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Raphael Coleman, the former child star known for playing one of Emma Thompson’s troublesome charges in the 2005 film Nanny McPhee, has died at 25. Coleman, who transitioned from his youthful career as an actor into environmental activism, died suddenly ...

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, yesterday, disclosed that the proposed bill that would give legal backing to the Western Nigeria Security Network codenamed Operation Amotekun will be signed into law on Friday, February 14 by the six south west ...

Boko Haram insurgents killed 10 stranded passengers on Sunday night at Auno, a village near Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. This was confirmed by the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Olusegun Adeniyi, who spoke to journalists at the ...

A man who r.a.p.e.d a woman while she vomited in a train toilet and claimed that she ‘enjoyed it’ has been jailed. Timothy Davies, 45, of Ramsgate, was sentenced to six years in prison after being found guilty of rape ...

The Oscars Vanity Fair party boasted one heck of a guestlist, from Oscar winners including Brad Pitt and Laura Dern to reality TV royalty like Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner. But in terms of sheer red carpet power, Ciara blew ...

A mum has told how her life was almost completely ruined after she was r.a.p.e.d by her son’s former best friend. Carlyn Thompson, who has waived her right to anonymity, had known Gregory Houslin since he was 14. But in ...

Even though she wasn’t there on the bridge after I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! Kim Kardashian looked chuffed to see step-dad Caitlyn Jenner at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party. Heading to the bash alongside Kylie Jenner, Kim was ...

The head of the World Health Organization has warned that confirmed cases of coronavirus being transmitted by people who have never travelled to China could be the “tip of the iceberg”. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’s remarks come as members of a ...

An Israeli court today sentenced a firebrand Islamic cleric to 28 months in prison for incitement to terrorism in connection with deadly unrest at a Jerusalem holy site in 2017. Raed Salah had been convicted by Haifa magistrates’ court of ...

An 18-year-old lady, Hauwa Sani has been arrested by the Jigawa State Police for allegedly killing and burying her newborn baby at Dabi village in Ringim Local Government Area. Spokesman of the command SP Abdu Jinjiri who confirmed the incident, ...

A Chinese couple has set the record with a two-minute long wedding attended by only six people, all wearing masks the entire time. Zhang Long and Chen Xiao from eastern China’s Shandong Province held a special wedding last Thursday in ...

Kim Kardashian hit the Vanity Fair Oscars party with her little sister Kylie Jenner on Sunday night. The bombshell siblings battled it out for best dressed curves at the 26th annual event at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing ...

Malika Haqq has revealed the identity of her baby boy’s father after keeping it a mystery for her whole pregnancy. The Kardashian klan’s pal had a baby shower on Saturday where she gathered her loved ones to celebrate her unborn ...

  A 55-year-old businessman, Mr Chike Eze, on Monday, prayed a Customary Court in Igando, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage with wife, Racheal, “to save him from committing murder”. The petitioner alleged that Racheal had become a thorn in his ...

Kim Kardashian will be crying into her many fridges this morning after her old enemy Blac Chyna managed to snag an invitation to the Oscars. Kim and husband Kanye West were relegated to guests at the glittering Vanity Fair Oscars ...

   Disturbing new footage shows an ‘evil’ carer slapping, pushing and dragging a vulnerable man around in his own home. Pearline Baugh, 62, carried out a months-long catalogue of brutal abuse on Peter Evans, 20, who has autism, epilepsy and ...

Minister of information, Lai Mohammed, says the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) will compete with the likes of Cable News Network (CNN) if the $500 million loan his ministry is seeking gets approved. According to The Guardian, the minister made the ...

A knifeman arrested outside the White House wanted to assassinate US President Donald Trump, according to a report. Roger Hedgpeth, 25, is said to have told a Secret Service officer ‘I am here to assassinate President Donald Trump… I have ...

Kenyans formed long queues on Sunday to take a glimpse at the body of the country’s longest-serving leader, Daniel Arap Moi, lying in state ahead of a state funeral. Moi, whose 24-year rule saw Kenya become a one-party state where ...

A photo of five Nigerian sisters who are all doctors have made the rounds on social media. According to a social media user, @Fattybold the ladies are from the same parents and their medical specialties include Neuro-surgery, Gynecology, plastic surgery, ...

Brad Pitt has won his first ever Oscar for acting, picking up the best supporting actor awards at the 2020 Oscars. The 56-year-old actor scooped the award for his performance in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, which ...

One person died and three others sustained injuries when a Fulani settlement at Jingbe, Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi, was completely gutted by an overnight fire. The settlement made up of 87 thatched houses being inhabited by over 300 ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned the immediate-past Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN), on fresh money laundering charges. Adoke was arraigned alongside Aliyu Abubakar. Both men are standing trial alongside others ...

The Nigerian Air Force says it has neutralised some key Boko Haram terrorist leaders at Alafa Yagayaga on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State. NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who made ...

The Senator representing Plateau South Senatorial District,  Ignatius Longjan, is dead. One of his colleagues in the Senate confirmed his demise to a Punch correspondent on condition of anonymity this morning. The senator said. “Yes,  the man is dead but ...