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To reduce his sentence, Mike Tyson slept with a prison counselor. Mike Tyson has had an eventful life. During his career, the former heavyweight boxing champion amassed a fortune of over $300 million and lived a luxury lifestyle that included ...

Lil Loaded, the Dallas rapper behind the 2019 viral summer hit “6locc 6a6y,” has died at age 20. The Dallas County medical examiner’s office confirmed that the young rapper, whose legal name was Dashawn Robertson, had died. Officials did not ...

Inter Milan’s Chilean midfielder Arturo Vidal is receiving hospital treatment after testing positive for coronavirus, his national team said Monday. The diagnosis means the 34-year-old will miss Thursday’s World Cup qualifier between Chile and Argentina. “The medical team of the ...

A builder who splashed out on a swimming pool that turned out to be a children’s foot spa says he was “conned” by the advert. Mick Daffern found what he thought was steal at £7 while browsing for inflatable toys ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Babagana Kingibe as his special envoy to Chad and the Lake Chad Basin region. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, disclosed this in a statement he issued on Monday in Abuja. ...

The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar, has warned National Youth Service Corps members posted to Sokoto that the northern state is not safe amid the continued deterioration of insecurity across the country. The Muslim spiritual leader also described Nigerians calling ...

Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has dissolved the State Executive Council with immediate effect. The Governor’s Special Adviser on Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, announced this in a statement on Monday. He disclosed that the Secretary to the ...

Unknown gunmen on Monday night stormed the residence of Professor Godswill Obioma, strangling him in what his wife suspected to be an assassination. “The assassins came in and killed him and left without taking anything,” Elizabeth Obioma told Peoples Gazette ...

Kate Middleton wants to patch up with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for the sake of Archie’s relationship with his cousins, a royal expert claims. Royal commentator Camilla Tominey said the Duchess of Cambridge “remained keen to bury the hatchet” ...

The dreaded COVID-19 pandemic has killed 28 Nigerians in the last 24 hours, with new cases soaring again to send fresh panic across the nation. Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC late Monday night revealed that ...

  Ubi Franklin has disclosed that he makes “more money” whenever he comes under fire. According to the entrepreneur in an interview with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, host of Rubbin Minds, on Sunday, he has become immune to social media criticisms. Quizzed ...

Nollywood actress Rita Dominic has lamented the spate of killings in the country, calling on elected leaders to “douse the tension in the country” before it finally slips into anarchy.   The actress said elected leaders need to act fast ...

Nollywood actresses, Anita Joseph and Moyo Lawal have clashed on Instagram over the surprised baby shower of actress Uche Ogbodo. A surprised baby shower was organized for Uche Ogbodo by some close friends and other celebrities. The photos and videos ...

Ilorin-based Islamic scholar and preacher, Abdullahi Mustapha Berende, who was arrested over alleged links with Al-Qaeda, has regained freedom after nine years in detention. In 2012, he was picked up by DSS operatives who accused him of terrorism and espionage. ...

  The chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Buba Marwa, says the NDLEA is currently investigating N30bn slush funds believed to be proceeds of drugs. He disclosed this in Abuja on Monday while giving commendation letters to 45 ...

  Super Eagles’ quest to consolidate on their recent victories over Indomitable Lions is being threatened by players’ withdrawals from the two friendly internationals in Austria this month, reports ESPN. According to the website, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) and ...

Residents protesting killings in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State blocked major roads in the area on Monday. The protesters formed six groups along the 60 km Gusau-Kaura Namoda road and lit bonfires on Sabon Garin Kaura Namoda, ...

A 30-year-old woman has been allegedly raped while searching for a shop to rent in Ogun State. The victim was reportedly raped by a 42-year-old man, John Daniel, who offered to help her get a container to use as a ...

Movie director, Okiki Afolayan, has said that in his 11-year career, he has never wished to be in front of the camera instead of behind it. He told Sunday Scoop, “I have been a director for over 11 years now ...

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Socialite, Mike Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, is of the opinion that having sex with a lady on the first date does not mean she lacks morals. In an interview with the Punch, he said, “I have had s.e.x ...

  Rivers governor Nyesom Wike on Monday said his Imo counterpart Hope Uzodinma has already confessed to knowing those behind the brutal murder of All Progressive Congress chieftain, Ahmed Gulak. Gulak, a former special adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan, ...

  The Peoples Democratic Party has said that it stands by its findings and declaration that the “All Progressives Congress and its leaders are responsible for the killings, bloodletting and acts of terrorism in our country.” The PDP asserted that ...

The immediate past vice-president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, has emerged as the new president of the union. Mr Osodeke, a professor of soil science at the Federal University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, was ...

An explosion, suspected to be dynamite, has rocked Rivers popular Mile 3 Market in the early hours of Monday. The explosion came less than three days after Governor Nyesom Wike destroyed the Ikoku spare parts market dominated by the Igbos. ...