Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexu@l Violence Court in Ikeja has convicted and jailed the proprietor of Nurtured Brooks Nursery and Primary School in Ibeju-Lekki, Benson Arinze, for life for sexu@lly assaulting a six-year-old pupil. Justice Soladoye handed down the verdict after she found Arinze guilty of a one-count charge…
A young pharmacist, Nomzila Madinane, has been shot and k!lled in a brazen attack in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The d3adly shooting which occurred at her pharmacy in Inchanga on Tuesday, May 19, 2026, also claimed the lives of a cashier and a security guard. KwaZulu-Natal police confirmed that three m8rder cases have been…
Nollywood actress Etinosa Idemudia has spoken against the growing habit of celebrities sharing unreplied direct messages after someone dies. During a recent interview on the BTC Podcast, the actress said many people ignore others while they are alive but suddenly begin posting emotional tributes online after their death. Etinosa warned fellow entertainers not to share…
An elderly man and his wife di£d on the same day hours apart and their story is being tagged “a great love story”. According to a relative who shared their story on Facebook, the couple did everything together. They even fell sick together. The husband, aged 92, di£d in the morning and, without being told…
The Inspector-General of Police’s Cyber Vetting and Enforcement Team (CVET) in Ghana has arrested a woman identified as Mahama Aminat, also known as Akosua Serwaa Minat, over alleged threats and offensive comments directed at the country’s President, John Dramani Mahama in videos circulated on social media. According to a statement issued by the police…
A police officer has apologised after he was seen in a video threatening to kill anyone that films him on duty. In the video, which lasted less than three minutes, the policeman identified himself as Newton Isokpehi. Speaking in Pidgin English, he criticised senior police authorities who encouraged Nigerians to film officers carrying out their…
Ayo Makun popularly known as AY has playfully called out Pastor Dolapo Lawal after Arsenal F.C. emerged Premier League champions despite his earlier comments that the club would not win the title. Reacting in a video, the comedian said people mocked Arsenal and confidently wrote them off, adding that even some people “preached from…
Hello Akosua, I just want you to know that your absence has settled heavily in my life. Some nights, it feels like my chest caves in whenever your name crosses my mind. I miss you in ways I cannot even explain properly. No matter how hard I try to let go, your memory keeps finding…
An elderly man is being hailed as a hero after he risked his life to thwart an attempted kidnapping by a criminal posing as a utility worker outside his Oregon home. The 85-year-old Good Samaritan, who has not been publicly identified, rushed out of his mobile home in a Medford neighborhood when he heard a…
Former Head of State Yakubu Gowon has reopened debates over one of Nigeria’s most sensitive historical moments, alleging that late Biafran leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu frustrated multiple peace efforts that could have prevented the Nigerian Civil War. In his autobiography My Life of Service and Allegiance, Gowon gave a detailed account of the political…
