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  Omoyele Sowore has been nominated and may be given the ‘Prisoner of Conscience honour award’ by the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States House of Representatives. Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, is charged with promoting, defending ...

  Japan has hanged a Chinese man for the high-profile and brutal murder of a family of four, the first execution of a foreigner in 10 years. The man, Wei Wei, carried out the murders in 2003 with two accomplices. ...

  Desmond Elliot and his wife, Victoria are today celebrating their 16th wedding anniversary. The lawmaker representing Surulere constituency in Lagos State House of Assembly, took to Instagram to announce their anniversary while also THANKING his wife for being his ...

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested 23 suspects, including a dismissed soldier, for armed robbery, kidnapping and murder. The state Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Embrison, who paraded the suspects at the police headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, ...

Residents of some communities in the Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State say they convey pregnant women and sick people to hospitals on donkeys and ox-drawn trucks due to lack of good roads. Members of the communities stated this ...

The Kano State Government has banned persons of opposite genders from plying same commercial tricycles across the state from January, 2020. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje revealed this on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of 77th annual Islamic Vacation Course (IVC) organised ...

A Texas teenager staged a suicide by his 8-months-pregnant sister to cover up the fact that he strangled her because he thought she was an “embarrassment to their family,” cops have said. Eduardo Arevalo, 19, wrote a phony note that ...

Skepta enjoyed a special Christmas with his daughter River. The rapper, 37, rarely shares pictures of himself with his little girl yet on Christmas day he treated his fan to a montage of photographs shared on Instagram . Clad in ...

A Nigerian man, caught trying to catch a flight home, is in the process of being extradited from Washington to Stamford, where he will face charges that he illegally intercepted a $30,000 wire transfer from Purdue Pharma, police said. According ...

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, on Wednesday insisted that cabals are not powerful people controlling President Muhammadu Buhari in key decision making. His comments come less than a week he reportedly ...

A prison officer who fell in love and had a fling with a “dangerous” inmate at Britain’s biggest men’s jail was locked up for twelve months on Tuesday. Ayshea Gunn, 27, was sentenced to a year behind bars after numerous ...

Floyd Mayweather has congratulated Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi after it was revealed they were the highest-paid athletes of the decade. American lifestyle magazine Forbes counted down the top ten richest athletes of the 2010s and the Money Man came ...

Princess Martha Louise of Norway’s ex-hubby has taken his own life. Tragic Ari Behn’s death left the palace stunned and family and friends grief-stricken as member of the royal family paid tribute. The 47-year-old author and artist leaves behind three ...

Miss Jennifer Ukambong Samuel, an aid worker from Bokkos LGA of Plateau state has been abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. Jennifer, an orphan was abducted along with several others, including Hannatu Sebastin Ishaya, in an ambush along ...

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), says he will uphold the 1999 Constitution (as amended) in pursuing the policies of his regime “whether you call me Baba Go Slow or not”. Buhari stated this when he received residents of ...

Aww this brings back memories. These dads eh, wow lol. I remember when I bought my dad a car in 2015 (not my real dad, but he stood in place for us MORALLY&FATHERLY), despite being in his 70’s and was ...

A Canadian puppy thief has accidentally shot himself in the leg while trying to make a getaway, police said. The 20-year-old suspect, who wasn’t identified, arranged through an online classifieds section to purchase a nine-week-old American Bulldog named “Tarzan” in ...

  Muslims outnumbered Christians during Christmas service at Christ Evangelical and Life Intercessory Ministry, Sabon Tasha-Kaduna, according to Yohanna Buru, general overseer of the church. In an interview with reporters, Buru expressed gratitude to God for the turn out of Muslims ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in the Plateau State House of Assembly have rejected the tenure extension for caretaker chairmen of four local government areas of the state. Mr Sohchang Zimgtim, member representing Langtang South in the Assembly, ...

  Flamboyant retired boxer, Floyd Mayweather has gifted himself a 2020 Rolls Royce Cullinan truck and 2020 Bentley Continental GT Mulliner to celebrate the Christmas. The 42-year-old boxer took to Instagram to show off the luxury whips in two different ...

  Popular Nigerian disc jockey Cuppy has surprised her manager with a Christmas gift The disc jockey gave the manager N500k cash as a Christmas gift Cuppy surprised the manager by putting the cash in a fridge just like rapper ...

  Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Christmas Day signed two Executive Orders, with one setting free six inmates at different prisons. Sanwo-Olu’s Media Aide, Gboyega Akosile, said in a statement that the governor also commuted death sentences of three ...

  It seems they’ll be another “Big Brother Naija couple wedding,” as former housemates of the reality show, Khafi Kareem and Gedoni Ekpata are engaged.   An excited Khafi announced her engagement a few minutes ago on Instagram stating that she ...

    There is a general feeling that all is not well in the relationship of BBNaija stars, Mercy and Ike, after the pair unfollowed each other on Instagram. The pair, Mercy and Ike were the power couple of the ...

  Nollywood actress Ifu Ennada has taken to her social media page to plead with her debtors to pay up their outstanding payments to her.   While lamenting on the discomfort they have caused her, the reality TV star mentioned ...