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Grace and Chirubvu   A married woman was reportedly caught pants down with another man in the wee hours of yesterday. The incident reportedly happened in Zimbabwe. According to reports, Nathaniel Nyagura, 31, who is married to Grace Pama, 31, is contemplating taking Terence Chirubvu to the civil court for sleeping with his wife. “I caught them red-handed sleeping on ...

  According to reports, three schoolgirls in Burundi risk being jailed for five years for scribbling on President Pierre Nkurunziza’s photo in their textbooks, says campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW). HRW said the three were arrested last week and are awaiting trial after being charged on Monday with insulting the head of state. The agency also said the authorities ...

  An innocent man who was sentenced to prison – regained his freedom after spending 24 years. The man identified as Olaide Olatunji narrated how he was wrongly arrested, falsely accused of conspiracy to commit murder and thrown in jail after the torture and beatings by the police. The man who was condemned to death – narrated his story to ...

  A Nigerian carrier, Air Peace, has taken delivery of its third Boeing 777-300 aircraft in preparation for the airline’s commencement of international operations. The 374 capacity aircraft, christened: “Anuli Peggy Onyema”, touched down at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at about 3.20p.m on Wednesday. The aircraft, from Texas, United States of America, was received by the Chairman of ...

  The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha on Thursday accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state of being “in a hurry to resume their alleged looting of the treasury and properties of the state.” He made the allegation while faulting the emergence of Emeka Ihedioha of the PDP as governor-elect of the state. The Governor, in a statement ...

  A 40-year-old man has been forced to eat his lunch on a ladder as a measure to avoid hungry dogs. The man identified as Khun Pongsak from Thailand has a pack of hungry dogs beneath his ladder waiting to join him in the food. Mr Pongsak was filmed eating his lunch on the top rung of a step ladder ...

  The Cross River State Police Command has paraded an official of the Department of State Security (DSS) and three others including a female for alleged kidnapping in the state. Those paraded include Sylvia James F 26 years, Eyo Edet Okon M 29 years, Jason Udo, M 36 years and Eyo Bassey M 31 years who claimed to be a ...

  A corpse was temporarily dumped along the River Niger head bridge in Onitsha, Anambra state, after an incident earlier today. It was gathered that a vehicle transporting the corpse from Asaba, Delta state capital to Anambra, went up in flames on the head bride in Onitsha. The corpse was rescued by the car occupants and kept along the bridge ...

  Paul Pogba admits he’ll be coming up against a club he often learns from when Manchester United take on Barcelona in the Champions League next month. The Frenchman has enjoyed an upturn in form ever since the appointment of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer in December, after his relationship with previous boss Jose Mourinho had turned notably sour. And the World Cup winner will be ...

  The All Progressives Congress APC House of Representatives-elect for Ovia South West federal constituency in Edo state, Dennis Idahosa, has embarked on vacation with his wife and others. The former Edo Commissioner flew to Dubai along with his team to rest for a while after a grueling campaign and election process. Idahosa, polled 28,509 votes to defeat the incumbent ...

  A medical doctor at a public hospital in Sokoto State, Tijjani Faruk, has allegedly confessed to raping a married woman after administering sedative injection on her. Mr Faruk reportedly invited his patient on the pretext of further medical examination but allegedly raping her. In an interview with Daily Nigerian, the husband of the patient, simply identified as Alhaji Shehu, ...

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has outlined activities and timeline to resolve the electoral logjam in Rivers State. An INEC spokesperson, Festus Okoye, disclosed this at a press briefing at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. According to him, the activities began on the March 19 when the commission had engagements with major actors. This will be followed by ...

  A young man has taken his life after suffering from depression. Before committing suicide, the graduate of Makerere University Business School (MUBS) in Kenya, Arthur Basalirwa had shown signs of suicidal thoughts (judging from his posts on social media). He posted a YouTube Video of a song about suicide dubbed “I’m Sorry” by Joyner Lucas. Hours to his passing, ...

  A woman was caught by residents of Akinigbon area of Ibadan, Oyo state, while allegedly attempting to abandon her own 9 month-old child in the area. According to a resident who spoke with Double A Media, the suspect identified as Fatima was nabbed by the residents while allegedly attempting to abandon her own baby on Sunday afternoon. Fatima, however, ...

A mild drama ensued between a man and a young lady recently in Awka, Anambra state capital, over money. According to the lady, the man and her agreed on a fee of N5000 for services rendered – only for him to back down when he was supposed to pay. The lady held his cloth in public while asking him to ...

  A suspected ritualist was subjected to jungle justice earlier today after allegedly killing a young girl in Akenfa, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. It was gathered that the alleged ritualist pretended to a homeless man loitering around the area before he allegedly slaughtered a teenage girl and was nabbed in the process. The angry mob immediately descended on him and lynched ...

  Residents have been gripped with fear after two young women were found dead in a thicket at Abrepo in Kumasi area of Ghana. According to reports, bodies of the two women believed to be between 25 and 30 years, were recovered Thursday in different positions near Samad Hotel with used condoms around the scene and unused ones in their ...

The N2.2bn fraud trial of former Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose progressed on Wednesday with the prosecution fielding four additional witnesses. Among the four witnesses were three Lebanese – Goshen Joseph; Joseph Mechleb and Maroun Mechleb – who are working in Nigeria as building and construction engineers. Mechleb, who was fielded as PW10, is the Chief Executive Officer of a ...

A woman was helped by community members who came together as she gave birth on the road on Monday. It was gathered that one of the residents, Olivia Adams rushed outside after her daughter told her that a woman was giving birth on the street next to the tuck shop in Southern Hills, South Africa. “She was screaming very loud ...

Justice Sherifah Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced Elijah Kuti and Ibrahim Ado Yerima to six months in prison for an $18,000 (Eighteen Thousand Dollars Fraud) fraud. The defendants were arraigned on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, following their arrest for defrauding a Bureau De Change Operator, Nasiru Ibrahim, on the pretext that ...

A man has been arrested for selling his baby daughter online for £6,800 to pay off his gambling debts. Named only as Jiang, the heartless father sold the one-year-old to a couple after racking up debts of more than 60,000 Yuan (£6,798), according to reports in China. He flew her more than 1,150 miles away from their home in Guiyang, ...

A very strong and gallant Nigerian soldier stole the show at the recent Nigerian army heavy weight champion display in Bauchi state. The decorated soldier displayed his strength by allowing a military vehicle to climb over his hand after laying on the ground. After that display which amazed dignitaries and other guests at the event, the muscled soldier allowed seven ...

  Reports have it that a Girls’ secondary school has been temporarily shut down following a strange “disease” which has affected some students. It was gathered that some students of Lunzu Secondary school in Malawi – started exhibiting strange and unusual behaviour after one of them was accused of being possessed by a spirit which made her shake her breasts ...

Thibaut Courtois and Alba Carrillo   Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has risked the wrath of former flame Alba Carrillo by messaging her colleague Liz Emiliano. The Belgian shot-stopper brutally publicly rejected Carrillo after it was reported he was dating the stunning Spanish TV presenter. But the 26-year-old was quick to end the budding romance with the blonde beauty, as ...

Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of using the military to rig the 2019 presidential election. Galadima spoke when he featured on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television. According to him, the military used its Operation Python Dance launched across all states of the federation “effectively to intimidate voters, to ...