A two-year-old girl di£d after falling into a family pond on Christmas Day. Isobel Wallace was discovered in the water after going out into the garden during the festive celebrations at her family’s new home in Doncaster. Her family attempted CPR while emergency services arrived but the little girl was declared de@d in hospital. In a tribute…
Politics in Kano has again become tense following claims that the state governor, Abba Yusuf, may leave the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC). The reported plan has been firmly rejected by the party’s leadership and its national leader, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso. The situation has led to disagreements inside the…
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied allegations by Russia that Ukraine launched a drone attack on one of President Vladimir Putin’s residences, and accused Moscow of trying to derail peace talks. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Kyiv had launched an attack overnight using 91 long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on Putin’s state residence in Russia’s…
Anderson Damisa, better known as LazyWrita has di£d, sending shock waves across social media. Anda, as friends call him, announced his de@th in a scheduled Instagram post. He hinted at being tired and ending it all. Friends who left comments on the post also claimed he “committed su!cide”. Other influencers have left comments expressing shock. …
By Eric Elezuo If professionalism were a person, we would call him Ibrahim Babatunde Jose. If humility were a person, we would call him Ibrahim Babatunde Jose. If clarity and eye-to-details were a person, we would call him Ibrahim Babatunde Jose. Here is a man, who has combined nature, God’s gift and outright hardwork to…
British-Nigerian boxer Anthony Joshua was involved in a car accident along the Makun expressway in Ogun State. Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Gbenga Omotosho, said the crash happened near the Shagamu Interchange section of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway. He added that the state government sent an ambulance and emergency teams to the scene. Images from the…
A heartbreaking video circulating online has shown the two friends and coaches of British-Nigerian boxing star Anthony Joshua who were k!lled in a fatal road crash in Ogun State. The accident occurred in Makun, Ogun State, when the Lexus SUV conveying Joshua, with registration number KRD 850 HN, collided with a stationary truck along…
The former world champion was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with a stationary truck on a major expressway near Lagos. Video from the scene showed the 36-year-old being helped out from the back seat of a wrecked SUV. Five adult men were involved in the crash, Nigeria’s Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said….
A Nigerian man who s3xually assaulted two women has been sentenced to just two years in prison in Canada because he is black and was feeling intense pressure around the time of the attacks, the judge said. Omogbolahan Jegede, 25, a former university football player, had choked one of the women almost into unconsciousness….
