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  Spanish authorities have ordered the deportation of three Nigerians rescued in Spain’s Canary Islands after an 11-day journey from Nigeria crouched on the rudder of a fuel tanker. The migrants are set to return home under stowaway laws, according to reports. Indeed, two of three stowaways from Nigeria have been returned to the ship with the aim of deporting them. The third person, who suffered hypothermia and dehydration during the voyage, has not yet been released from the hospital, a local government spokesperson said. The three stowaways are shown crouching on the rudder under the hull, just above the waterline of the Alithini II in a photograph by Spanish coast guard on Monday, November 28, 2022. The 183-metre ship, sailing under a Maltese flag, arrived in Las Palmas in Gran Canaria after setting out from Lagos in Nigeria on November 17, 2022, navigating the West African coast. A police spokesperson said it was up to the ship’s operator to take care of stowaways, provide them...

  A 23-year-old native doctor, identified as Emmanuel Odo, has allegedly killed his client, Benedict Onunze, while testing a gunshot-protection charm he prepared for him at Umuaram, Ikem, in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. This is just as  another native doctor, Idowu Talabi, was arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for killing his 30 years old co-tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba. The Enugu State Police Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, said the native doctor, who killed his client, has confessed to the crime and has been arrested. The statement made available to newsmen by Ndukwe read: “On 16/11/2022 at about 11pm Police operatives serving in Isi-Uzo Police Division of the command, arrested Odoh Emmanuel (male and a native doctor) aged 23, of Umuaram village in Ikem community of Isi-Uzo LGA, for shooting and murdering his adult male client, one Onunze Benedict, of Eha-Amufu community in the same LGA.  “Preliminary investigation reveals that...

  Multiple Mexican world boxing champion, Canelo Alvarez has threatened Argentinian football superstar Lionel Messi for allegedly disrespecting his country's flag. Argentina kept their hopes of being crowned champions alive with a 2-0 victory over Mexico, with Messi scoring the opening goal with a sublime finish from outside the penalty area. Messi incurred the wrath of boxing superstar Canelo after footage emerged of the Argentina captain with a Mexico shirt in front of him on the floor in the dressing room during the post-match celebrations, according to the Mirror. As Messi pulled off his boot, he appeared to have caught the shirt with his foot and Canelo was not impressed. "Did you see Messi cleaning the floor with our shirt and flag ???? I ask God that I don't find [him]!!" he posted on Twitter. The Mexican fighter added: "Just as I respect Argentina, you have to respect Mexico!! I'm not talking about the country [Argentina] I’m talking about Messi becau...

  The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will embark on foreign trips from December 4 to meet global leaders and discuss his ambition. This was disclosed by the APC Presidential Campaign Council on Monday in a series of tweets. The campaign council noted that Tinubu would travel to key western capitals from December 4 and expected to return to Nigeria latest December 12 to continue his campaign rallies and stakeholders’ engagement. The APC presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will embark on foreign trips from December 4 to meet global leaders and pitch his presidential aspiration. “The APC presidential candidate will travel to key western capitals from December 4 and is expected to return to Nigeria latest December 12 to continue his campaign rallies and stakeholders’ engagement. “Tinubu and his delegation will be in London, United States, France and key European Union member states to share his vision and plans a...

  Nollywood actress, Chacha Eke has reportedly reconciled with her husband, Austin Faani Ikechukwu months after she declared their breakup. Recall, in June, Chacha Eke ended her nine years of marriage for the second time to the movie producer. “For the 2nd time in 2 years, I am here again on social media boldly declaring that I am done with my marriage. My long overdue/relentless stance on this is of course no news to Austin Faani, the doctors, and my parents,” she said. However, in a viral video trending online, Chacha is seen hinting that they are back together, while speaking on Sunday, during a testimony session at the House on the Rock Church in Asaba, Delta state. Eke was seen repeatedly addressing Austin, who was also in attendance at the church, as “my husband”. The actress also detailed her battles with bipolar disorder and how the disorder made her hate her husband and children, whom she referred to as “my treasured possessions.” Eke also opened up about a time the disord...

  The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by hoodlums. The hoodlums razed down the building in the early hours of Sunday. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed this in a tweet. The tweet quoted INEC’s Resident Commissioner for Ebonyi State, Mrs Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, as saying the incident occurred around 10am. While properties and the building were destroyed, no casualty was recorded. Some of the properties razed down included 340 ballot boxes, 14 power generators, 130 voting cubicles, large water storage tanks, office furniture and a large number of voter cards which has not been ascertained at the time of the report. INEC reports that this is the third attack on their facility after the offices in Ogun and Osun states were attacked on the 10th of November 2022.

