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Police investigating a drive-by shooting that killed Chicago rapper FBG Duck are trying to determine whether he was targeted for mocking deceased rival gang members in a recently released music video. The 26-year-old artist, born Carlton Weekly, was shot dead ...

The shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Stockholm has sparked outrage and reignited a debate around a rise in gang-related violence in Sweden. The girl, who is not believed to have been the intended target, was hit by a stray ...

This is the 30-year old runway model cum video vixen Cossy Ojiakor is engaged to. The actress had shared a video of her fiance, Abel Jurgen Wilhem proposing to her in her Lekki home. She had organised a party for ...

The Lagos State Government has directed Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 students who are registered for National Examination Council (NECO) Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) to resume on Monday. Recall that an earlier pronouncement issued by the state had directed ...

Monalisa Chinda- Coker has taken to Instagram to encourage her followers saying they need to keep their heads up, as they can never be enough for people!She spoke about her experience saying she has being body shamed severally and well… ...

Fire last night gutted the kitchen of Big Brother Cameroon, aka Biggy237.The video of the incident which has since gone viral shows a female housemate cooking in the kitchen when suddenly fire engulfed the gas cooker. She ran out to ...

Naira Marley has again pleaded guilty today during his Abuja arraignment. The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mobile Court, Abuja had convicted the music star for violating Covid-19 protocols. He pleaded guilty to the four-count charge pressed on him by the ...

We earlier reported that the APC Governorship candidate in Edo state, Ize-Iyamu today met President Buhari in Abuja.The President who has now officially welcomed him to APC, presented the party’s flag to him. More photos from the presentation below…

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed Balaraba Ibrahim as the Special Assistant on Women Affairs (Unmarried). This is according to a letter dated August 4, 2020, with reference number GO/SS/POL/S/83 and signed by the Secretary to the State Government, ...

Nigerians have shunned social distancing as they besieged NIMC office in Abuja for their National ID Card. In photos seen online, the citizens where seen practically shunning social distancing as a few others were also seen without their facial masks. ...

  City are through to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with a 2-1 victory on the day to seal a 4-2 win on aggregate.   Sterling made the most of a Varane error to give the hosts an early ...

  Despite losing the game 2-1, Lyon are through to the quarter-finals on away goals.   Depay gave his side an early lead with a penalty, catching Szczesny out with a Panenka after Aouar was fouled by Bernardeschi.   Ronaldo ...

More than 500 inmates at an Arizona state prison have tested positive for coronavirus, according to local health officials. The 517 inmates who tested positive at the Arizona State Prison Complex Tucson Whetstone Unit make up nearly half up the ...

Daystar Christian Centre won’t reopen on Sunday despite the go-ahead to that effect by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, its Senior Pastors Sam and Nike Adeyemi have stated. Rather, it would continue to meet online until physical congregation becomes safe, they added. ...

The battle for the control of the Edo State House of Assembly has taken a melodramatic turn as a voodoo priestess and spiritual leader of Ekutetebite Negwogho group, Princess lnibokun lmasemwenbor stormed the complex to curse opponents of Governor Godwin ...

Kwara State High Court in Ilorin on Thursday penalised the Saraki family for their persistent absence to prosecute the case over ownership of the controversial “Ile-Arugbo” between the family and Kwara state government. Following repeated failures of counsel to the ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has introduced a dedicated public election result viewing portal, known as “The INEC Result Viewing (IReV)”. The commission said IRev would enable Nigerians to view polling unit results in real time as voting ends ...

China, where the coronavirus was detected last December, is now facing a new health threat from another virus, that is tick-borne. The virus causes a disease called “Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome (SFTS). According to reports, it has already killed ...

Nigerian Police have begun a massive manhunt for unidentified gunmen, who stormed a church in the southern state of Bayelsa on Wednesday night, leaving a trail of blood and destruction. The attackers, suspected to be cultists killed a couple and ...

American actress Jennifer Garner and her boyfriend John Miller have broken up, multiple platforms reported on Thursday. NBC reported that the Golden Globe winner and the businessman are splitting up, after two years of dating and sometimes living together. Garner, ...

Thousands of Chinese beer lovers left their face masks and virus worries behind to gather in large crowds and raise a much-needed glass as the largest booze festival in Asia opened. China has largely brought the coronavirus outbreak under control ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu at the moment. Chairman of APC Caretaker Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, led Ize-Iyamu to the meeting. Others on the entourage of the party ...

A 20-year-old fashion designer, Ayomide Taiwo, is lying unconscious after allegedly being attacked by a yet-to-be identified policeman attached to the Ibokun Divisional Headquarters, Osun State, on Tuesday. Ayomide, a resident of Owena, was travelling back to his base from ...

The two drivers of the bullion van conveying money from Enugu State to Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, last week, which was attacked by four armed robbers, on Thursday narrated how they escaped from the robbers with the van. Recall ...

The chairmanship election of the Nigerian Medical Association, Enugu branch yesterday evening turned bloody as thugs invaded the venue and scatted the whole process. The thugs are believed to have been hired by a faction of the body.   Members ...