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Bees sting 16-year-old girl to death in Kenya

A 16-year-old girl from Lurambi in Kakamega County, Kenya died on Monday, December 23, after a swarm of bees attacked her while collecting firewood in a forest near her Shikoti Village home. The deceased’s mother, Leonida Anamba, told K24 Digital ...

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Photos of Nigerian Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi who died in US Immigration cell

Here are photos of the Nigerian Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi, who died last Saturday while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the Worcester County Jail in Snow Hill, Maryland. According to a news release distributed Monday night ...

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Merry Christmas to you all our dear readers

  On behalf of the management of TALKA G. BLOG and it’s entire staff, we wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas!   We also want to thank you for all your support and encouragement throughout ...

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Saudi Arabia bans underage marriage

  On Monday, December 23, the Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice set 18 years as the minimum age for marriage, as it prohibits marriage of persons under 18.   According to a report by the Saudi Gazette, the Minister of ...

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Gunmen Attack: President Buhari calls Goodluck Jonathan

  President Buhari has reportedly called former President Goodluck Jonathan, over the gunmen attack at his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa state. Buhari who commiserated with the families of the dead soldier and the injured during the attack, reassured Jonathan ...

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Deji Adeyanju flown abroad for treatment after being beaten by mob

  Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, who was physically brutalized by dozens of hired government thugs on Monday in Abuja during a protest tagged #FreedomRally in front of the National Human Rights Commission, has been flown overseas for medical treatment. ...

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US Christian Post journalist, Napp Nazworth quits over paper’s pro-Trump stance

A Christian Post journalist quit over the outlet’s editorial slamming the evangelical Christianity Today‘s column bashing President Donald Trump as “immoral.” The president lashed at Christianity Today, calling the publication founded by the Rev. Billy Graham a “far left magazine,” ...

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Governor Bello loses elder sister

Kogi state Governor, Bello is bereaved. The Governor yesterday lost his elder sister, Hajia Rabiat Bello. According to a statement released by the governor through his Chief Press Secretary, Muhammed Onogu, today, Rabiat died following a protracted illness on Monday. ...

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FG orders release of Sambo Dasuki, Sowore

In a very surprise move, the Federal Government has ordered the release of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki and convener of #RevolutionNow protest Omoyele Sowore. The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami ...

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Thieves return looted goods to Benin market after ayelala priests rain curses

Thieves who looted goods from the stores of victims of Ekiosa Market fire disaster on Sunday have returned some items they stole, less than 24 hours after juju priests invoked curses on them. The priests were from the dreaded Ayelala ...

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APC reacts to mob attack on Adeyanju

  The All Progressives Congress has condemned the mob attack on Deji Adeyanju, a PDP member and activist in Abuja on Monday, during the clash between two groups of protesters outside the office of the National Human Rights Commission. “This ...

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Akin Alabi and SegaLink fight dirty on Twitter over Shina Peller’s arrest

  Following yesterday’s arrest and detention of a member of the House of Representatives and owner of Quilox night club, Shina Peller, by the men of the Nigerian Police Force, Lagos State Command, Maroko Police Station precisely, fellow Rep member ...

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Ex-president Goodluck Jonathan confirms attack on his home in Bayelsa

Former President Jonathan has confirmed an attack by unknown armed men near his country home in Otuoke, Bayelsa State in the early hours of today Tuesday December 24th. It was reported earlier today how gunmen who rode on a speedboat, ...

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4 die as gunmen attack Goodluck Jonathan country home

  Unknown gunmen killed a soldier on guard duty at the courtyard of former President Goodluck Jonathan situated close to the bank of the river at Otuoke, Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State.   Multiple sources said about three of ...

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Guns, drugs found on plane with Lil Wayne on board

Rapper Lil Wayne flew into Miami on Monday aboard a private jet that was stopped by federal agents who later found drugs and a firearm on the aircraft, according to law enforcement sources. Charges could be filed in federal court. ...

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Nigerian Policemen stop US Police officer, mistake him for Yahoo Boy

  A US Police officer of Nigerian origin has taken to his social media page to narrate his encountered with Nigerian policemen who thought he was a yahoo boy.   The man simply identified as Olu is in the country ...

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1 month without stress, N500k – Man negotiates with girlfriend (Video)

  A video of a man negotiating his peace of mind with his girlfriend is currenting trading on social media.   In the video, the couples who are Igbos as can be heard from their conversation was negotiating what life ...

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Mob that attacked Deji Adeyanju chanted ‘Sai Baba’ – FFK

  Former Minister of Aviation and PDP Chieftain, Femi Fani-Kayode, FFK, has alleged that thugs who attacked activist Deji Adeyanju during a protest yesterday chanted Sai Baba during the attack.   The protest which took place at the National Human Rights Commission ...

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Nigerian man in US facing deportation, commits suicide in ICE custody

A 56-year-old Nigerian, Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi has died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), less than 24 hours after he was detained. Akinyemi was found unresponsive in his cell at the Worcester County Jail in Snow ...

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Falana is a liar, Buhari not seeking 3rd term, Presidency says

The Presidency has described human rights activist, Femi Falana as a liar for misinforming the public that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning a third term agenda. Presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu said in a statement on Monday that Falana, had boarded ...

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Atiku reacts to assault on Deji Adeyanju

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has condemned the attack unleashed on activist, Deji Adeyanju by hoodlums in Abuja yesterday. Adeyanju was attacked on Monday during a protest in front of the headquarters of the National Human Rights Commission. ...

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Quilox boss, Shina Peller released on bail

The owner of Quilox Club and a member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller has been released on bail. Peller was yesterday detained at Maroko Police Station in Lagos. Lagos police’s spokesman, Bala Elkana, said he was detained and ...

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See apology letter kids wrote to mother who threatened to reduce allowance

  A twitter user identified as Enefe Adaji has taken to the micro blogging platform to share the hilarious way her aunt kids protested the reduction of their allowance.   According to Enefe Adaji, the kids appealed their mum’s act ...

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