A Nigerian lady, Purity Divine, has said she supports jungle justice or mob action because armed robbers killed her cousin, who was the only son of his parents. She stated this while reacting to the recent burning of a suspected thief at Ikpa Road in Uyo, the same area where her cousin was killed last month. “A young promising child was sent to his early grave by these so-called armed robbers last month without looking back,” she wrote. …
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A video corroborating veteran singer Eedris Abdulkareem’s claim of comedian Seyi Law saying supporting President Bola Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election is his biggest mistake, has surfaced. During a podcast session on The Honest Bunch, Eedris revealed that Seyi Law who performed at a recent event he attended, said he’s no longer standing on Tinubu’s mandate which is the mantra of supporters of the current Nigerian leader. Eedris further revealed that when he asked Seyi Law how …
A maid who was recently employed by a family through an agent has sold the baby she was employed to care for. The maid, identified as Ruth Okezie, reportedly absconded with the baby from the home in Shomolu at about 2a.m. on Saturday morning, Feb. 3. After a missing person’s report was publicised on social media, the maid was found in Ikorodu, without the baby. She has now confessed to selling the baby for N800,000. An …
A Paraguayan drug smuggler who tried to bring a kilo of cocaine with him to the UK has been sentenced to five years in prison. Armando Formigli Palma, 31, was caught during a routine check by Border Force at Heathrow Airport on 31 July 2023, after disembarking a plane from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He claimed someone else had packed his bags for him but a Google search of ‘what to what to take to London in your suitcase’ was found on his phone. …
SAG-AFTRA has come to the defence of actor Alec Baldwin following his second indictment over the fatal shooting of cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins. The actors’ union criticized the New Mexico prosecutors’ decision to charge Baldwin, 65, with involuntary manslaughter again for the accidental shooting that took place on the set of his film Rust in October 2021. ‘An actor’s job is not to be a firearms or weapons expert,’ the union shared in a statement. ‘Firearms are provided for use on set under …
President Bola Tinubu on Monday delivered his first New Year’s Day speech since he assumed office in May 2023. Below is the full text of the address. Dear Compatriots, It gives me immense joy to welcome each and everyone of you – young and old- to this brand new year 2024. We must lift up our hands to Almighty God, in gratitude, for his grace and benevolence to our country and our lives in the year 2023 that has just …