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Israeli model Bar Refaeli has agreed to pay $4.8million and do community service as part of a plea bargain which ends a long-running tax evasion case against her. The 35-year-old, who previously dated Leonardo DiCaprio, agreed to do nine months ...

Activist Deji Adeyanju has said those into crime should not have a social media account, saying they should ‘learn’ from Nigerian politicians who hardly have one. His tweet comes after popular instagram celebrity, Hushpuppi was allegedly picked up at his ...

Music producer and singer, Gabriel Oche Amanyi, popularly known as Terry G has asked Nigerians to urgently pray for Hushpuppi saying no one is clean. Though the news is yet to be properly confirmed, however a lot of people in ...

A former soldier shot dead a four-year-old boy at the child’s own Incredible Hulk-themed birthday party, police have said. Birthday boy Enzo dos Santos died after being shot in the chest at point-blank range in front of horrified parents, two ...

The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) says more than 100 million Nigerians have no form of identification. Aliyu Aziz, director-general of the NIMC, disclosed this during a meeting with editors held via Zoom on Wednesday. Aziz, who spoke on the ...

Sani Yekini, a protocol officer attached to the office of Aisha Buhari, has passed away. Aisha announced his passing via her official Twitter account. She said the deceased who suffered from a diabetic condition, worked with her for 4 years. ...

  Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo has made fulfilled his promise of ending flooding in West Legon, Ghana. The actor had announced on twitter that he will be working on the drainage, and yesterday came back on the same platform, to ...

The  Ogun State Commissioner for Health , Dr. Tomi Coker, on Wednesday said 104 out of the 108 new Covid-19 cases in the state on Tuesday were from one company. On Tuesday night, the NCDC said the state recorded 108 ...

A survivor of the massacre by Boko Haram terrorists of 81 villagers of Faduma Kolomdi, Gubio in Borno State, has narrated how it happened. Modu Gana said that the attackers stormed the village on Tuesday in three Hilux vans and ...

The Kano State Police Command said it has arrested a man for allegedly raping over 40 women in Kano. This is contained in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna and made available to the Punch ...

  The death of another black man who shouted “I can’t breathe” while being restrained by police officers has been ruled a homicide. In scenes similar to the George Floyd tragedy, Manuel Ellis, 33, was arrested by police in Washington ...

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoko has been ranked third most productive school in educating entrepreneurs in Africa. According to a report by Forbes entitled: “If You Want To Start A Tech-Company In Africa, Go To College”, the university is ...

Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has called on the authorities in the United States of America to ensure that justice is served in George Floyd killing. Runsewe made the call during a memorial session ...

George Floyd’s death and the resulting wave of rage against racism and police brutality may have changed the political calculus for US presidential contender Joe Biden, who faces pressure to pick a black female running mate. Senator Kamala Harris, an ...

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury have agreed in principle to meet in two blockbuster fights, according to Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn. Hearn has been negotiating with Fury’s camp for several weeks and he said the terms were in place for ...

An Ikeja Special Offences Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a student of the Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH), Oni Ololade, to eight months in prison for cyber fraud. Ololade was sentenced during the virtual proceedings by Justice Mojisola Dada, following his guilty ...

A frontline medical doctor, Dr Bello Katagum who worked with the Bauchi state government on COVID-19, has died of the virus. Dr Rilwanu Mohammed, the Executive Chairman, Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BASPHCDA) disclosed on Wednesday during the State ...

Lesotho’s former prime minister (PM), Thomas Thabane, and his wife paid assassins a down payment of $24,000 to kill his estranged wife Lipolelo three years ago, according to a police affidavit seen on Wednesday. The details were the latest twist ...

A teacher turned up to class wearing her wedding dress for adorable photos with her students before getting married. Kindergarten teacher, Kelsey Moeller, 30, made the surprise appearance at school to give her class the chance to see her wearing ...

A “cunning” and “manipulative” paedophile who groomed 17 girls has been jailed for 13 years. Sick Daniel Berry, 31, preyed on his victims – who were aged 12 to 15 – by pretending to be a modelling agent and studio ...

Rapper Iggy Azalea has finally confirmed the birth of her son, weeks after she welcomed her first child into the world. The internet has been buzzing since April after rumors first dropped that she welcomed a son with her fiance ...

Tragedy struck in Minna, the Niger state capital in early hours of Wednesday when woman and her three children, among them,  one month old baby, were burnt to death in their two bedroom apartment. The house, situated in Nkangbe, a ...

A black shop owner suffered a broken jaw after being punched by a white policeman who reportedly mistook him for an intruder. CCTV from the incident appears to show the police officer walk into Star Spirits and Beverages in Decatur, ...

A Yaba Magistrates’ Court in Lagos has freed a 15-year-old girl (name withheld) charged with murdering a 51-year-old man Babatunde Ishola who allegedly tried to rape her. Magistrate Philip Adebowale Ojo struck out the murder charge filed by the police ...

On the day George Floyd was laid to rest, Texas Southern University announced it would give a full scholarship to the 6-year-old whose father’s death in custody has spurred global demands for an end to police brutality. TSU’s Board of ...