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The special education teacher accused of r@ping a 13-year-old student in her car had ditched her husband for the teenager whom she referred to as her “crystal meth,” according to prosecutors.   Colleen Jo Matarico, a 43-year-old grandmother, from Los Angeles, USA, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday, November 12 to five felony counts of lewd acts upon a child under …

The Guardian has announced it will no longer post content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from its official accounts.   In an announcement to readers on Wednesday, November 13, the news organisation said it considered the benefits of being on the platform formerly called Twitter were now outweighed by the negatives, citing the “often disturbing content” found on …

A newly installed transformer in Rikkos Yarkasu community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State has been vandalized and looted.   The transformer was vandalised days after its installation by Jos Electricity Distribution (JED) staff.    The community stated that the transformer was meant to enhance power supply efficiency but vandals took advantage of power outage to destroy …

Police are on the hunt for a 38-year-old woman, Halimmah Thamando Mnyobisi for allegedly murdering her husband, Fezile Mnyobisi, in Botshabelo, Free State, South Africa.   The 35-year-old teacher was stabbed more than 30 times and was driven to hospital by his 38-year-old wife on September 15, 2023. He was declared dead on arrival.    Provincial spokesperson, Sergeant Mahlomola Kareli, …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kogi State Command has arrested three suspects for alleged criminal conspiracy and vandalism.   Parading the suspects at the command headquarters in Lokoja on Wednesday, the Kogi State NSCDC Commandant, Esther Akinlade, said the crime was committed on 7th and 20th October in Ankpa and Isanlu, both located in the Yagba East …

A video of nurses of the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo state using their phones as source of light has gone viral.    The hospital has been battling power outage for over 17 days. The Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company had cut the electricity supply to the Hospital due to unpaid bills. The hospital is being billed under the “band …

The Federal Government has said it needs $10 billion in private investment in the power sector, over the next five to 10 years, to achieve 24-hour power supply.   The Minister of Power, Mr Adebayo Adelabu disclosed this when the Director-General of Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh paid him a courtesy visit.   The Acting Head of …

Politician Dino Melaye has revealed he is not concerned about leaving possessions for his next of kin.    In a post shared on social media today November 13, the Father of three said he is going to rock and take care of himself while alive.    He said if anything remains when he is gone, then ‘’congratulations” to his children. …

Justice Simo Amobeda of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has sentenced a 31-year old man, Lawan Salisu, to three years imprisonment for sexu@lly abusing a 10-year old boy.   Salisu, of Tishama Yan Awakai Farin Bene Transformer in Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State, was convicted on a one-count charge of procurement and s#xual exploitation after he pleaded guilty …

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has claimed that oil cabals in Nigeria are working alongside international oil companies (IOCs) to undermine the operations of private refineries like Dangote Petroleum Refinery.   During his address at the November 2024 Abuja Special Holy Ghost service, Adeboye called on Nigerians to pray for divine intervention …