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Former Pope Benedict is suffering from a disease of his nervous system which puts him on a wheelchair regularly, his brother, George Ratzinger, said on Thursday. *Pope Benedict XVI Ratzinger added that he feared the paralysis could spread to Benedict’s heart. Read more via Vanguard News –...

The South African elite police have swooped on the Johannesburg mansion hunting for Duduzane, the son of former President Jacob Zuma. The Hawks (elite police unit) in a pre-dawn raid failed to find Duduzane being sought for his alleged role in a fraud at the Estina Read more via The Sun...

The risk of dying prematurely more than doubles for single fathers compared to single mothers or paired-up dads, according to a study of Canadian families published Thursday. "Our research highlights that single fathers have higher mortality, and demonstrates the need for Read more via...

The police on Thursday stormed the homes of two leaders of the University of Lagos chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and arrested them. Joseph Adefolalu and Adekola Adetomiwa were arrested between 1.30 a.m. and 2 a.m. on Thursday allegedly at the instance...

Victoria’s Secret model Kelly Gale has opened up about the time when she and her boyfriend Johannes Jarl were caught having sex in the toilet of a plane. The 22-year-old made this revelation during a sit-down on the Kyle and Jackie O Show on Wednesday. Asked if she has ever joined the mile high...

The Senate yesterday approved that an alleged clandestine bank account said to be operated by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), be brought as motion for consideration. Senator Dino Melaye, representing Kogi West who brought this report under order 43, which confers the right to...

A woman, Tawakalitu Kareem, yesterday, told a Mapu Customary Court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, that the only thing her husband, Bolaji Kareem, liked about her were her money and sex. Hide quoted text Tawakalitu, a mother of five, had approached the court to ask for Read more via...

American tennis star, Sloane Stephens is officially a Sports Illustrated Swimsuit athlete. The 24-year-old who has won five singles titles, including her first Major at the 2017 US Open, went almost naked for the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. via Linda Ikeji’s Blog –...

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Wednesday told the Senate that the Presidency ignored several warnings before the mass killing of his people by herdsmen. The governor said this when he appeared before the joint Senate Committee on Police Affairs and National Security and Intelligence...

No fewer than 5000 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa state. They were led by a former State Chairman of the PDP, Dr. Tarila Tebepa; ex Chairman of the Civil Service Commission, Engr. Monday Karibo; Read...

The Chairman of Honeywell Group, Oba Otudeko, wednesday confirmed that the Honeywell companies are no longer indebted to Ecobank Nigeria. Otudeko said Honeywell had paid a total of N3.5 billion to the bank as full and final settlement of all its obligations to the bank. Read more via...