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The Children and Women’s Trust Charity Holds Another Charity Summer Ball In London, 25th July

The Children and Women’s Trust Charity No 1126296 is holding a Charity Summer Ball on 25th July 2015  6.30 pm – 11.30 pm at Portobello Rugby Trust,  221 Walmer Road, London W11 4EY. We are continuing to support The Future is Now Uganda orphanage in Gulu, North Uganda. Since our association in December 2014, the […]

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Robbers exhume, behead, steal head of film director

Grave robbers have stolen from a crypt the head of German expressionist cinema great Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, director of the silent-film vampire classic “Nosferatu”, reports said Wednesday. Police did not rule out an occultist motive after finding candle wax in the family crypt in Stahnsdorf southwest of Berlin and were investigating the case on charges […]

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Jonathan kicks as Buhari plans $2.1b oil cash probe

According to The Nation, former President Goodluck Jonathan has dashed into Abuja to launch a protest… Dr Jonathan is disturbed by the determination of President Muhammadu Buhari to probe how $2.1billion was illegally withdrawn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA), sources said yesterday, pleading not to be named “because of the sensitivity of the matter”. Jonathan […]

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I didn’t withdraw $1bn for Jonathan’s campaign – Okonjo-Iweala

The immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, on Monday denied withdrawing $1bn from the Excess Crude Account to finance the campaign of former President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement by her Media Adviser, Mr Paul Nwabuikwu, the former finance minister described the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that she spent $1bn […]

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Apologise to Nigerians, Falana tells Okonjo-Iweala

Lawyer and rights activist, Femi Falana, has urged the immediate past Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, to tender an unreserved apology to Nigerians over her role in the unauthorised withdrawal of $2bn from the Excess Crude Revenue Account. Mr. Falana made the call in a statement Monday, following Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala’s claim that the withdrawal was […]

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Model Kylie Jenner reveals the first thing she’ll do once she turns 18

Model Kylie told E! News what she hopes to do the moment she’s finally “legal.” come the 10th of August.. “When the first thing I want to do is maybe have like a birthday party and then maybe go on a trip with just my friends,”I’m legal, so I can go on a trip legally […]

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Police Raise the Alarm on Increased Cult Groups in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command yesterday raised the alarm over the increasing wave of cult activities within the metropolis, even as it beefed up security around key government establishments for the Ramadan. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Nwosu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), the command said it has […]

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Jonathan Cost Us 2015 Elections – PDP

Feeling empty and, perhaps, reminiscing the days when it wielded unimaginable powers at the centre and in several states, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said former President Goodluck Jonathan caused its failure at the last general elections. Assessing events leading to, during and after the elections, on Saturday, even as the report of the Senator […]

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Texas mom charged in pool drowning deaths of three of five kids

A Texas mother whose three oldest children drowned while swimming in their apartment’s murky swimming pool last month has been arrested in their deaths. Patricia Allen, who took her five children to the pool on June 24 despite none of them being able to swim, was charged Friday with one count of injury to a […]

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See what two-year-old girl did to herself (Photos)

It’s an experience familiar to any parent with young children: you are busy in one room making dinner or feeding the baby while your toddler plays elsewhere in the house. Then you realize things have gone quiet. Too quiet. One mother from Colorado had just such a moment this week, and was horrified when she […]

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Former beauty queen charged with possessing and selling drugs (Photos)

A former beauty queen, who was stripped of her title after saucy pictures emerged of her in a nightclub, has been charged with a series of drugs offences. Katherine ‘Katie’ Nicole Rees, 30, is accused of possessing and selling a controlled substance, believed to be methamphetamine, according to a criminal complaint filed this week. Rees […]

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Bayelsa Governor hires world’s most ruthless hackers for N100M to hack computers, phones in Nigeria

The Bayelsa state government paid close to one hundred million naira to an Italian firm, Hacking Team, to hack computers and phones in Nigeria, new information emerging from the firm’s leaked internal data has shown. Hacking Team, notorious for equipping governments with tools to hack citizens’ computers and phones, was itself hacked Sunday night and […]

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Man broke ex-wife’s sex toy after accusing her of cheating on him with it

A man has allegedly snapped his ex-wife’s sex toy in half after he became jealous of cheating on him with it. Triston Horne was at his ex’s home in Bradenton, Florida on July 1 when when he reportedly smashed up her sex toy and twisted her wrist. The 36-year-old’s ex-wife told police that they had their […]

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NFF confirms Oliseh as new Super Eagles coach, approves Dutch assistant

The Nigeria Football Federation has confirmed that former Nigeria international Sunday Oliseh will coach the Super Eagles with a team that will include a Dutch as an assistant. A manager close to Oliseh in Europe, who has full knowledge of the talks between the NFF and Oliseh in London, confirmed to The Punch on Wednesday […]

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Wrongfully convicted man released after 27 years in prison starts new job as paralegal (Photo)

A wrongfully convicted man who was released from prison last month after being locked up 27 years started work Tuesday at his new job as a paralegal, according to the Daily News. “I’m very happy,” said Shabaka Shakur, on his first day of employment at the law office of Ron Kuby, who worked to get […]

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Jose Caballero sentenced to two-and-a-half years for having sex in front of a child (Photos)

A Florida man convicted of having sex on a public beach has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, according to a state prosecutor. Jose Caballero earlier this year was convicted of having sex on Bradenton Beach, on Florida’s gulf side, in plain sight of a 4-year-old child. Caballero reportedly was fondling a woman before […]

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Former Enugu Governor, Nnamani, to forfeit multibillion naira properties to FG

A Federal High court in Lagos has ordered that four companies associated with former Enugu State governor, Chimaroke Nnamani, be forfeited to the Federal Government. The four companies – Rainbownet Nigeria Limited, Cosmos FM, Capital City Automobile Nigeria Limited and Renaissance University Teaching Hospital – were convicted by a judge of the Lagos court, Mohammed […]

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Floyd Mayweather stripped of WBO welterweight title he won after beating Manny Pacquiao

Floyd Mayweather has been stripped of the WBO welterweight title he won after beating Manny Pacquiao. ‘Money’ Mayweather beat Pacquiao on points in an incredible showdown in Las Vegas on May 2, winning the welterweight belt in the process. But he’s now been stripped of the belt for an absolutely crazy reason. It’s claimed that he […]

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