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  Two Miami-Dade police officers have filed a defamation lawsuit against Hollywood stars, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon over their portrayal in the Netflix crime drama, The Rip. The officers, Jason Smith and Jonathan Santana, claim the film has caused serious damage to their personal and professional reputations. According to the lawsuit, the movie implies that they engaged in unethical behaviour and misconduct during a real-life police operation in June 2016. Although the officers are not named, the legal complaint argues that the film’s characters are clearly based on them. The movie tells the story of two officers who discover $20 million in cartel cash, which leads to corruption within the department. In reality, Smith and Santana were the officers who seized over $21 million during a high-profile investigation in 2016. The officers allege that since the movie’s release in January 2026, colleagues and family members have questioned their integrity. They claim the film incorrectly ...

Emmanuel Odiniya, the father of the  Big Brother Naija All Stars winner, Ilebaye Precious Odiniya, popularly known as Ilebaye, has broken his silence over the viral altercation involving his daughter, claiming he was provoked before allegedly assaulting her during a family confrontation. In a voice note purportedly from Odiniya, and shared on Facebook on Sunday by Kogi-based journalist, Jeremiah Promise Enemona Ocheme, now circulating online, the father said the incident was not driven by hatred for his daughter but by frustration over what he described as her changed behaviour after winning the reality TV show. “I want to put the records straight that what led to that incident was not that I don’t love my daughter. She is one of my best children,” he said. He claimed he made sacrifices and mobilized support for her emergence as the winner of the BBNaija All Stars edition. “During her time in the Big Brother Naija house, I contributed a lot. I stood by my daughter and made sure peo...

  Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo has announced the commencement of a crackdown on fake pastors and prophets performing miracles in the state. He  disclosed that those arrested have been detained and that they were confessing. Soludo challenged pastors and prophets claiming to be genuine to visit Amaku Hospital to perform miracles. The  governor made the disclosure while speaking at St. Patrick’s Cathedral during the All Knights Day of the Catholic Diocese of Awka, on Sunday. He accused these false gospel ministers of deceiving vulnerable people in the state through their preaching of the “salvation without the cross.” The  governor charged church leadership in the state to harp on the fact that hard work pays. Soludo said: “The state has commenced an ongoing crackdown on fake pastors who exploit the vulnerable by preaching gospel of ‘salvation without the cross.’ “As I speak now, several of them are already in custody and confessing. “ A n...

  The FCT Police Command has disclosed that the two rescued brothers of the Big Brother Naija Season 8 winner, Ilebaye Precious Odiniya, are safe in Police Custody after they were rescued following an altercation between Ilebaye and her father at the weekend. Police Public Relations Officer for FCT, SP Josephine Adeh in an update on the matter said, ‘Following the rescue of Ms. Ilebaye Odiniya Emmanuel (22yrs) and her two brothers, Godson Emmanuel Odiniya (14yrs) and Devin Emmanuel Odiniya (10 yrs), they were rushed to Yabisam Hospital, Lugbe, alongside their father, who also sustained injuries during the confrontation, by the Area Commander Metro, ACP Ufomadu Georglyn. “The rescued siblings are currently in police protective custody, contrary to the circulating publications being released online, while their father, who is also receiving medical treatment, remains in Police custody. “The Investigations are ongoing, and questioning will commence immediately all parties are certifie...

  Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has confirmed his intention to leave office before the expiration of tenure and contest for the Imo West Senatorial seat in 2027 elections, declaring that he was answering a renewed call to serve his people at the National Assembly. Uzodinma made this known in a statement posted on his official Facebook handle on Sunday, where he said the people of Imo West Senatorial District had once again called on him to represent them, a responsibility he has accepted with “utmost humility, sincerity of purpose, and unwavering commitment.” “My dear people of Imo West Senatorial District have once again called upon me to serve, and I have accepted this noble call,” he said, signalling a major political shift that could see him exit the Imo State Government House before the end of his tenure. The governor disclosed that he has already presented himself before the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its Screening Committee for the National As...

  The  cruise ship hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak arrived in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday, where most of the nearly 150 people on board will be evacuated and flown home after weeks at sea. The Dutch-flagged MV Hondius arrived at the Spanish port of Granadilla escorted by a Civil Guard vessel. It was confirmed by data from the maritime tracking service VesselFinder. Passengers and some of the crew are expected to evacuate before the ship, where an outbreak of hantavirus led to the deaths of three people, continues on its way to the Netherlands. Three passengers from the ship — a Dutch husband and wife and a German woman — have died, while others have fallen sick with the rare disease, which usually spreads among rodents. The only hantavirus type that can transmit from person to person — the Andes virus — has been confirmed among those who have tested positive, fuelling international concern. “ We classify everybody on board as what we call a high-risk ...