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An 80-year-old man finally got married to his 78-year-old partner heartthrob, after 25 years of dating in Eastern Regional capital Koforidua, Ghana.   Though why the marriage took so long to be contracted wasn’t disclosed, however UTV reported that the wedding ceremony of the couple was attended by family, friends and loved ones. The couple also had an obvious love stare during the ...

Nine people have been confirmed dead, after a plane crashed into an island close to the northern city of Umeå, Sweden.   Local media reported on Sunday that the plane which was carrying people for a parachute jump, left Umea airport shortly after 1.30pm and sounded an alarm at 2.12pm, before crashing. The plane crashed into Storsandskär island, just 2km from Umeå’s airport, in the delta ...

Two male Pakistani best friends went gone public with their mutual girlfriend, by sharing loved-up photos with her.   In the tweet shared, one of the guys said they both love the same girl and don’t fight about it because that’s what friendship is all about. His tweet reads;   My best friend and I love the same girl, we ...

  Second Republic Minister and ex-Chairman of Northern Elder’s Forum, NEF, Paul Unongo, has said that power will remain in the North after President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure in 2023. He said the North will keep providing because they have an overwhelming population, adding it will be morally right for them to contest the Presidency after Buhari’s eight years in office. ...

  The Lagos state police command have arrested four men and a woman in connection with the murder of a 22 year old man, Olamide Omolegbe, who was wrongfully accused of stealing a phone.   Spokesperson of the command, Bala Elkana, in a statement released today July 14th said on July 9th, men of the Langbasa Police Station received a ...

  Men of the Lagos State Police Command in collaboration with Central Bank of Nigeria and other sister security agencies raided markets within Ikeja and environ where Nigerian currency is illegally traded. A statement from the command’s spokesperson, Bala Elkana, says the operation was carried out on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th July, 2019. Eight suspects namely, Adetoro Adijat ‘f’ ...

A University of Benin student identified as Ephraim, committed suicide this evening, after jumping  down from a building.   Why the student committed suicide is yet to be uncovered, however it was gathered that the 300 Level English student of the University of Benin, Edo State, jumped down from B series at the Faculty of Arts.   Here are photos from the ...

  No fewer than 500 witnesses are expected to appear before the Kano State Governorship Election Tribunal to testify for Governor Umar Ganduje of the All Progressives Congress. At a pre-trial hearing session, presided over by Justice Halima Shamnaki on Saturday, at Miller Road High Court complex, counsel to Ganduje, the second respondent in the petition, Barrister Offiong Offiong, informed the ...

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, on Saturday, said that Yoruba were not bereft of ideas of how to stop herdsmen attacks in the South West.   He said this while reacting to the death of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, who was killed on Friday along Ondo-Ore road. ...

Zahra Buhari-Indimi waded in on the ‘rape epidemic’ that has been on news headlines for some weeks, and seems not to be ending.   The President’s daughter in her reaction to the several rape cases, said the law should never allow rapists go. Zahra concluded by stating that rapists don’t deserve to be part of the society. See her post below;

  The Nigeria Police Force says it has started a “massive manhunt” for the killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere, Reuben Fasoranti. Mrs Funke Olakunrin was shot by armed men on Friday afternoon while travelling along the Benin-Ore Expressway in south-western Nigeria. According to the Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Frank ...

  The Turkish Cypriot police on Thursday, July 11, 2019, arrested 11 friends suspected to have murdered Obasanjo Adeola Owoyale, a student of the Cyprus International University.   Preliminary investigation into the incident, revealed that Obasanjo was dumped in his car’s trunk after he was thrown down the third floor of the building that was raided by the police. The police recovered black plastic ...

  The Police Command in Enugu State, on Saturday, debunked a social media rumour of a bomb explosion in Enugu State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu. Amaraizu said that the video in circulation in some sections of social media had been ...

Burna Boy in his interview with Julie Adenuga as Apple’s Up Next Artiste, opened up on some parts of his life including his music and what he does when he breaks down.   The BET Awards winner passed off the unknown side of his visits to Ghana in the interview, by disclosing that he goes there to get genuine peace. “That’s ...

President Buhari has made a  phone call to Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, whose daughter, Funke Olakunri, was killed by armed men along the Benin-Ore expressway on Friday July 12th   The President condoled with the grieving nonagenarian, wishing him the comfort of God, and fortitude to bear the great loss. He also assured that security agencies would spare no effort ...

Ghanaian actress and movie producer, Tracey Boakye has apologised for the provocative statement she made about using men to satisfy her desires and kicking them out after she is done with them.   The mother of one made the comments while promoting her new movie ‘Baby Mama‘ during an interview on Zionfelix. Watch the viral video here. The movie star has now apologized to ...

  Officials of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had to put up US flags in their detention centers after Protesters demonstrating outside the center pulled down the US flag, demolished a ‘BLUE LIVES MATTER’ flag,  spray-painted it with the words “Abolish ICE,” and flew the flag of Mexico in its place . According to Fox 31 Denver, the ...

Linda Ikeji, Africa’s foremost blogger and media personality looked stunning in her all black ensemble as she graced the Access Bank Polo Tournament which held at the Guards Polo Club Windsor, United Kingdom on Saturday July 13th. The event was attended by the high and mighty from the public and private sector.   See more photos below…    

Mother of 8-year-old Oluwatosin Abosede, has quashed claims of her daughter being dragged to a store and raped by an unknown man.   Twitter user @YemieFash relayed the information he got on the platform after his phone conversation with the mother of the girl who said her daughter was sexually abused by a woman whose whereabouts is currently unknown.   It ...

A photo shared on Facebook by Anik Sutari, a doctor living in Serang, Banten, Indonesian, shows a scared little boy sitting on a roof to avoid getting circumcised.   The post has gone viral since Dr. Anik posted it on Monday, and garnered over 2,400 likes and over 1000 shares.   According to tradition, most Indonesian boys, especially Muslims, get ...

  Parents of Muslim students at the International School Ibadan under the banner of ISI Muslim Parents Forum on Friday disclosed that they had filed no fewer than eleven (11) fresh court cases against the school, its principal, Mrs. Phebean Olowe, University of Ibadan and UI Vice Chancellor (Academic) over the denial of female Muslim students in the school to ...

Pinky Girl, a South African actress sparked off controversy with her tweet which advised women to stay single than start off a relationship with a broke guy.   Making further clarification on her tweet, the Being Bonang star stated that the guy must not be a millioniare but must be on some type of hustle. She also alleged that many women settle for ...

  At least 26 people, including several foreigners, were killed and 56 injured in a suicide bomb and gun attack claimed by Al-Shabaab militants on a popular hotel in southern Somalia, a top regional official said Saturday. A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into the Medina hotel in the port town of Kismayo on Friday before several ...

Real Madrid coach and french football legend lost his brother to an undisclosed long-term illness. According to the official website of Real Madrid, coach Zinedine Zidane’s brother Farid has died at the age of 54. Zidane left the club’s training camp in Montreal on Friday due to personal reasons, with Madrid announcing he was to be absent for an unspecified period. ...

American Music Icons, Janet Jackson and Stevie Wonder alongside Lionel Richie were recently pictured posing together.