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  Kylian Mbappe had his decade-long request to Didier Drogba granted during the 2019 Ballon d’Or awards ceremony in Paris. Drogba who co-hosted Monday’s event with Sandy Heribert disclosed that he denied a 10-year-old Mbappe (who was on trial at ...

Facebook user, Deborah Ifunanya from Enugu State got groups on the social media platform buzzing after she showed off the items she received during her bride price ceremony at the weekend.   While some Facebook users stated that the ceremony ...

A Brazilian woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for stabbing her son to death for being a gay. The woman identified as Tatiana Ferreira Lozano Pereira was recently sentenced to 25 years and eight months in prison after ...

Travellers were all left in tears yesterday Monday December 2nd after a police officer allegedly shot a commercial truck driver dead over N100 bribe at Owo, Ondo state.   According to eyewitnesses, the truck driver was stopped by the police ...

  The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed invading the home of Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor at Oraifite in Ekwusigo council area of the state.   In a statement released by the command’s spokesperson Haruna Mohammed, the police alleged that there ...

  Last night, Lionel Messi became the first-ever player to win sixth Ballon d’Or trophy after edging out Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo to win the award in Paris.   Taking to his Instagram page hours ago, ...

Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo was named the Italian league’s player of the year at an awards ceremony in Milan on Monday night.   Ronaldo was at the Gran Gala del Calcio in Milan to collect his prize, instead of attending ...

  A yet-to-be-identified woman was on Sunday crushed to death by a hit-and-run driver in Awka, the Anambra State capital. Eyewitnesses say the accident occurred shortly before noon at Regina Caeli Junction on the Enugu-Onitsha expressway. According to the Sector ...

  The picture of the painting has since gone viral after Creative_Doks took to his Twitter handle, @Doks_Arts, to share the portrait. The young man explained that it took him about 70 hours to work on it and achieve the ...

  The Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai was yesterday spotted controlling traffic at Kaduna-Zaria Express Road. In the video, the governor could be seen re-directing commuters on the right way to go, as it was obvious there was a ...

  A lady is currently on the run after allegedly leaving indelible marks on the face of her friend, following a dispute over N950 in Umuahia, Abia State. Giving an account of what happened, someone in the know, Eva, said: ...

  A surprised Nigerian man has taken to social media to recount his experience with a honest bike rider. It happened that the customer, Abraham, had boarded the bike to take him to his bank. Unknown to him, his iPhone ...

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi claimed a record sixth Ballon d’Or in Paris on Monday night ahead of Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo. The Argentine moved one clear of Ronaldo after the pair had been locked on five awards ...

  Megan Rapinoe just scooped the 2019 Women’s Ballon d’Or!   The worthiest winner of the award, especially after her stunning 2019 in which she managed to win the World Cup with the USWNT as well as take a stand ...

  The Liverpool shot-stopper, Allison  beats out the likes of Manuel Neuer, Marc Andre-ter Stegen, Ederson and Kepa for the top prize.   What a year for Alisson after scooping up the UCL with Liverpool and Copa America with Brazil! ...

  Justice Rilwan Aikawa of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, has ordered the temporary forfeiture of two houses in Ilorin, Kwara State belonging to former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to the Federal government   According to the EFCC who dragged ...

  Lawmaker, Akin Alabi, has sparked off a debate on Twitter after posting the tweet above in which he faulted Nigerians in the disapora who return home to invest and do business.   Alabi opined that instead of coming back home ...

A Durban High court has sentenced South Afriacan police officer, Austin Reynold, to 30 years imprisonment for killing a Nigerian man, Ebuka Okoli.   Reynold was last week Friday November 29th, found guilty of killing Ebuka, an indigene of Anambra state, during an ...

Five inmates have been electrocuted in the Ikoyi prison today Monday December 2nd. Many other inmates injured in the incident are currently receiving medical attention.   A statement released by the press officer, Ministry of Interior, Jane Osuji, says the Minister, Rauf Aregbesola, ...

Davido is currently in the middle of a firestorm and backlashes from his angry fans in Jos.   Davido who was supposed to grace his fans with a performance, didn’t show up and angry fans went on to express their anger ...

Femi Falana has raised a fresh alarm on plans by the Department of State Services to transfer detained activists, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare popularly known as Mandate, to solitary confinement at a correctional center.   Sowore’s lawyer revealed this in ...

  The Minister for Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has stated that he has no regret siting the $50 million (N18bn) Transport University in President Buhari’s village, Daura in Katsina state.   Amaechi who spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony of the university which will ...

A member of the House of Representatives, Ja’afaru Illiyasu, has died.   Illiyasu who was a first term lawmaker and represented Magama/Rijau federal constituency of Niger State, died in his sleep in the early hours of today Monday, December 2nd. He was said ...

Taraba State House of Assembly Majority leader Joseph Albasu Alkinjoh was on Monday December 2, elected as the new speaker of the legislative body after the former Speaker, Peter Abel Diah and his deputy Charles Maijankai announced their resignation on Sunday December 1. ...

Lizzo stripped naked to pose for a photo which was shared to Instagram.   The singer, who is known for promoting body positivity, had on nothing in the photos, save for her long hair used to protect her modesty.   ...