Nigerian brothers Ola and Abel Osundario, who had agreed to testify against Hollywood actor Jussie Smollett after being allegedly paid by the actor in January 2019 to carry out a homophobic attack against him in Illinois, have now refused to testify in the court case against him, saying the police still treat them as suspects. …
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A man who wanted to carry out DNA tests for all four of his kids has changed his mind and chose instead to “claim them with faith.” The man, Chidi Okafor, said he became “restless” when the issue of paternity tests kept coming up on Facebook. He then decided to get his kids tested when his wife was not around. However, he gave up on that quest when he heard how much it cost. Sharing his story on …
Justice Emmanuel Obile of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has struck out a suit seeking to bar Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, from participating in the governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled for Thursday, June 25. The judge struck out the suit following a successful out of court settlement by all the parties. One of the aspirants for the governorship ticket of the party, Omoregie Ogbeide Ihama, had approached the court to seek an order to …
Former English professional footballer, Thomas Beattie has announced he is gay. The 33-year-old, from Goole in Yorkshire, played for Hull City’s youth team then played professionally for more than 10 years in the United States, Canada, and Singapore before sustaining a serious head injury in a game, forcing him to end his playing career early. Speaking in an interview with Advocate, Beattie admitted that he did not feel comfortable coming out during his professional career. He said: ‘I never thought …
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has pulled out of People’s Democratic Party’s reconciliation effort in Edo state which according to him, became necessary to save his integrity. The Rivers state Governor who was accused of being responsible for an order restraining Governor Godwin Obaseki from participating in the PDP primary election ahead of the governorship poll in Edo state, lashed out at members of the national working committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who he described as “tax collectors”. In a …
A heavily pregnant woman has cried out for help after she was trafficked to Lebanon and abandoned to her fate. Rasheedat Taiwo Saka, an eight-month pregnant Nigerian woman told SaharaReporters on Monday, June 22, that despite the COVID-19 pandemic, she has had no access to food or medical care and was currently locked up in her traffickers’ office alongside other victims. Recalling how she found herself in that situation, she said she left Nigeria after her husband died in …