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Floyd Mayweather’s bodyguard has told of how the boxing legend was once targeted in a drive-by shooting, with his protector taking a bullet. Greg La Rosa is one of a number of bodyguards for Mayweather having worked with Money since ...

Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari has denied receiving a bribe from a Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as Hushpuppi. The United States Department of Justice had said ongoing investigations showed that Hushpuppi allegedly bribed Kyari to arrest ...

The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Olagoke Onidundu, who claimed to be the Baale of Onidundu area in Akinyele LGA of Oyo state, over an alleged land fraud. Onidundu was brought ...

The Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Revival Movement said it has dedicated its Monthly Revival Prayer for July to pray for the stability and development of Nigeria. A statement signed on Wednesday by its Public Relations Officer, Pastor Louis Chidi, said that ...

Olumide Bankole Morakinyo, 38, a Canada-based Nigerian has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States for defrauding the Texas Employees Retirement System. He will also pay $975,863 in restitution to multiple victims for conspiracy to commit ...

  Actress Nkechi Blessing and Uriel Oputa have disclosed how their so called friends and colleagues flooded the DMs of their men asking them not to tell them anything about them being in the DMs. Uriel Oputa shared a photo ...

  Anthony Oluwafemi Joshua, a British professional boxer, has revealed why he thinks about death every day of his life.   The two-time unified world heavyweight champion in a post via his Instagram story on Thursday said that understanding that ...

The United States Department of Justice has narrated how Hushpuppi, a fraudster from Nigeria, bribed Nigeria’s celebrated Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. The statement from the office of the U.S. Attorney’s Office said a federal grand jury indictment unsealed ...

  The wife of footballer, Jude Ighalo, Sonia took to her Instastory to slam a certain female celebrity who claims people are sending DMs to her ex. She insinuated that the celebrity sleeps with a married footballer while being friendly ...

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has issued ultimatum to the Federal Government to release its leader, Nnamdi Kanu on or before August 8, 2021 or it will lockdown the entire Southeast. IPOB, in a statement issued by its Head ...

Here are photos of the five prospective corps members who lost their lives in a car accident on the Abaji-Kwali highway in Abuja. The Director of Press and Public Relations at the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Adenike Adeyemi, confirmed ...

The giant animal was spotted in Ikuru town, Andoni Local Government Area, yesterday, Wednesday, July 28.     The elephant looked like it came out of the forest briefly before going back into the thick forest.     One Godwin ...

Mr Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, has said his principal prefers being treated abroad because he can afford it. President Muhammadu Buhari is currently abroad for medical check-up and there have been reactions to ...

A Turkish-born American linked to a messaging app used by organisers of a failed coup in 2016 has arrived in Istanbul and turned himself in to the police, state media reported Wednesday. David Keynes, also known in Turkey as Alpaslan ...

  Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abass, has finally agreed to plead guilty to the multi-million-dollar fraud charges filed against him by the United States government. Arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE) in June 2020, and subsequently extradited to ...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Jamiu Malomo for the murder of a 28-year-old lady Azeezat Akande. In a press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was lodged at Adatan ...

The All Progressive Chairmanship Congress (APC) Chairmanship candidate for Kachia local government area of Kaduna state, Alamkah Dominic Usman (Cashman) has been killed by unknown gunmen in Benue state. The party’s chairman in Kachia local government, Alhaji Ahmed Tijjani Sulaiman, ...

The Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has said a grid system outage this afternoon cut off power supply in Abuja and its environs. According to a statement by the General Manager, Corporate Communications at AEDC, Oyebode Fadipe, the incident occurred ...

Ten Nigerians athletes have been disqualified from the ongoing 2020 Tokyo Olympics for not meeting up with the necessary requirement for the games. A statement issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit, an independent body created by World Athletics that manages ...

  Bauchi State Government has begun the headcount of commercial sex workers, according to Alhaji Aminu Balarabe, Permanent Commissioner, Bauchi State Hisbah Command. Balarabe stated this at the inauguration of the enumeration exercise on Wednesday in Bauchi. He said the ...

The Sokoto State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested Bello Galadima, a suspected bandit. According to Hamza Illela, spokesperson of the corps in the state, Galadima was arrested where he had gone to buy ...

Motorists in Abuja have foiled an abduction attempt on a resident around the Magicland Park before the city gate. The victim was said to have disembarked from his car to urinate when he was attacked by suspected kidnappers. Punch Metro ...

Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday, in the State Executive Council meeting, decorated Nigerian Idol TV talent show runners up, Francis Atela as Youth Ambassador of the State. Governor Ortom, who performed the decoration at the New Banquet Hall ...

40 years after Prince Charles and Princess Diana‘s fairytale wedding, a slice of the wedding cake is going up for auction. The large slice of cake icing and marzipan base from one of the 23 official wedding cakes features a ...

A 23-year-old bricklayer, Adebayo Kingsley, who said he hails from Ibillo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, has allegedly killed his 46-year-old lover, a widow and mother of four, Rosemary Ifeoma, popularly called Mama Samuel from Orogun in ...