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A teacher has pleaded guilty to having her underage student's baby after spending three years grooming the student and becoming his foster mother. Laura Lynn Cross, 37, of Tallmadge, Ohio, started grooming the child when he was in eighth grade, when students are between the ages of 13 and 14...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has opposed the hearing of the suit by aggrieved members of the party over the tenure elongation for the National Working Committee (NWC) led by John Odigie Oyegun before a Federal High Court in Abuja. The members led by Ademorin Kuye and Are Mutiu (Lagos)...

THE Senate has summoned the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to appear before the Senator Aliyu Wamakko, APC, Sokoto North-led Committee on Education (Basic and Secondary) to explain why Nigeria as a country has been experiencing mass failure in West African School Certificate...

You must not park wherever you see a “NO PARKING” sign. You must not park where your vehicle will obstruct the views of other road users or constitute danger to them. According to the Federal Road Safety Corp, FRSC, these are some of the places we must not park our cars: 1. Road Junctions...

Mention Victor Okafor and no one will twitch a muscle. But mention Ezego, King of Money and you will see the eyes of many Nigerians light up with excitement. He would have been one of Africa’s billionaires. He was fair-skinned, spoke softly and warm smiles danced on his chubby cheeks...

Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr is hopeful that Argentina win their group D games against Iceland and Croatia so that they wouldn’t play under pressure when the Lionel Messi-inspired side meet the Eagles on June 26. READ MORE HERE

Activist Marielle Franco, who fought for the rights of Afro-Brazilians, LGBT people, and women, was 2 weeks ago shot 4 times in the head. Franco, a 38-year-old gay black woman, had before her death, been a tireless activist against police violence, and had regularly spoken up for the poor. She...

Managing Director, Bank of Industry (BoI), Mr. Olukayode Pitan The Bank of Industry (BoI) has stated that it was working relentlessly to build an ecosystem for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), noting that there is no way Nigeria would meet Read more via The Guardian Nigeria...

Mo Abudu, CEO Ebonylife EbonyLife Ltd, owners of Africa’s first Global Black TV Network and producers of premium, original content and Sony Pictures Television (SPT), have announced that they will co-develop three exciting new scripted TV projects with SPT set to Read more via The...

The bears continued to dominate the equities market, against expectations of a positive close, following broadly positive corporate releases, as the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index (ASI) plunged 0.51 per cent on sustained profit taking in high capitalised stocks. Read more...

Blood Bath: 1,351 killed in 10 weeks blood bath Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2pNksb3 Get More Nigeria Metro News

Imo State governor, Rochas Okorocha in his quest to foist his son-in-law and chief of staff, Hon. Uche Nwosu, as his successor, has concluded arrangement to arm twist Imo lawmakers into endorsing his son-in-law, believing that their endorsement could give his daughter’s husband some political...

The Senate on Wednesday told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to allow the 2017 Budget run till May 31 instead of March 31. The resolution followed the adoption of a Point-of-Order raised by Sen. Atai Aidoko. Read more via Daily Post Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2GxidCz -- Get...

Former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has said the current leadership of the Commission has made significant and commendable progress since taking over in November 2015. Jega who spoke as a keynote speaker at the National Judicial Institute...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by the Taliban Read more via BBC News – https://ift.tt/2GkTi1J Get more World News

The offensive adverts have been removed Groupon, the online discounter, says it is "appalled" that a racial slur was used to sell footwear on their website. Customers noticed on Wednesday an offensive epithet for black people was used to describe a shade of Read more via BBC News –...

A US police officer shot dead an unarmed man walking in traffic with his trousers down, and his family says it looks like "premeditated murder". Police dashcam video shows Danny Ray Thomas, 34, walking towards the officer on a road in Houston, Texas, last Thursday before a gunshot rings out...

US President Donald Trump has said he is keen to meet Kim Jong-un after being told the North Korean leader’s trip to China "went very well". But Mr Trump said maximum sanctions and pressure on North Korea would continue ahead of proposed talks in May. Read more via BBC News –...

Are you a regular WhatsApp user? Well, if your answer is yes then you are on the right page because here in this article, I am going to feature 5 WhatsApp hacks that you need to know about. Read more via Nigeria Technology Guide – https://ift.tt/2GhxjbM Get More Nigeria Metro News

Researchers have found what is said to be the oldest human DNA from Africa with clues dating back to the stone age migrations. Burials from a cave in Morocco have yielded the oldest human DNA evidence yet from Africa, offering new insight into Stone Age migrations. The DNA samples come from...