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Sixteen internet fraudsters got their comeuppance on Friday as Justice Mohammed Abubakar handed them various jail sentences. Justice Abubakar of the Federal High Court in Abeokuta jailed sixteen convicts for criminal impersonation and possession of false documents. . The convicts ...

No fewer than 29 Fulani herdsmen were massacred by men dressed in military fatigues, in a village in central Mali, a local government official and a Fulani association said on Saturday. The attackers on Friday targeted the village of Binedama ...

After Elton John ended their relationship weeks before they were due to marry 50 years ago, their lives took different paths. Linda Hannon had known him as plain old Reg Dwight and supported the aspiring rock star before he scored ...

A man who is set to inherit hundreds of thousands of pounds following the death of his 81-year-old husband has been branded a “gold digger” and a “leech” by the late vicar’s family. Philip Clements, a retired Church of England ...

Fresh evidence has now emerged in Nigeria of how former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Allison Madueke, plotted and secured a foreign country’s citizenship and political appointment in order to secure immunity from prosecution, Vanguard reports. Documents at the disposal of ...

Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi, has advised the Federal Government to legalise the use of stun guns and pepper spray for females to defend themselves against rapists. The monarch, in a press statement by his press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, ...

Mixed martial arts superstar Conor McGregor announced his retirement from the sport on Sunday. The two-division Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) World Champion said his fighting days were over in a Twitter message posted on his verified account, alongside a picture ...

Fresh facts have emerged on the arrest of an Anambra billionaire, Chief Pius Nweke, the chairman and chief executive of Best Aluminum Company Ltd in Onitsha by a special squad from the office of the Inspector General of Police, IGP. ...

The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday appeared before the House panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations levelled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were ...

The family of a man who reportedly committed suicide by jumping into the Lagos lagoon in February said they doubt if he actually jumped to his death. The family is now accusing the man’s uncle and a Bolt cab driver ...

The identities of convicted s.e.x offenders in Nigeria have been unveiled by The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons. The action of NAPTIP became necessary following the increasing r.a.p.e incidents in Nigeria in recent times. It also ...

Anthony Joshua has joined Black Lives Matter protest. He was captured hobbling on crutches as he joined the Black Lives Matter movement this afternoon. Wearing a black hoodie with the movement’s name on the front, the WBA, WBO, and IBF ...

A 17-year-old girl, Seun Adekunle, and her 25-year-old boyfriend, Basit Olasunkanmi, have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for faking her kidnap. The teenager who lives at 32 Agura Road Abeokuta, was reportedly lured by Olasunkanmi, ...

Thousands of people took the knee for George Floyd in London today as protests spread across Britain. Demonstrators descended on Parliament Square in Westminster earlier following the tragic death of the 46-year-old in the US. During a minute’s silence hundreds ...

The death of George Floyd has sparked outrage and protest but some white teens have created a challenge in which they mock his death. Floyd died on Memorial Day after now-former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin placed a knee on his ...

Award-winning Sound engineer,Emmanuel Zapp Mallet better known as Zapp Mallet,has stated categorically that he would go for Nigerian Music industry, if he was reincarnated. In an interview with Sandra of RazzNews,the legendary Sound engineer asserted that whoever has chosen the ...

  Former Los Angeles Dodgers star Carl Crawford has been arrested after his former girlfriend accused him of assaulting her during an argument over a man she had begun dating. An arrest affidavit filed this week by Houston police states ...

Drew Brees has issued another apology amid backlash from fans and teammates over his disapproval of NFL players kneeling in protest during the national anthem, this time posting a self-recorded video on Instagram to convey his sincerity on the matter. ...

Google uncovered hacking attempts from China and Iran on personal email accounts of presidential campaigns staffers for Joe Biden and Donald Trump. The announcement was made Thursday and the strike appears to be spear-phishing attacks – similar to the Russian ...

An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Kaduna State Government to pay N10.5m as damages to the President of Chocolate City Group, Audu Maikori. The court on Friday upheld the ruling of the Federal High Court that the ...

The Imo State Government has arraigned the Imo State Director-General of the Peoples Democratic Party’s New Media Centre, Ambrose Nwaogwugwu, for terrorism for accusing Governor Hope Uzodinma of “secretly approving Rural Grazing Reserves for Fulani herdsmen”. Nwaogwugwu was also said ...

Norway’s Princess Märtha Louise said being in a relationship with a black man has given her a ‘crash course in white supremacy’ after witnessing how he is treated. The princess, 48, said that before she began dating self-described shaman Durek ...

This is the shocking moment a man leaps through a glass swimming pool panel in a stunt gone wrong at his boozy 30th birthday bash. Dimitry Prigorodov hurled himself through a window last week, hoping to dive straight into a ...

A lady identified as Aminat Popoola has accused a House of Representatives aspirant, Ettu Mohammed, of rape. On June 2, 2020, Aminat took to her Twitter handle to accuse Mohammed, who contested to represent Mushin II constituency in the House ...

An Ilorin based legal practitioner, Mr Adeola Omotunde, has advocated amendment of the law on rape and defilement of minors in the face of rampant cases of r*pe in the society. Omotunde made the appeal on Saturday in Ilorin while ...