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An Nyanya Customary Court in Abuja on Tuesday dissolved the 22-year-old marriage between a driver, Mr. Garba Pakachi, and his wife, Martha, over the wife’s habit of cooking only once in a week. The court presided over by Mr. Jemilu Jega granted Pakachi’s request to dissolve the marriage, which...

The National Universities Commission has budgeted N8m for research and development in 2018, while N85m is also earmarked for the purchase of motor vehicles at the commission’s secretariat in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory. These figures were obtained by our correspondent from the 2018...

The fourth round of the group stages in the UEFA Champions League were played yesterday all across Europe. See results below

Luxury designer and jeweler Michael Awujoola a.k.a Malivelihood has just proposed to his girlfriend of two years, Deola Smart. Deola is the daughter of a former Kogi district senator, Sam Adeyemi. The couple started dating in 2015 and since then he has showered her with several expensive gifts...

Sunday Telegraph’s tour of the den of prostitutes in Ejigbo, Lagos, led to, indeed, a big discovery about the activities of the ‘scarlet of the night’ and their perverse sexual lifestyles. Bricks and Mortar brothel may have been undesirable for them as they have sex in the open READ MORE HERE

A self proclaimed sex worker has sensationally claimed that over 100 condoms burst during her sexcapades with different men but she is HIV free. Grace ‘Kelly Tanunurwa’ Magorosi, 22, a hooker since 2013, who recently went wild parading her mermaid spirit regalia said she does not have the...

Barcelona beat Leganes 3-o with Suarez bagging a brace while Real Madrid limped to a 0-0 draw with Atletico Madrid. See the La Liga table after Week 12 matches

A 30-year-old man, Ahmed Matunma wojuekun has been arraigned in an Osogbo Chief Magistrates ‘ court for raping a minor to death at Mofoworade village, Ifetodo, in Ife South Local Government Area of Osun State. The incident which occurred in the early hours of Friday reportedly caused friction...

Chief Osita Chidoka, United Progressive Party (UPP) governorship candidate, has accepted defeat even before INEC’s final declaration of the winner. Chidoka, the former Minister of Aviation, accepted the defeat in a statement entitled “Politics Anambra election: Why I lost polls” in Awka on...

The Super Eagles are ready for a bumper pay as they have agreed to get 30% of the $9.5m FIFA will pay Nigeria as the qualifying bonus READ MORE HERE

A Nigerian woman who found Christ and later became a pastor has taken a rather painful way to remove a tattoo she had while still in the world. Ifeoma Viviam Emeka burnt her hand badly with an iron in the hopes that the burn will get rid of the tattoo. She said it was urgent and it was her love...

The Vice President of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo yesterday, said the decision by President Muhammadu Buhari to take only half of his salary was what made him (the Vice-President) to do same. Prof. Osinbajo said this at the public presentation of a book, “Making Steady, Sustainable Progress...

Former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya has declared to friends his love for gorgeous girls and a wild party enviroment. ‘I like juicy women, they give me life,’ the elderly man was quoted as saying. Bukenya who at the weekend, was snapped looking at a a busty girl lovingly told close pals that...

Leonardo da Vinci’s portrait of Christ, “Salvator Mundi”, sold for a record-smashing $450.3 million (N162bn) on Wednesday at Christie‘s, more than double the old price for any work of art at auction. READ MORE HERE

The Intelligence Response Team (IRT) under the watch of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Abba Kyari at the weekend, lost one of its gallant officers to the cold hands of death. The gallant officer was one of the leading ‘field detectives’ who tracked and demystified Lagos based...

At least nine individuals are currently laying claim to the commission entitled to the person responsible for the information which led to the recovery of N13 billion from an apartment in Ikoyi, Lagos. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) recovered the money in April, following a...

A 28-year-old Egyptian newlywed woman, is seeking a divorce after only two weeks of marriage because her husband does all of the household chores, Egyptian news website Masrawy, reports. Her husband, 31, also runs a successful clothing store, where he employs several staff members and is...

The Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari, has launched a programmed to empower secondary school students with goats in the state. According to a report by DailyNigerian, the programme was launched at the Government Girls Arabic Secondary School, Dutsinma on Saturday. Speaking during the...

The Constituency Office built by Senator Dino Melaye in Kabba, Kogi State has been marked for demolition. Dino Melaye revealed this on Instagram where he posted the picture of the building that has been marked for demolition. He alleges that the State Government has plans to demolish his...

A 32-year-old woman, Kate Ude, has prayed an FCT High Court, Jabi to dissolve her four years marriage to Michael over malfunctioning of his manhood. Part of the petitioner’s prayers before Justice Vera Venda was to declare that there was no marriage in the first place between them. Kate...