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Mario Balotelli was the only Italian player to leave the Azzurri’s hotel despite riots in Salvador, one of the Brazilian cities hosting the Confederations Cup where the striker is known for his support of charity organizations.
La Gazzetta dello Sport...
An Ogudu Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Friday struck out an application for the withdrawal of a N710, 000 fraud charge against a Choir Director of the Christ Embassy Church, Lagos.
The police had on May 15 arraigned the director,...
Babatunde (surname withheld) is the son of a popular professor and a federal university lecturer. Also he was trained as a lawyer, however, he now practises as a strong member of a robbery syndicate which specialized in robbing their...
Nelson Mandela is unresponsive and his immediate family is now discussing whether to withdraw treatment, it has been claimed.
The 94-year-old has been in hospital for two weeks battling a recurring lung infection, but previous statements have indicated that Mr....
A soldier, Mr. Jacob Ikenchukwu Obuteh, five of his children and grandchildren as well as a young man believed to be his daughter’s boyfriend have died of generator exhaust fumes at Agbor in Delta State.
The seven deceased whose bodies...
Ivorian iconic striker Didier Drogba was robbed of €7,500 about N1.875, 000 when his hotel was raided during a visit back to his homeland last week.
The Galatasaray goal poacher, who was back in his homeland for a brief visit,...
Former Lagos State Deputy Governor Alhaja Sinatu Ojikutu has been declared wanted by the Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly defrauding a land buyer of N130m.
The SFU alleged in a statement on Wednesday that the...
A female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Fola Olasehinde, representing Ose Council has been barred from attending sittings after she was caught in possession of fetish objects including miniature coffins.
Her indefinite suspension was announced on...
An Electrical/Electronics Engineering student of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Oyinlola Rotimi, caused commotion on Wednesday, when she was caught flushing her newborn baby boy down the septic tank at the popular Moremi Hall.
An eyewitness said, “Mama cleaner...
A Nigerian living in UK, Titilayo Ajala is on trial for dereliction of duty as she and a colleague of hers were apparently found asleep after allegedly unplugging the alarms of elderly patients so that they would not be...
The Financial Secretary of the National Union of Road Transports Workers in Mushin, Taiye Monsuru has been killed by gunmen suspected to be cult members, belonging to Black Axe.
Taiye Monsuru, who was fondly called Sempe, was killed shortly after...
A 36-year-old man, Daniel Kanjo, has been arrested for killing his 24-year-old wife, Meno Kanjo, in Elemoro, Ajah area of Lagos State.
Daniel who was infuriated that his wife, Meno was having an affair with another man stabbed her to...
Wives of both the past and present leaders of the dreaded Boko Haram, slain Mohammed Yusuf and Abubakar Shekau were among the several terror suspects that were released by The Joint Task (JTF) recently, sources close to the federal...
A mild drama played out last Friday in Onitsha Magistrate Court 3 when three monkeys and its owners, Mohammed Garuba, 22, Dauda Usman, 25 and Nurah Mohammed, 22 were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and robbery.
People were thrilled...
Clarion Chukwura has been a household name for over three decades in the Nigerian film industry. The only female among four children of her parents, in this interview speaks about her acting career, among other issues.
How did you get...
Fifteen years after the death of Archbishop Benson Idahosa, Margaret Benson-Idahosa, the Archbishop of the Church of God International, turns 70 on July 29. In this interview, Archbishop Margaret Idahosa who was in Lagos for her annual Christian Women...
As the fight between President Goodluck Jonathan and Rivers State Governor Rotimi Amaechi continued unabated, wife of the president, Dame Patience Jonathan is currently in Rivers State orijoreporter can report.
The first lady who hails from the state on Saturday...
Arsenal winger Theo Walcott yesterday married his childhood sweetheart at a castle in Florence.
And several Arsenal team-mates saw him tie the knot with stunning Melanie Slade in the capital of the Italian region of Tuscany. They included Kieran Gibbs,...
Former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s mother, Alhaja Abibatu Mogaji is dead. She died on Saturday evening in her Ikeja home in Lagos.
Aged 96, she was until her death, the President, Association of Nigerian Market Women and...
A Nigerian, who worked as a cab driver in New York City has been savagely killed after a passenger stabbed him through the eye with an umbrella, piercing his brain, during a dispute.
Police say the mortally wounded man, identified...
