Celebrities don’t usually own up to romantic relations among themselves, at least not until it blows wide open in the public or something so big happens. Stella Damasus and Daniel Ademinokan were supposedly working on a project, at least that was the claim of the actress until the project ended up in the bedroom.

The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) has confirmed that three Nigerian pilgrims sustained minor injuries in the crane crash in Mecca’s Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia.

A 40 –year-old-man, Emeka Oguzie, has been remanded in prison custody for allegedly inserting his finger into the private part of his 7-year-old daughter (names with held). A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Ogba in the Ikeja Magisterial District of the state gave the remand order during its sitting in which the allegation was leveled against the defendant.

Dr Frederick Fasehun, the National Chairman, Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), says the party will not participate in the forthcoming elections in Kogi and Bayelsa.

Odion Ighalo scored the only goal of the game against Swansea on Saturday to earn 10-man Watford their first win at the fifth attempt since promotion to the English top flight.

Cristiano Ronaldo opened his account for the season in spectacular fashion with five goals as Real Madrid thrashed Espanyol 6-0 on Saturday.

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, has commiserated with the Saudi Arabian authorities and the Muslim Ummah over death of 107 people in Friday’s crane collapse at the Grand Mosque, Mecca.

Historically speaking, Nigeria recorded unprecedented economic and infrastructural development relative to her income during the First Republic (1960 and 1966). One of the major reasons for that was that each of the relatively autonomous regions developed at their own pace and competed with one another in various areas of development. Of course, we cannot go back to regionalism simpliciter.

18-yr-old , Nigerian attacker was the sub Kelechi Iheanacho who came off the bench to score an injury-time goal to seal Manchester City’s win against Crystal Palace.

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said on Saturday that the present level of poverty and underdevelopment in the Northern parts of the country should not be allowed to define the future of the region.

Saudi authorities said Saturday that Islam’s annual hajj pilgrimage will go ahead despite a crane collapse that killed 107 people at Mecca’s Grand Mosque, where crowds returned to pray a day after the tragedy.

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A few weeks back, this column looked into the plight of older women who had to opt for abortions when they believed they wouldn’t be able to cope with looking after an additional child. Christopher, 38, an analyst for a consultancy firm and a male reader wondered why male views weren’t considered in the said write-up; afterall, it takes two to get pregnant.

A powerful explosion triggered by a gas cylinder tore through a packed restaurant in India on Saturday killing at least 85 people and wounding approximately 100 others, police said, in one of the worst such accidents in the country in recent memory.

The collapse of a construction crane that killed 107 people at Mecca’s Grand Mosque was “an act of God” and not due to a technical fault, an engineer for the developer said Saturday.