  A  36-year-old  suspected homosexual, Sikiru Ajibola,  has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping a five-year-old boy to death in the Ogijo area of Ogun State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the chairman of  Community Development Association, Olorunwa Arogbeja. The PPRO added that the CDA chairman reported that one of the community members informed him that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge of a five-year-old boy, consequent upon which the boy died in the process. He said, “Upon the report, the DPO Ogijo division, CSP Enatufe Omoh, quickly detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. “On interrogation, the arrested suspect confessed to being an homosexual  and that while he was having sex with the deceased ...

  Hillary Vincent, the project manager of popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, has denied the viral reports that the singer slumped in his Lekki, Lagos, residence on Friday morning, November 25, 2022. Many media outlets reported that after he allegedly slumped, he was rushed to the hospital, and was pronounced dead on arrival. However, in an exclusive interview with some newsmen, Vincent said, “It is not true that Sammie slumped and died. That report is false. At the right time, the family will set the records straight. But, I can tell you authoritatively that he did not slump. Rather, he just did not wake up from his sleep. As regards the funeral arrangements, the details will be made known by the family. But right now, they are still in grief and mourning the departed singer. The singer was best known for songs such as  Welu Welu,  which was on his first album,  Unconditional Love . Na only You  was another popular song which was contained in the album  ...

  Adidas, a major player in the sportswear industry, is looking into claims that troubled star Kanye West exposed his then-wife Kim Kardashian to his Yeezy team members and openly discussed porn at work. It was learnt that West's team members wrote in a letter that they felt 'bullied and intimidated' by him. They also accused their bosses of knowing about West’s behaviour for years yet turning 'their moral compass off,’ according to Daily Mail. This allegation comes a few weeks after it was reported that Adidas cut its Yeezy partnership with Kanye West days after he showed a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt design at Paris Fashion Week. The German sports brand, therefore, said recent comments and actions from West, who has officially changed his name to Ye, had been “unacceptable, hateful and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness." The company said it would take a “short-term” hit of €250m (£217m) to it...

  Today, in a stately manor in North Yorkshire, England, founder of Folio Media Group, Dr. Fidelis Anosike and Nollywood superstar, Rita Dominic will host friends and family to their white wedding ceremony. It promises to be a day of picturesque activities including a marriage blessing to be held in a 900-year-old Abbey with a unique history. Celebrities on Rita’s train include Michelle Dede (Chief Maid of Honour), Kate Henshaw, Vicky Sogunro and Dr. Olivia Waturuocha. The couple, who earlier in April, had their traditional wedding, will be joined by friends and family as they say their vows abroad. The couple reportedly met at the 2017 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) and their relationship was a closely guarded secret.

  Nigerian gospel singer, Sammie Okposo, slumped and died on Friday morning. His project manager, Hillary Vincent, confirmed the sudden death to the newsmen via a text message. “Yes, it’s true,” Vincent simply wrote. The 51-year-old veteran until his death was the Chief CEO of Zamar Entertainment. He released his first album Addicted in 2004. He has collaborated with many other artists in the gospel and soul music fields. He collaborated with popular gospel singer Marvellous Odiete on “Follow You.” He has also performed regularly in Africa, Europe, and North America, and curates a series of concerts called SOPP (Sammie Okposo Praise Party).

  A woman, Okereke Olufunmilayo, who was the Manager at a building materials store, has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping and killing her boss, Otunba Abayomi Ajayi Smith, the Director of Rolak Hotel Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State. Olufunmilayo was said to have perpetrated the act with the aid of her husband, Larry Adebayo Adewumi and one Adebowale Sanni. It was gathered that the hotelier was kidnapped on September 28, 2020, around about 7:30 am, at Anifowose Estate Igbeba, Ijebu-Ode by some gunmen. He was killed by his abductors despite the N15 million ransom paid to them by his family. Since then, police operatives have not given up in their efforts to unravel those behind the abduction and killing of the hotelier. According to the Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the efforts of the SP Taiwo Opadiran-led anti-kidnapping team were successful in September this year, when they got wind of plans by the same gang to kidnap the wife and son of their slain victim, Smith. ...

