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A Colombian woman has won a two-year battle to change her name to every letter in the alphabet. The 36-year-old, who lives in the Colombian capital Bogota, according to DailyMail, has a habit of regularly changing her name depending on her mood and prior to the latest change was known ...

Member representing Ogu/Bolo state constituency in Rivers State House of Assembly, Mr Evans Bipi, has accused the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state of allegedly stage managing the attack on its rally in Okrika on Tuesday. Bipi, in a statement yesterday, in Port Harcourt, wondered why the governorship candidate ...

NFF President Amaju Pinnick met with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger yesterday seeking closer ties. Arsenal has agreed to work closely with NFF for better club players and country relationship. Amaju also met FIFA president Sepp Blatter in Switzerland yesterday

News reaching us this afternoon is that DSS officers laid a siege around the home of Chief Akpoebi a founding member of the ruling PDP who defected to the APC. Chief Frank Akpoebi was one time Commissioner of Health in Mr. Jonathan’s administration during his governorship in Bayelsa State. He ...

A middle- aged mother of four sent shock waves into the the spines of police detectives in Lagos recently, when, on seeing her first son being paraded as a suspected armed robber, she broke down and started crying out loud, telling everybody that cared to listen that his son could ...

President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has kicked out his controversial social media point man, Reno Omokri and has replaced him with Obi Asika who takes over as the new senior special assistant on social media. According to SaharaReporters, Mr. Jonathan move is seen as an apparent maneuver to re-energize his social ...

The Black Stars of Ghana took second place at the just concluded AFCON 2015 competition, their president promised them a Jeep Cherokee each among other gifts. The SUVs (pictured right) worth about $76,000 are now ready for pick up. The footballer’s families have been asked to come pick the SUVs ...

Three bombs went off this afternoon behind Okrika Secondary school, venue of the APC rally in Okrika in Rivers state. Hundreds of APC supporters had gathered at the venue of the rally waiting for the APC leaders when the bombs went off leading to a stampede. Tbhe Channels TV reporter ...

A woman is counting her stars after being saved from her sinking BMW.The terrified woman drove her car off a rock wall of a car park into a harbour and began sinking at a frightening speed. According to Daily Mail,the incident which happened at Waitemata Harbour in Auckland was witnessed ...

In an article titled ‘Nigeria’s Miserable Choices’ Published on New York Times yesterday Monday February 16th, and written by the editorial board of the US newspaper, they described Nigerian president as a ‘lousy incumbent’ & described Buhari as a ‘former autocratic leader’. See article below The Nigerian government was supposed ...

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended the resident pastor of the Eternal Sacred Order of Cherubim and Seraphim at Agodo-Egbe, Ikotun Lagos, over unlawful attempt to export of 174 kilogrammes of narcotic drugs to South Africa, the agency said on Monday. NDLEA said the suspect, ...

Hanks Anuku is now a born-again Christian after deliberately infecting his wife with the dreaded HIV virus. According to an interview with pulse.com.gh. Hanks spoke about how he went to Zambia for six months in April 2011 without his wife and two kids, to take part in plays teaching about ...

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday publicly tore his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) membership card at his Abeokuta home, saying he no longer belongs to any party. He said he was not preparing to join any other party and would wish to remain an elder statesman. Obasanjo has been embroiled ...

A 13-year-old bar attendant, Ezekiel Emmanuel, who was allegedly set ablaze by his boss for stealing N1,500 in the Akoka, Ibafo area of Ogun State, has died in the hospital. Read story here . The Ogun State Police Command was searching for the bar manager, Mr. Bidemi Shittu, who allegedly ...

Some members of The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leadership has declared its intention to suspend ex president Olusegun Obasanjo for anti party activities. They said Obasanjo’s endorsement of Buhari and his uncomplimentary remarks on Jonathan amounts to anti-party activities and are pushing for his suspension from the party. According to ...

A 29-year-old bricklayer, Ibrahim Tijani, has hacked to death his neighbour, Bashorun Okanla, for complaining about fumes emanating from his generator.The incident happened in the Okun Ajah, Ogombo area of Lagos State. Punch Metro learnt that the suspect, an indigene of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, and the deceased lived ...

The Ogun State Police Command is presently searching for a bar manager, Mr. Bidemi Shittu, who allegedly poured petrol on his 13-year-old attendant, Ezekiel Emmanuel, and set him ablaze. It was gathered that the manager took the action because the teenager reportedly stole N1,500 from him. PUNCH Metro learnt that ...

According to Bloomberg Billionaires, Nigeria’s richest man Aliko Dangote lost almost half of his $21billion in 6 months. Is this true? And how did it happen?

Chelsea midfielder, Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and a half year extension deal with Chelsea Football Club. The contract will keep him at Stamford Bridge until 2021. The Belgian has scored 43 goals and contributed 46 assists in 147 appearances for Chelsea since joining from French side Lille for ...