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South Africa’s MTN Group said on Monday its chief executive will resign immediately as the telecoms firm continued talks with the Nigerian government over a $5.2 billion fine. According to Reuters,Sifiso Dabengwa will be replaced by non-executive chairman Phuthuma Nhleko for a maximum of six months, the company said in ...

Two brothers and a baby boy have been confirmed dead after a building collapse this morning in Lagos State.The building collapsed at Orisha Street, Isheri Magodo, Imodium, Ojodu/Berger. The two deceased siblings have been identified as 24-year-old Sylva Odiah and 15-year-old Sayo Odiah,all children of same mother. National Emergency Management ...

Khadija Khatoon Khadija, 21, from Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, was born without a face and her mouth is a small slit on the left side of her face. When she was born, concerned doctors were baffled by her condition for months. Although it has never been confirmed, they believe ...

Cristiano Ronaldo’s mother has admitted she considered having an abortion when she was pregnant with him. The extraordinary revelation was made in the new documentary film Ronaldo, which covers the star’s rise from humble beginnings to the summit of world football. Ronaldo’s mother, Maria Dolores dos Santos Aveiro, opened up ...

The Alaafin of Oyo , Oba Lamidi Adeyemi celebrated his 77th birthday in a youthful way on October 15, 2015.He was surrounded by colourful balloons while he relaxed with his last wife and teenage queen, Olori Badirat Adeyemi.

In a very sad case,a trader at the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market in Mushin area of Lagos state has slumped and died after he was duped to the tune of $95,000(about N21m) by a friend. The victim, Chigozie Ezeanyagu died at a private hospital on Tuesday morning where ...

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo state has called for the salaries of all public office holders to be slashed by at least 50 per cent.He feels it will make public offices less attractive to those who come there for the gains.He tweeted �The salaries and allowances of public office holders ...

Television cameras caught Real Madrid Florentino Perez waiting for star player Cristiano Ronaldo as he arrived at the stadium with the rest of the players for Tuesday’s crucial champions league clash with Paris St Germain. Florentino Perez could be seen asking the forward about a recent interview he gave German ...

Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema and one time Rihanna fling, has been arrested in connection with an alleged sex tape blackmail involving his France teammate Mathieu Valbuena. According reports, Benzema is suspected of plotting to extort money from Valbuena in exchange for withholding the sex tape involving Valbuena and a lover, ...

A 30-year-old graduate, Daniel Yosua, who was paraded by the Lagos State Police Command, along with some hoodlums said he was made to give his statement at gunpoint at a police station when he went to report a street fight.Yosua, a native of Okpara, Delta State, stated that he was ...

Ebeano shopping complex is the biggest supermarket in Lekki Phase 1. The cause of the fire is unknown. The fire fighters got there few minutes past 8pm and the building was still on fire. The structure is still standing but the supermarket was razed to the ground. Workers are momentarily ...

A 51-year-old trader and mother of three, Sarah Bakare, who lives on Oluwole Street in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, narrowly escaped being hacked to death recently, by the landlady and her seven children. Narrating the incident, the victim told Crime Alert after she was discharged from hospital that ...

The water settlement at Ebute Metta that can be seen from the Third Mainland Bridge was on fire. The residents of the area have been thrown into serious pandemonium and are crying for help.

A four year old boy identified as Steve Kanu was forcefully kidnapped at his parents home at Laderin Estate in Abeokuta, Ogun state on November 2nd evening. Eyewitnesses say the little boy opened the gate to his parents compound for people who pretended to be visitors. Immediately they saw him, ...

At least five million bank accounts were deactivated by Deposit Money Banks operating in the country on Saturday night following the October 31, 2015 deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria for bank customers to register and obtain their Bank Verification Numbers, findings by our correspondents showed on Monday.The ...

The Governor of Ekiti state and a member of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), has said he will continue criticize the current President, Muhammadu Buhari. Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose’s Public Communications and New Media special assistant while speaking on Fayose’s behalf said, �Governor Fayose will continue to say the truth ...

President Obama and his wife Michelle threw a Halloween Costume party at the White House yesterday and invited little kids to have fun with them. The most adorable was the little boy in a Pope costume in his Pope mobile. He made the president laugh. Too cute! See more photos

Alleged plan by a female kidnap syndicate to abduct some students on their way to school last Friday, in Aguda area of Surulere, Lagos, was botched, following the the arrest of three of its members. The women were said to have succeeded in cajoling six students who were heading to ...

This incident happened today 27th October 2015 at 401 road D close. It was a sad scene as fire raised down the building without any help from the Fire service men whose office was close by and all efforts by residents to put off the fire proved abortive. The cause ...