  Saudi Arabian club, Al-Hilal, are looking to sign Cristiano Ronaldo. Ronaldo is now a free agent after Manchester United terminated his contract this week, following his interview with Piers Morgan. In the interview, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner criticized the club, its owners and manager Erik ten Hag. The 37-year-old is currently at the World Cup with Portugal and scored in their group fixture against Ghana on Wednesday. United received an offer for Ronaldo from Saudi Arabia in the summer, but the deal eventually fell through. In the interview with TalkTV, Ronaldo claims he turned down the move, which was worth around £305 Million. Sky Sports claims if Al-Hilal get to sign Ronaldo, they will listen to offers for Odion Ighalo, whose contract is up in the summer.

  A 6-year-old boy has been rescued from the rubble of a building three days after an earthquake hit Cianjur, Indonesia killing 268 people. It was gathered that the joint search and rescue team confirmed his survival after being buried under the rubble of the earthquake in Kampung Rawacina, Nagrak Village. The head of Nagrak village, Hendi Saeful Maladi said he was thankful that the boy was rescued. Thank God, even though the child has been buried for three days, he is still alive and well,” Hendi told said on Wednesday. He further said the boy was to be in school when the tragedy struck according to the statement of the boy’s parents. “Then since Tuesday, [the team launched] evacuation in his house, and turns out the boy is there and safe,” Hendi said. A 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Cianjur on Monday and the death toll has climbed to 268 according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). Hundreds of reverberations have shaken the region to date. The latest one was rec...

  Barely 48 hours after he declared his interest to run for the president of the United States in 2024, American rapper, Kanye West asked Donald Trump, the former president of the United States to be his running mate in the 2024 election. The music icon made this known on his Twitter page on Wednesday saying he paid a visit to the ex-President at his resort residence in Florida, Mar-a-Lago. Kanye West said he kept Trump waiting, but he disclosed the clue of the topic of their conversation. The 45-year-old artiste went further to ask his fans to guess how the former American leader would respond to the question. West ran a Twitter poll on the difficult question he landed on Trump as he tweeted, “First time at Mar-a-Lago. Rain and traffic. Can’t believe I kept President Trump waiting. And I had on jeans. Yikes! “What do you guys think his response was when I asked him to be my running mate in 2024?” Meanwhile, Trump had also launched his campaign to run and win the Republican preside...

  A yet-to-be-identified nursing mother has committed suicide, abandoning her child in a bush where her corpse was discovered along Suuka Airport road, in the Federal Capital Territory. It was gathered  t hat an empty bottle of insecticide was found beside her corpse in the bush on Monday. A resident in the area, who identified himself simply as Nnaji for security reasons, said that the victim’s corpse was found when passers-by heard her  baby crying in the bush. Nnaji said, “The corpse of a middle-aged woman was seen in a bush in our area on Monday evening. A two-year-old girl was sitting close to her crying. It was even her cry that attracted passers-by to the scene of the incident. We got there and found an empty bottle of insecticide by her side; her body smelt of the insecticide. She is not a known person in the area and no one knows what made her do this.” Contacted, the FCT police spokesperson, DSP Josephine Adeh, said the corpse had been deposited in a morgue, add...

  Saudi Arabia have declared a national holiday following their shock 2-1 win over tournament favourites Argentina in their Group C opener at the Lusail Stadium on Tuesday, at the ongoing 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The fifth game of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar produced one of the biggest shocks in the competition’s history as the Saudis stunned their more illustrious foes. The South Americans were one of the huge favourites ahead of the tournament following a 36-game unbeaten run, while Saudi Arabia were the lowest ranked in 51st place. But a stunning second-half comeback from Herve Renard’s side left Lionel Messi and co humbled in their first game at the Middle East showpiece. The huge win, instantly hailed as the best in Saudi Arabia’s history, has provoked the country’s ruler King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to designate Wednesday (today) as a national holiday. A tweet from the Saudi Press Agency said the day would be “a holiday for all employees in all government sectors and pri...

  A female Argentinian reporter, Dominique Metzger has been robbed while on duty at the World Cup, with money and documents stolen from her handbag. Metzger was broadcasting from the Corniche area of Doha in the build up to the first match of the tournament when she reported the items were stolen. ‘I had my small bag on me with all the things that one needs, my wallet, the keys to our hotel room, some napkins,’ Metzger told a TN network anchor. ‘And you were dancing, right?’ the anchor asked her. ‘Yes, I was dancing with the crowd and I’m convinced that it was at that moment when someone opened the bag zipper and took my wallet,’ she replied. ‘I didn’t realize at that moment, you know you’re live on air, with music and crowds around you, and I was focused on you talking to me too. So I wasn’t paying attention. After I finish my live report, I wanted to take my wallet to buy a water bottle and then I realized I didn’t have it.’ Metzger confirmed that she reported the incident to the...

