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A Lagos High Court in Ikeja presided over by Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye has sentenced a former Chief Accountant of Vanguard Newspaper, Bhadmus Abiodun, to 7 years imprisonment. He was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on an ...

This morning, former president Goodluck Jonathan paid a condolence visit to Reuben Fasoranti, leader of Afenifere, in Akure, Ondo state capital, where he said insecurity is getting worse under President Buhari.   Although Jonathan did not mention the name of Buhari, he ...

Blessing Osom engaged in a heated exchange with an Instagram handle she claimed belonged to Tonto Dikeh, just after she took to Instagram to thank the actress’ ex-husband Olakunle Churchill for giving her N3m to celebrate her birthday.   Before ...

A  thief last Sunday night broke into a church in Nyandarua County, Uganda and then wrote a letter apologising for his action.   This was after finding no cash in the church. The incident comes a few months after members ...

Runtown through his tweet, lent a voice to the outcry over the prevalent killings and kidnappings that have been recorded across the country in the last few weeks.   Pondering on the number of protests to engage in before the issue ...

  With the ongoing nationwide raids by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to arrest and deport “thousands” of undocumented immigrants, President Donald Trump has said those who are not happy or hate his country can leave.   He wrote ...

The Senate has resolved to screen the nomination of Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Ibrahim Tanko Mohammed on Wednesday.   Justice Mohammed is expected to be screened by a committee of the whole of the Senate. The decision to screen ...

Manchester United and Brazilian midfielder, Fred has married his beautiful partner Monique Salum in a private ceremony which took place in Brazil   The former Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder is said to have tied the knot in low-key settings last year but decided to have a big ceremony this ...

  Human rights activist, Femi Falana has warned the Federal Government of Nigeria against its violent approach to handling members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria who are protesting the continued detention of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, despite numerous court ...

President Buhari on Tuesday replied his critics, after being dragged for allegedly having a cold feet in tackling the widespread insecurity in the country.   Receiving the National Executives of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, BCO, at the Presidential Villa Abuja, the ...

  Three students of MH Joosub Secondary School in Lenasia, South Africa, were arrested on Tuesday morning for shooting two schoolmates.   Eyewitnesses alleged that the shooting occurred outside the school’s premises before teaching took place. The two victims of the incident, are receiving medical attention ...

A 69-year-old Malaysian woman sustained serious injuries to her face after she was allegedly punched and slapped by her grand daughter’s husband for not stopping his 8-month-old daughter from crying.   Jasin District police chief Deputy Superintendent Arshad Abu said ...

Cossy Ojiakor isn’t done dragging Tunde Moshood for an article he wrote about her years ago which she said derailed her career.   In the article, it was claimed that Cossy had sex with a dog for a movie scene. ...

      Binghamton University basketball player Calistus Anyichie passed away from an accidental drowning death on Sunday evening, Binghamton University released in a statement on Monday. “There are no words. There is no blueprint for how to deal with such ...

A teenage housekeeper identified as Ofonime John, was on Monday arraigned before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for alleged theft of her employer’s international passports.   John, 19, who lives in Ogun State, is facing a count charge of stealing, ...

Yvonne Nelson has some regrets about her years as a student, and it is about not being serious with her education.   The Ghanaian actress and Mother of one in an interview with Joy FM, narrated how she had little ...

Cossy Ojiakor was forced to undergo surgery on her foot after a horrific fall left her with severe injuries.   The actress fell suddenly over the weekend and it resulted in a swollen foot and blackened ankles.     She ...

  The Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) have arrested an alleged taxi rapist who was caught on camera raping one of his customers at the corner Von Weilligh and Wemmer Jubilee streets last week Wednesday July 10th. According to South African ...

  A drama which played out at the closing event of a retreat held by a Catholic TV, CanCao Nova, saw Brazil’s celebrity Catholic Priest Fr. Marcelo Rossi being pushed down from the altar by a yet-to-be-identified woman.   It was gathered ...

Efia Odo has lashed out at Africans who she said think women should only aspire to be wives and nothing else.     Stunned by thoughts of women dressing good or doing photoshoots meaning they are looking for husbands in this ...

  Former Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, has reacted to the death of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, who was killed by armed bandits last Friday, July 12th. The former governor in a tweet posted this ...

Former Super Eagles coach, Christian Chukwu has come out to say he lacks words to use in thanking billionaire businessman Femi Otedola, for footing his medical bill.   Through the assistance of Otedola, Chukwu, who was down with prostrate cancer, underwent ...

In an unprecedented protest, the leading Arsenal fans’ groups and influential blogs have joined forces today to call on the club’s owner, Stan Kroenke, to “reinvigorate” a footballing institution that has fallen into stasis with regression on the field, a ...

Juliet Ibrahim seems to have her launched her own ‘celibacy campaign’, as passed off in a new photo she shared on Instagram.   According to the Ghanaian actress, it is usually quite hard to break up with someone you have ...

Former Senate President and member of the Board of Trustees, BoT, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Senator Adolphus Wabara, has said that in few years, Nigeria will be Fulanized. According to the Abia-born politician, Fulanization of Nigeria is an ...