymnastics coach in Melbourne, Australia. He then began grooming her through ...

Twitter on Friday said it had removed tens of thousands of “state linked” accounts used by China, Russia and Turkey to push their own propaganda, sow misinformation or attack critics. By far the biggest network uncovered was linked to China, ...

One man identified as Lateef has sent his wife Suliat to court that their marriage should be dissolved. The man said he wanted to divorce his 28-year-old wife because she has become nothing but a nuisance to him. Lateef said ...

Some workers of Atlantic Hotels have accused the management of sacking a female worker, Grace (Not real name), after she was s.e.x.u.a.l.l.y harassed by one Sanjiv Raut, a cooking staff and an Indian national. The hotel, which is situated at ...

Former Imo Governor and member representing Imo West Senatorial District, Senator Rochas Okorocha, has accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of peddling falsehood against him, saying the commission did not recover any money from him. Okorocha’s outbursts followed ...

In recognition of the supreme sacrifice she paid during the March 15 Abule-Ado multiple blasts, the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday named a newly built 500-capacity assembly hall after the late principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Sr. Henrietta Alokha. ...

The Lagos State Government, on Wednesday, sealed 15 buildings over lack of planning permits. The government made this known via its Twitter handle. The buildings affected are located in Bourdillion, Onikoyi, and Banana Island. The state Commissioner for Physical Planning ...

A mother-of-two has been forced to live with her intestines hanging out of her abdomen after surviving a horrific nightclub shooting. Takieyah Reaves, from Newark, New Jersey, defied death to survive being shot twice by a random attacker who sprayed ...

Spanish prosecutors have opened a probe into whether former king Juan Carlos was handed millions of dollars in kickbacks from Saudi Arabia. The Supreme Court is looking into allegations the king was paid to facilitate the construction by a Spanish ...

A University College London medicine expert was burnt alive by an angry mob after being accused of practising witchcraft. Domingo Choc Che, a natural medicine expert, had been working with the university on a project when the traumatic event happened. ...

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu has said the anti-graft agency is investigating serving and former state governors for graft. According to him, suspects who connived with the governors were being invited for questioning. ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi, who was arrested for his Yoruba poetic song critical of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Justice ...

To commemorate this year’s National Democracy Day celebration, the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat will on June 12 hold a Democracy Day webinar for youths in Lagos. The national leader of the All Progressives Congress ...

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President Muhammadu Buhari this morning addressed Nigerians on the occasion of the Democracy Day. The President’s speech below: NATIONAL BROADCAST BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI ON DEMOCRACY DAY, JUNE 12TH 2020 Fellow Nigerians, 1. The 2020 celebration of Democracy Day marks ...

Just three-and-a-half weeks away from the Dominican Republic’s presidential election, leading candidate Luis Abinader said he and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The country is one of the worst-affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the Caribbean ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Thursday, paraded a suspected supplier of aphrodisiac to Boko Haram members in Borno State. The suspect, Bakura Ibrahim, apart from supplying the sex enhancing herbs, to the insurgents, also provides fuel and ...

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Office have commenced investigations into allegations of misappropriation of funds to the tune of N42million involving an aide of governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State. The suspect, Paul Hembah, ...

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic has denied fixing June 21, 2020, as resumption date for air travels in the country. National Coordinator Dr Sani Aliyu, clarified: “What we said to the aviation authority is ...

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has declared a state of emergency on the increasing rate of sexual and gender-based violence in the country. The NGF chairman, Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, said this via a communique sent out/ Mr ...

A twitter user has accused SARS officials of arresting and demanding the sum of N500,000 from himself and his wife for breaking the state curfew. Bruce tweeted that they were arrested at Lekki and were taken to an ATM in ...

Two restaurant owners have been sentenced to 723 years in prison in Thailand, after defrauding the public with a seafood promotion. Apichart Bowornbancharak and Prapassorn Bawornban sold vouchers to customers that entitled them to use their seafood buffet at an ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has returned over N5.7 billion from the N7..9 billion recovered from different bank accounts and assets belonging to former Imo governor, Rochas Okorocha, to the state, for the payment of workers’ salaries and ...

One of the suspects arrested and detained over Uwaila Omozuwa’s Rape and death has accused Uwa’s Pastor of being responsible for her death. According to a Journalist, Ayo Ademokoya, the suspect allegedly confessed that Uwa had gotten pregnant for the ...

    Dele Alli will miss Tottenham’s first game back following the coroavirus-enforced break after being banned by the Football Association for a video posted online mocking an Asian man for supposedly having Covid-19. In February, Alli posted a video on Snapchat from ...