  Popular Amapiano artist, Oupa John Sefoka, known as ‘DJ Sumbody’, has died in Johannesburg in the early hours of Sunday morning. Sumsounds Music confirmed the amapiano pioneer’s death in a statement on Sunday, according to News24. “Artist and musician DJ Sumbody has died. Details of his untimely death cannot be released, but the artist named Oupa John Sefoka allegedly ran into an unfortunate incident that led to his passing in the early hours of Sunday morning, 20 November.” According to reports, DJ Sumbody was traveling on Woodmead road when unknown gunmen sprayed his vehicle with a hail of bullets killing him and one of his bodyguards instantly. The statement adds that the Sefoka family “have kindly requested privacy” as “investigations are still ongoing. Following news of his death, Twitter has gone agog with tributes at his passing. The Amapiano pioneer was the brain behind the show Mashaedi on the Engage which was broadcast on Tshwane. In 2018, the celebrated Deejay dropped ...

  Roma have turned down the opportunity to have Cristiano Ronaldo in their dressing room in January. The 37-year-old is likely never to return to Old Trafford as a United player again after he slammed the club’s owners, the hierarchy, the manager and his fellow players during an interview with ace journalist, Piers Morgan. Manchester United are now exploring the possibility of terminating Ronaldo’s deal but the 37-year-old said in the interview that he does not really care, insisting that the fans should know the truth. Now Jose Mourinho’s side has turned down the opportunity to sign the former Real Madrid and Juventus superstar in the January transfer window. Roma’s football chief, Tiago Pinto insisted that the Italian side have never thought of the prospect of signing Ronaldo. “…The truth is that Cristiano has never been a possibility,” he told reporters in Portugal. “These rumours have never had any basis, but in Italy we talk about three different players every day, it is perha...

  Two suspected fraudsters, posing as prophets, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for attempting to extort N600,000 from a 64-year-old woman in Lagos. According to the police, the incident happened on Friday when the suspects and their accomplice, still at large, offered the sexagenarian a ride and began to tell her that they had a prophecy that she would die. They demanded money from her in order to help her avert death. The victim, whose identity wasn’t disclosed, was said to have rushed to a nearby bank around 3.50pm and attempted to withdraw the demanded amount when the cashier noticed her restlessness. It was gathered that she kept receiving calls repeatedly while she was making efforts to make withdrawal. The cashier, who felt concerned, asked the woman what the problem was but she responded that she was forbidden to talk about the issue else, saying she would be killed if she dared to open up. Meanwhile, police operatives from Ogudu Division were immediate...

  The Twitter account of Donald Trump has been restored, after the hint by Elon Musk. On Saturday, the social media platform owner conducted a poll on the reinstatement of Trump’s account. “The people have spoken, Trump will be reinstated”, Musk tweeted later in the day. In the results, 52 percent supported the restoration while 48 percent opposed. Trump lost all followers after his account was taken down but was followed by more than one million in less than three hours. The former United States President was suspended early last year for violating Twitter rules. After losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden, Trump repeatedly took to his Twitter account to claim he won. The Republican faces allegations of inciting an insurrection which caused the invasion of the U.S. Capitol. On January 6, Trump’s supporters marched to the building housing America’s legislature after his “never to concede” statement.

  Defending champion France have suffered a major blow ahead of the World Cup after its star striker Karim Benzema was ruled out of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar on Saturday. Benzema teared a muscle in his left thigh during training on Saturday. An MRI scan later confirmed a rectus femoris tendon injury, which means the 34-year-old faces a three-week recovery period. Benzema confirmed his withdrawal in an Instagram post. “I’ve never given up in my life but tonight I have to think of the team, as I have always done,” he said. “So reason tells me to give my place to someone who can help our squad have a great World Cup. Thanks for all your messages of support.” This will be the first time since 1978, the reigning Ballon d’Or winner will not feature in the World Cup with the injury also coming three days to France’s World Cup opener against Australia. France head coach Didier Deschamps said: “I am extremely sad for Karim who made this World Cup a major goal. Despite this new blow for th...