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October 2024

My wife pulled my scrotum each time we fought — Husband tells Oyo court as he asks for divorce.

A divorce petition filed by Adewole against his wife Oluwabunmi, in which he claimed that her attitude was unacceptable, has been postponed for judgement by the Grade A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State.   Oluwabunmi was reckless and completely failed in her responsibilities as a wife and mother, Adewole told the court. In […]

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Police arrest Housemaid who allegedly st0le $60,000 jewelry after 16-month chase.

A 33-year-old woman who was working as a housemaid for less than 24 hours has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing jewellery valued at over $60,000.   According to police officials, Ms. Alice Udey, who is accused of using many false identities, was arrested on Sunday, October 27, at the Ikoyi Police Station

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Super Eagles star, Ademola Lookman reacts to being the only African footballer on the Ballon d’Or list.

  As the sole African football player to represent the continent at the coveted Ballon d’Or presentation in Paris on Monday, October 28, Super Eagles star and Atalanta striker Ademola Lookman has responded. The lone African on this year’s shortlist for the trophy is the 27-year-old who led Atalanta to their first-ever Europa League victory

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‘None of us can change the past’ King Charles backs Keir Starmer in ruling out paying billions in reparations for slavery

“None of us can change the past,” King Charles said, supporting UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to reject reparations for slavery. However, we can dedicate ourselves fully to absorbing its lessons and coming up with innovative solutions to address persistent injustices.     The queen and new president of the Commonwealth told Samoan

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Man arrested in Gombe for kidnapping and killing his brother’s 7-year-old son after demanding N1.5m ransom

A 21-year-old man named Mubarak Haladu has been taken into custody by the Gombe State Police Command for the abduction and murder of his brother’s 7-year-old son, Haruna Bello, in the state’s Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area. In a statement released on Friday, October 25, 2024, command spokesperson ASP Buhari Abdullahi said that the suspect

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Igbos just want fairness and equity. Treat us like you are treating others -Abaribe

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, the former Senate Minority Leader, has stated that the Igbo people have been demanding for years to be treated fairly, on par with other parts of the nation.   This was said by Abaribe on Thursday evening, October 24, in an interview with Arise TV. ‘’Sometimes when I discuss with my friends

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Football club, Luton Town condemns the ‘unacceptable’ racist abuse suffered by Nigerian footballer Elijah Adebayo

Luton Town, an EFL Championship team, has denounced racist remarks made on social media about one of its players, Nigerian Elijah Adebayo, who was born in the UK. The striker, who is eligible for Nigeria, was subjected to racial taunts on his Instagram account on Wednesday night. It happened the same evening that the 26-year-old

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Man urinates and defecates in bedroom as protest against wife for refusing intimacy

After confessing that he had been urinating and defecating in his bedroom to protest his wife’s purported deprivation of conjugal rights, a Zimbabwean man surprised the courtroom. When Maclaren Nduri expressed his annoyance to the court, he said that his wife, Berita Mutero, had refused intimacy ever since she began working in Mbare. He believes

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Arms found with terrorists stolen during ambushes on security forces – DHQ

Many of the weapons and ammunition found in terrorist organisations in Nigeria were first taken from the Nigerian Armed Forces and Police during ambushes and surprise attacks, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) revealed in a recent briefing.   In his remarks on Thursday, Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, sought to deny allegations

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Cristiano Ronaldo’s partner, Georgina Rodriguez reveals she was hospitalised with pneumonia for four days.

Georgina Rodriguez, the partner of Cristiano Ronaldo, disclosed that she was hospitalised for four days due to pneumonia.   Rodriguez, 30, provided an explanation of the news in a health update posted on her Instagram account. She said: ‘Finally back home! I spent four days in the hospital with pneumonia, I’m better now but still

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